President Christine Leo Ware at her 4th regional in VA- today with Michelle Bergstresser and Jana Bailey in Shenandoah!
So many happy faces today at the Shenandoah regional!
Congrats to Lisa Harman!
Roanoke regional in full swing today at the Salem Civic center!
Clinch regional kicking off a full week of VAASL fun across the state!!!
Librarianship has long been dominated by women, but that has historically not translated to true equity in other dimensions. ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship was created in 1976 to further the advancement of women within the field.
Read more: https://bit.ly/47kkQmb
#ALA150
VAASL is happy to endorse the following members for AASL elections! @aaslala.bsky.social
Check out the March/April issue of @amlibraries.bsky.social, featuring Newsmaker (and National Library Week Honorary Chair!) @mychal3ts.bsky.social, recent library wins, airport libraries, and tips for congressional advocacy.
Read here: https://bit.ly/4ueZrom
Are you local? You should come! I’m presenting! @vaasl.bsky.social #tlsky
Killer haul!!!
Yay!!!!!
First door prize at this year's regional James @vaasl.bsky.social conference! Can't wait to check it out
#LUSLIB670
Yay!!!!!
Won the @follettcontent.bsky.social door prize at today's regional @vaasl.bsky.social conference!! I never win anything! Can't wait to dive into this book 🤓
Online registration closes tonight at midnight for the Potomac regional on 3/14!
Can’t wait to see everyone this week at our next three regionals!
Congrats to our first up LOY from the James Region!
The James regional was a blast! 107 librarians gathered together to connect, learn and celebrate!
Spring regional online registration deadlines are on the horizon!!
VAASL members can now join the Library of Congress Federal Credit Union! www.lcfcu.org/join
![Black and white photo of a Black woman checking materials out to a group of children.
Small caption in top right reads: "Photo [original caption]: 'LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 – Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it’s pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children’s Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library.'"
Text over photo reads: "ACTION, NOT REACTION: Integrating the Library Profession. Words: Denise Rayman, Photos: ALA Archives"
ALA150, American Library Association](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreifmcdugrld75h7dll3tz4ddf5opzsqy7tjlwvo2wnalyxlcjmvina)
In the midst of the Civil Rights era in America, librarians were battling for and against segregated libraries in the South, and over integration within their own ranks. Integration of the library profession was a long process that started in the early 1900s.
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Thanks @slupodcast.bsky.social! Can’t wait to listen to everyone else. #tlchat
The 2026 spring regional round up!!! www.vaasl.org/spring-regionals
The Rappahannock regional is 3/16!
And last but not least, York regional sneak peek!
3/11 Shenandoah regional- register today!
3/10 Roanoke Regional- register today!
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#Schoollibrarians share their experiences and lessons in navigating conflicts! TY @becalzada.bsky.social @mauramadigan7.bsky.social @livluvlibrary.bsky.social Kaycie Hoffman Blaylock, Blake Hopper and Heather Hornor. #libraries #library #schoollibraries
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