The Nominations and Elections Committee sought nominations for the 2024-2025 CALL Executive Board: Director, Treasurer, and Vice-President/President-Elect via the CALL listserv. The slate was announced on the CALL listserv.
Voting took place February 26, 2024 thru March 22, 2024. The committee worked with Chris Siwa from AALL Headquarters to set up the online election, and the election ran efficiently.
As I write this, it’s a couple of days before Thanksgiving (I just got an email from Hein with the subject line “Gobble Greetings” to really timestamp this for anyone else who got that message), and I find it difficult to believe that yet another year is pretty much over. I should stop being so surprised by December showing up seemingly out of nowhere, but I doubt that lesson will have taken hold twelve months from now.
Patrons and library staff in the main reading room of the Astor Library as shown in this c. 1860 wood engraving from the Smithsonian’s collections.
If you are anything like me, it is interesting to see representations of librarians in pop culture. While many people in my life think I’m shushing noisy patrons while stamping books, it’s fascinating to see how movies, television, and other media portray libraries and librarians.
Since our Bulletin theme is “new”, I can’t rely on my all-time favorite librarian movie, Desk Set from the 1950s, even though its theme of “what if computers replaced librarians?” continues to be relevant (AI anyone?) Here are some interesting and more recent portrayals of librarians in books, movies, television, and social media.
Like Winslow Homer’s young ladies waiting for callers on New Year’s Day, your editors are waiting to hear from you! Image from the Smithsonian.
Happy New Year, CALL!
As CALL and the Bulletin move into 2025, we’d like to remind you that the Bulletin is yours–and is here for you! Do you have ideas you’d like to share? Columns you’d like to write? Let us know!
Are there changes in your life you’d like to share? We’d love to hear those as well! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your editors. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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