Category: SustainRT

SustainRT Election Results!

The election results are in, and we’d like to congratulate the following:

  • Jodi Shaw – Coordinator-Elect (three year term)
  • Rebekkah Smith Aldrich – Member-at-Large (one year term)
  • Mary Beth Lock – Member-at-Large (two year term)
  • Lindsay L. Marlow – Treasurer (two year term)
  • Kate Hutchens – Secretary (two year term)

To all of our candidates, thank you for your interest and your dedication to the Sustainability Round Table!.  To our elected officials, thank you in advance for the time and energy that you will devote to our Round Table during your terms. To our SustainRT members, thank you for voting!

ALA Elections!

ALA elections are open through April 22nd, and SustainRT has the following candidates:

Coordinator Elect:

  • Jodi Shaw – Children’s Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library
  • Amy Brunvand – Librarian, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah

Member-at-Large (One Year Term):

  • Amanda Sue Avery – Outreach & Assessment Librarian, Marywood University
  • Rebekkah Smith Aldrich – Coordinator for Library Sustainability, Mid-Hudson Library System
  • Kylie Tamar Bailin – Director of Outreach and Access Services, Lafayette College
  • Laura Barnes – Sustainability Information Curator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
  • Tara Lingg – Librarian, Half Hollow Hills Community Library
  • Janice Williams – Adult Services Librarian, Coquitlam Public Library
  • Margaret Dagny Palmer Woodruff – Director, Charlotte Library

Member-at-Large (Two Year Term):

  • Deborah Emerson – Executive Director, Central NY Library Resources Council
  • Mary Beth Lock – Director of Access Services, Wake Forest University

Treasurer:

  • Lindsay L. Marlow – Science Librarian, University of South Dakota
  • Naomi Renee Clewett – Circulation Supervisor, Village Branch Library,  Lexington Public Library

Secretary:

  • Kate Hutchens, Reader and Reference Services Librarian, University of Michigan Library (Special Collections Library)

Check the blog during the next few weeks to see posts from our candidates and learn more about them!

Do you have a sustainability-related library story to tell?

We are looking for presenters who would like to share their sustainability-related library projects during our program at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando.

Format: Presenters will have five minutes each to tell their story, with follow-up questions at the end of the program. Presenters may opt to use one fixed image (electronic or otherwise) as part of their presentation. The program will be held at ALA Annual on Sunday, June 26th from 10:30-11:30AM.

Eligibility: Anyone may submit a proposal, though preference will be given to SustainRT members.

Purpose: To share creative and important work that contributes to a more resilient, harmonious and holistic community through economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability work being done in libraries of all kinds.  We are seeking a diverse representation of innovative sustainability projects that go beyond the traditional “greening” of libraries.

To submit a proposal, send an email to Jason Nosek jnosek@chipublib.org with the following:

  • Name
  • Institution or organization
  • Phone
  • Email
  • SustainRT member Y/N
  • Title of your presentation
  • Description of the presentation you are proposing to make
  • Brief statement telling us what excites you about your topic and/or the sustainability movement within the library profession

Proposals are due by Monday, April 4, 2016.

For more information about SustainRT, including how to become a member, see: http://www.ala.org/sustainrt/