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REMINDER: Join FAFLIG in welcoming Julie Arrighetti, Chief Librarian, U.S. State Department

  • 1.  REMINDER: Join FAFLIG in welcoming Julie Arrighetti, Chief Librarian, U.S. State Department

    Posted Sep 08, 2021 01:56 PM
    All those who are interested in federal and military librarianship are invited to join the Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Interest Group (FAFLIG) Executive Committee for their next meeting, which will include Julie Arrighetti, Chief Librarian of the Ralph J. Bunche Library at the U.S. Department of State, as a guest speaker. The meeting's details are as follows:

    Wednesday, September 22, 2021
    5 p.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. Central / 3 p.m. Mountain / 2 p.m. Pacific.
    Join via Zoom: Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting    .
    Official White House Photo by Paul D. Williams. - Wikimedia Commons
    Strategic and policy discussion chaired by the 45th President of the United States
    Tuesday, April 11, 2017
    Ralph J. Bunche Library, US Department of State
     

    FAFLIG has invited Arrighetti to share her work with FEDLINK and the Federal Library Leadership Working Group's "Top 10 Reasons Federal Agencies Need Libraries."

    Since September 2016, Arrighetti has held her current position as Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Library at the U.S. Department of State.  Before returning to the State Department, she held a number of positions at the National Defense University Library: Director (2015-2016); Chief of Research and Instructional Services (2011-2015); MERLN (Military Education Research Library Network) Librarian (2004 – 2011); and Reference Librarian (2003-2004). Her first library position was as a page at the James Duncan branch of the Alexandria City Library when she was in high school.

    Arrighetti was elected to the Library of Congress' FEDLINK Advisory Board in 2016 and currently serves as the Vice-Chair.  In 2017, she proposed the establishment of the FEDLINK Federal Library Leadership Working Group to build a strong coalition that advances the development of library programs and services and advocates for the future of federal libraries.  She continues to serve as the chair of that Working Group.

    Before obtaining her Masters of Library and Information Science degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Arrighetti spent nine years at the State Department, primarily as a Public Affairs Officer for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.  She also has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH.

    The FAFLIG Executive Committee looks forward to welcoming Arrighetti (and you as well) to its next meeting.
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    FAFLIG is a common forum for library staff working in U.S. federal agencies and the U.S. armed forces.  It welcomes anyone interested in federal and military libraries. To stay abreast of all events and activities, connect with the group via ALA Connect, Facebook, and/or LinkedIn. 



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    Ebony McDonald, MSLS
    Chair of Communications
    Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Interest Group (FAFLIG)
    Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)
    American Library Association (ALA)
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