Midwinter 2019 Top 10 Tweets—Day 3

By Crystal Carrazco | January 28, 2019

We started the day with Rick Steves and a refreshing perspective on travel.

By far @RickSteves talk @alamwis the BEST talk I’ve ever heard in Year and by far in this conference! Waw #alamw19

— Essraa Nawar (@EssraaNawar) January 27, 2019

It turns out @RickSteves is pretty good at standup #comedy! Pretty cool to see him in person. #libraries #alamw19 #travel

— Not a Fan of Potatoes (@SpectralChaos) January 27, 2019

After his talk, he encouraged a mosh pit signing. (Which may be the first mosh pit hosted at ALA Midwinter.)

"Let's form a 'librarian moshpit' and not stand in an orderly line" fastest & most fun author book signing I've been too. Loved how @RickSteves disrupted the orderly librarians lining up telling us to gather like Italians. Can't wait to read "Travel as a Political Act" #alamw19 pic.twitter.com/LWn0as5Drt

— melodysky (@melodysky) January 27, 2019

If you had some spare time, the Networking Uncommons was the perfect place to jazz up your lanyard.

https://twitter.com/elisjr4/status/1089602618094116870

It was also great to see all types of library workers at Midwinter.

https://twitter.com/jenna_friebel/status/1089752871971696640?s=21

Afterwards, the president’s program featured Robin DiAngelo who was such an engaging speaker.

https://twitter.com/jacobsberg/status/1089687702633615364

https://twitter.com/kelliyakabu/status/1089689347819892736

Sunday wrapped up with a screening of The Public with a Emilio Estevez Q&A!

At “the publi” … Emilio Estevez gave an impassioned shout out to the Connecticut 4. Yay to my friends! #alamw19

— Tweeting — Michael G (@mgolrick) January 28, 2019

By the time you got to your hotel, you realize you may have grabbed one too many books to ship the next day.

43 books picked up in one day at #ALAMW19! A good day if I do say so. pic.twitter.com/ScJMrlnb38

— Elijah Olson (@OlsonElijah) January 28, 2019

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Katie Gaddini writes: “Book bans may have mushroomed in the Trump era of reactionary politics, but they have a well-established history in America. One woman in particular, Norma Gabler, redefined the current strategy and logic behind modern book bans. Called ‘education’s public enemy number one,’ by critics in 1980, Gabler led the crusade against the so-called secular trend in school textbooks throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Even though Norma and her husband Mel worked together, Norma was the public face of their efforts for decades.”

Time: Made By History, Nov. 13
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Many members know Bill Ladewski as executive director of the Reference and User Services Association, an ALA position he has held since 2019. In early September, Ladewski added another title to his CV: director of Member Relations and Services. In this role, he and his team are charged with providing service and information to the Association’s nearly 50,000 members. Ladewski answered our 11 Questions to reintroduce himself to the ALA community.

AL: The Scoop, Nov. 19
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John Warner writes: “I understand what people mean when they invoke the term ‘institutional neutrality,’ but I don’t know how it’s workable in today’s world. Higher education institutions are built upon a foundation of actual values, values that are, by definition, not neutral. The Kalven report, the Rosetta Stone of institutional neutrality produced by a faculty committee at the University of Chicago in 1967, is not a call to make all work emanating from an institution ‘neutral,’ but is instead a call to make the atmosphere for scholarly inquiry and debate as free as possible.”

Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 15
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Angela Hursh writes: “Ever wondered how your library’s email performance compares to others? Benchmarks help you understand how well your emails perform in key areas and identify opportunities for improvement. They also allow you to compare your email marketing performance, set goals, and stay on top of trends. However, the lack of industry benchmarks for email marketing metrics specific to libraries has been bugging me. Metrics from similar industries don’t fully capture the unique aspects of promoting a library. To help libraries accurately measure their email effectiveness, we’ve created the first-ever library email benchmark report.”

NoveList, Oct. 22
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Rachel Hendrick writes: “Students and library vendors are pushing artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in higher education, but there are very few resources that help librarians and scholars separate the wheat from the chaff. Luckily, we here at Choice love a good assessment rubric. (In fact, we made a PDF of our assessment rubric.) Even the least tech-savvy of us can use a very simple AI literacy framework to think critically about whether an AI application is worth your time.”

Choice 360 LibTech Insights, Nov. 13
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Rowana Miller writes: “In my experience, many young library-goers identify as storytellers but not writers. These are the kids who draw Captain-Underpants-style cartoons, who craft meticulous Minecraft universes, and who plot elaborate Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, but who believe that ‘writing’ is limited to five-paragraph essays. But when children draw the connections between their natural storytelling proclivities and the written word, they can become self-motivated to develop the communication skills that will help them for the rest of their lives. Libraries, I believe, are uniquely positioned to help children make this connection.”

ALSC Blog, Nov. 15
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ALA has reopened its search for an executive director in partnership with executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. A committee of ALA member leaders will oversee the search. The selected candidate will succeed Interim Executive Director Leslie Burger, who was appointed in November 2023. “We are excited to embark on our search for a new executive director,” said ALA President Cindy Hohl. “This leadership position is critical as we navigate the years ahead. We seek candidates who have knowledge of the library community and the urgent issues we face.”

ALA Communications, Marketing, and Media Relations Office, Nov. 14