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#ALAAC26 #ALA150 : the quilts! from With Strings Attached

The quilts were prominently displayed at the convention center.

Connie and I started the ALA Biblioquilters when we met at the ALA conference in Washington, DC, in 1998. For some years we planned a fabric-shopping excursion at the conference city. Now we make quilts (some collaborative, most individual) that are sold in a silent auction to benefit an endowed library school scholarship.

This year the bids were the highest ever -- $7951!

I contributed these five.

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But wait, there's more.

This quilt was on display (not in the auction).

I don't know if you can grab the QR code ...

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#alaac26 ALA Annual Conference from With Strings Attached

In 1876 103 librarians (90 men and 13 women) met in Philadelphia and, on October 6, founded the American Library Association. Of course they're busy celebrating another major anniversary in Philadelphia this summer so the #ALA150 festivities were in Chicago, which has been home to ALA since 1909.

This was the 40th Annual Conference I've attended since 1984. (I didn't go in 1991 or 2016 and the 2020 conference was cancelled.) I'm retired from the job but not from the profession! I go to see long-time friends, listen to interesting speakers, learn about issues, and of ...

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#alaac25 in Philadelphia (quilts included) from With Strings Attached

I've been to five ALA Midwinter Meetings (January/February) in Philadelphia, most recently in January, 2020. This was the first Annual there since 1982.

My first ALA Annual Conference was in 1984. Since the I've missed two (1991 and 2016). 2020 was cancelled and 2021 was virtual. By my reckoning that means this year was #37. I go to the conference to learn about issues and new books, hear interesting speakers, sightsee, and see friends. My main involvement nowadays is the Retired Members Round Table.

Issues: ongoing threats to access information (from kids to researchers),

federal budget cuts ...

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#alaac24 in San Diego, part 1 from With Strings Attached

The American Library Association held its 148th Annual Conference in San Diego. 13,523 people attended. That is fewer than the two post-pandemic years (Chicago 2023: 15,842; DC 2022: 13,900) and many fewer than pre-pandemic (Chicago 2017: 22,701). ALA is streamlining operations. Librarians and library workers are accessing continuing education differently (online) and it's often difficult to get travel funding. Still, the in-person gathering has such energy and enthusiasm!

I joined the Legacy Society in 2004

The first annual conference I attended was in 1984. Since then I've missed two (1991: no funding; 2016: Orlando ...

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#alaac2023 in Chicago, part 3: the quilts from With Strings Attached

The ALA Biblioquilters began when Connie and I met on a street corner at the 1998 ALA Conference in Washington, D.C. We'd met virtually on the PubLib discussion group but we hadn't met in person. The very first ALABQ meetup was at the 1999 annual conference in New Orleans. In 2000 we began making group quilts for the Exhibits Round Table Silent Auction. Correction: we made one group quilt. I coordinated it -- "a block representing your state" in red/yellow/blue/cream. That quilt sold for $240.

Since then we've made dozens of quilts and raised ...

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#alaac2023 in Chicago, part 2 from With Strings Attached

I took advantage of free time + being downtown.

Thursday afternoon: Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: the Modern Landscape is this summer's big show at the Art Institute. I'd heard of Van Gogh and Seurat, of course, but I was not familiar with their contemporaries Signac, Bernard, and Angrand.

From the website:

Between 1882 and 1890, five artists—Vincent van Gogh, along with Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Emile Bernard, and Charles Angrand—flocked to villages on the fringes of Paris. Unlike the earlier Impressionists, who in the previous decade had spent significant time in suburban locations further from the ...

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#alaac23 in Chicago, part 1 from With Strings Attached

The American Library Association held its 147th Annual Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago from June 22-27. I was among the 15,842 attendees. That's more than last year (Washington, DC: 13,900) but not back to pre-pandemic (Chicago, 2017: 22,702).

Badge ribbons 2023

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I attended the Freedom to Read Foundation board meeting on Thursday as liaison for the Retired Members Round Table. FTRF and the Office of Intellectual Freedom have been busy dealing confronting threats to intellectual freedom -- book bans in school and public libraries, and curriculum, inquiry, and tenure in colleges and universities.

I went ...

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Together again! #alaac22 friends, books, food, books . . . and quilts from With Strings Attached

After two years of virtual meetings the ALA Annual Conference returned in-person. The 13,900 registrants included 8.023 librarians (and trustees, friends, family) and 5,133 vendors (books, equipment, technology, supplies, and more). (By contrast, 2019 in DC: 21,460 and 2019 in New Orleans: 17,599.)

My trip to Washington was the first time I'd flown since February, 2020. Though O'Hare was bustling (9:30 a.m. flight) the lines moved quickly. I snapped photos of the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie shorelines.

Friday afternoon: reception for ALA benefactors and leaders at the Library of Congress ...

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Winding up June: ALA and wildflowers from With Strings Attached

My One Monthly Goal for June was to decide on the block and design for the wedding quilt. I have many ideas but I don't have a decision. I'm close. I think.

The ALA virtual conference ended on Tuesday. Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian (and former president of the Chicago History Museum) interviewed Pres. Barack Obama. In 2005 I was in the third row when then-Sen. Obama was the featured speaker at the opening session of the ALA Annual Conference. Sixteen years I had a front row seat in my studio and my husband was in the ...

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Weekly update: birthday week, ALA, fabric discoveries, a finish, and reading from With Strings Attached

Extraordinary times

If these were ordinary times I wouldn't be composing a blog post this weekend. I'd be caught up in the activities of the American Library Association Annual Conference. Well, I still was, but the event was virtual and I attended from the comfort of home. I had committee meetings on Thursday, Saturday, and today (Sunday).

Saturday morning I moderated the Retired Members Round Table program featuring Pamela Bannos, a art history/photography professor at Northwestern, whose has done extensive research on Vivian Maier. The book is subitled, "A photographer's life and after life."

Dr. Bannos ...

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