Why come to the fall membership meeting?

Yes, this time of year is busy (some other time isn't?) Come anyway! Come for the fellowship and networking, for the state and region updates (what is going on out there?), and come to hear Patrick Jones talk about serving YAs and teens. He's never boring and always thought provoking. Call Carol at 732-409-6484 and say you are coming. Or just come to the Toms River Branch of OCL next Monday, December 4. Tours 2:30; refreshments 3:30; meeting 3:45; Patrick 4:30...

A book for women my age

Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood by Suzanne Braun Levine was written for women of a certain age who are contemplating the rest of our lives. What is it we still want to accomplish? What do we need to do to get that done? "We are not who we were only older" is one of her themes. In this second adulthood, we have a chance to be someone else if we choose (or recognize that we already are.) Might work for men, too, I don't know. It works for me.

Leslie's Emerging Leaders Program

ALA President Leslie Burger began her presidency with six initiatives, http://lb.princetonlibrary.org. The one she asked me to work on is Emerging Leaders. This program is aimed at getting new leadership for ALA, its divisions, and chapters. Librarians under 35, or within five years of their MLS degree, were invited to apply to the six-month long program. It begins with a day before Midwinter in Seattle and concludes a day before Annual in DC. In-between, project teams will work in virtual groups on projects they will choose from a list.

So where are we? 350+ people applied--many more than we expected. A committee chose the 100+ participants with great difficulty. That list has been posted on Leslie's page above.