PLA Electronic Newsletter Volume 5, Number 2
In this issue:
PLA Meetings at Midwinter
ALA Events at Midwinter
Invitation to Campaign Update, Crisis Communciations
Training at ALA Midwinter
Writer/Poet Langston Hughes Honored in Black Heritage
Commemorative Stamp Series
PLA MEETINGS AT MIDWINTER
To access meeting times of PLA meetings at ALA Midwinter, please visit http://www.pla.org/conference/programs.html.
ALA EVENTS AT MIDWINTER NEW!
We have a lot of exciting exhibition events happening this year! All of these events are included with your registration.
Friday, January 18
4-5:15 pm
Best-Selling Authors Forum Featuring Two Speakers:
John Biguenet*, brilliant author of The Torturer's Apprentice, a collection of short stories and winner of the O. Henry Award. This presentation will be in Rooms 291-292 of the convention center.
Riveting Storyteller Michael Blake* (author of Dances with Wolves, and most recently, The Holy Road, published by Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc.). This presentation will be in Rooms 295-296 of the convention center.
5:15 - 7:30 pm
ALA/ERT Reception with New Orleans-style Food and Live Musical Entertainment.
Both authors will be available on the exhibit floor to sign autographs.
7:00
Drawing to Win an Appearance by Michael Blake* at your library
Drawing to Win Themed Baskets Filled to the Brim with Goodies
Drawing to attend a private dessert reception with Michael Blake following
the reception.
Winners must be present.
Please see the Friday issue of Cognotes for a listing of all the baskets. *Note: The Michael Blake Authors Forum has been made possible through the support of Villard Books, a division of Random House. The John Biguenet presentation has been made possible by Ecco, a division of Harper Collins. The Michael Blake appearance at your library has been co-sponsored by Live! @ your library, an initiative of the American Library Association Public Programs Office, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
INVITATION TO CAMPAIGN UPDATE, CRISIS COMMUNCIATIONS TRAINING AT ALA MIDWINTER
January 9, 2002
Dear Colleague:
I am inviting you to two important sessions at the ALA Midwinter Meeting that will bring you up to date on the "@ your library" campaign and provide skills in crisis communications.
A Campaign for America's Libraries Update will be held Saturday, January 19, from 10 to 11 am in the Morial Convention Center, Room 355. The update will include recent developments in the campaign: a new advocacy and mobilization effort launching during National Library Week called "Rediscover America @ your library," a new Put It in Writing program with Women's Day Magazine and the grand slam partnership with Major League Baseball. The session also will feature guest speakers from libraries participating in the campaign.
The LAN! Training Task Force would like to share samples of how libraries are using the "@ your library" brand. Bookmarks, flyers, brochures, posters, training programs, promotional items and marketing plans demonstrating the brand usage will be available. If your library is involved in the campaign and is interested in being showcased -- whether or not you plan to attend the session -- please send samples to arrive by Friday, January 18 (75 sets minimum) to:
c/o GES Expo
@ your library - Show Management
Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70130
Libraries responded proactively to the September 11 tragedy by doing what they do best - serving as community resource centers and providing free access to information to people of all ages. However, many libraries were plunged immediately into crisis. Crisis Communications Training: After 911 @ your library will be held Sunday, January 20, from 1 to 2:30 pm in Rooms 356-357 of the Morial Convention Center. This session will discuss "crisis communications" and how you respond effectively to crisis situations. Get valuable tips and tools so that you are prepared ahead of time.
These are open sessions; no advance registration is required. If you have any questions about either of these two sessions, please the ALA Public Information Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 2431/2148. I look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Imhoff, Chair
Library Advocacy Now! Training Task Force
WRITER/POET LANGSTON HUGHES HONORED IN BLACK HERITAGE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SERIES
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Langston Hughes, known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties, will soon receive one of the nation's highest honors when the U.S. Postal Service issues a new commemorative postage stamp in his honor.
The stamp commemorates both the centennial of Hughes' birth and the 25th anniversary of the Black Heritage series. The Black Heritage series began in 1978 with the issuance of the Harriet Tubman commemorative stamp. The Hughes stamp will be issued February 1, 2002, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, N.Y.
ichard Sheaff of Scottsdale, AZ, was designer and art director for the stamp. The stamp art is a 1946 black-and-white photograph of Hughes taken in New York City by the renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, a friend of Hughes.
One hundred twenty million Langston Hughes self-adhesive stamps will be printed for the February 2002 issuance.
To see the Langston Hughes stamp, go to the Postal Service Web site at www.usps.com. Click on News and Events then Philatelic News, and locate the online version of this press release. Images of many past and future stamp issues can be found in the Collector's Corner of the Postal Store at .All current stamps and other philatelic products, as well as a free comprehensive catalog, are available by calling toll free 1 800 STAMP-24. In addition, a selection of current stamps and gift items are available online at the Postal Store.
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