AFAS schedule for Midwinter 2012 (Dallas, TX)
Join AFAS at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 20-24, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. AFAS will host the following meetings. All times are CST.
AFAS Executive Committee Meeting
Saturday, January 21, 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Location: Sheraton Hotel – Majestic Room 09
AFAS General Membership Meeting
Saturday, January 21, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Dallas Convention Center (DCC) – C143
AFAS Call for Nominations (deadline August 19, 2011)
The 2012 Nominating Committee (Joyce K. Thornton, Charlene Maxey-Harris, Bennie Robinson, & Rayette Sterling) is issuing a call for members who are interested in serving the section as vice chair/chair elect, secretary, and member-at large. If you are interested in serving in either of these positions, please submit your name to Joyce K. Thornton via email at jkthorn@library.tamu.edu by August 19, 2011.
The candidate for vice chair/chair elect, if elected will serve a 3-year term of office. The vice chair is expected to attend Section functions at ALA Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings, including the ACRL Leadership Council 1(2:30-4:00 p.m., June 22, 2012) in Anaheim, CA.
The secretary and member-at-large are expected to attend Section functions at ALA Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings during their terms of office.
Looking forward to hearing from you by August 19, 2011.
Joyce K. Thornton
AFAS is seeking a member to serve as as the ACRL Liaison to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
The deadline for applications is July 15, 2011. Please submit the application form to Rebecca Hankins (rhankins AT library.tamu.edu).
From the ACRL Liaison Activities webpage:
ACRL has a rich history of working with its membership to establish and cultivate relationships beyond ALA. Liaison relationships allow ACRL to systematically identify, develop, and maintain productive channels for formal and informal dialogue as well as partnerships for research, exchange of ideas, discussion of common standards and practice, joint publication, and pursuing common goals with other organizations interested in higher education. Liaisons are to help organizations understand the value-added asset libraries can bring to their respective missions and goals.
Honoring Our Ancestors: Librarians and Scholars
A Reception for AFAS Members and Guests
Saturday, June 25, 2011
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
New Orleans African American Museum
Located in Treme, the oldest surviving black community in the United States
1418 Governor Nicholls Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
RSVP on Facebook
or
rhankins AT library.tamu.edu
Africana subject specialists and their guests are inivted to share with AFAS librarians as we pay tribute to those librarians and scholars who have, and continue to, strengthen the field of Africana Studies.
Prizes, Refreshments, networking and fun!
See you in New Orleans!
AFAS at ALA Annual in New Orleans
Please join AFAS for the following meetings and reception at the 2011 American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana:
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Executive Committee Meeting
8:00 am – 10:00 am
New Orleans Marriott, Lafayette
General Membership Meeting
10:30 am – 11:45 am
New Orleans Marriott, La Galerie 6
Reception & Exhibit: Honoring Our Ancestors: Librarians & Scholars
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
New Orleans African American Museum
1418 Governor Nicholls Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
Refreshments will be served.
AFAS Election Results
Congratulations to the incoming AFAS officers! Thank you all for your service.
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Gennice King
Secretary: Danlena Hunter
Member-at-Large: Aslaku Berhanu
CFP for panelists on the digital future of African American Studies for ASALH Oct. 5-9 in Richmond, Virginia
Some AFAS members may be interested in this panel presentation opportunity at the 2011 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Convention.
From H-NET Discussion List for African American Studies [forwarded by Isabel Espinal]:
For upcoming ASALH conference, I am seeking to form a panel on African
American Studies and Digital Technologies. I am looking for scholars
and/or practitioners whose scholarship and practice focuses upon the
innovative use of computing technologies for research and teaching in
African American Studies. Scholars who focus on the sociel, political
and economic implications of the computing revolution on African
American studies are also welcome. I look forward to hearing from you.Kim Pearson
English Department
Interactive Multimedia Program
African American Studies
The College of New Jerseyhttp://www.tcnj.edu/~kpearson
http://www.kimpearson.net
GVoice: (215) 253-8624
AFAS Schedule at ALA Midwinter in San Diego (January 7-11, 2011)
Join the ACRL African American Studies Librarians Section at the following meetings at ALA Midwinter:
Executive Meeting
Saturday, January 8, 2011
8:00a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Aqua, 307
General Membership Meeting
Saturday, January 8, 2010
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Hilton Bayfront, Indigo C
AFAS Meeting Schedule at ALA Annual
Join AFAS at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC:
Saturday, June 26, 2010
- Executive Committee
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Grand Hyatt Washington – Bulfinch - General Membership
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington – Latrobe - All Committees Meeting (all AFAS committees except Nominating)
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington – Independence B/C - Nominating 2011 (closed meeting)
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington – Independence D
Sunday, June 27, 2010
- AFAS Program: Digitization: Preserving and Open Access to African American Collections
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Washington Convention Center – 152B
AFAS at ALA Annual in Washington, D.C. (June 24-29, 2010)
Join AFAS for meetings and the section’s annual program at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
AFAS Annual Program
Digitization: Preserving and Open Access to African American Collections
Sunday, June 27, 2010, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Washington Convention Center – 152B
African American history is still incomplete. Digital collections opens up new possibilities for researchers to draw conclusions about the past, therefore, creating opportunities for new cutting edge information. This new technology enhances opportunities for libraries to develop digital projects. This program will enable participants to see benefits of beginning or refining current digitization projects and identify tools that will enable them to assess or enhance their programs within their home institutions.
Speakers: Ida E. Jones, Assistant Curator, Manuscript Division, Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University; Ira Revels, Project Manager, HBCU-CUL Digital Collections, Cornell University; Robert Cox, Head, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
[May 4, 2010 - emended to include complete speaker list and program location]
