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RE: Voting to replace the ALA's core governance documents: ALA Constitution, By-Laws, and Policy Manuals

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Feb 15, 2023 01:29 PM
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Hi Michael. As noted by Brian and Carolyn above, the document that is now before the membership for a vote is the result of over 5 years of work by multiple groups within ALA who worked very hard to engage members who may have been less involved in every step along the way. The existing constitution ...

RE: Diversity Councilors Caucus

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Feb 02, 2023 12:44 PM
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Sign me up! And thanks for getting this going! Nick ------------------------------ Nicholas Tepe Ohio Chapter Councilor Director Athens County Public Libraries He/Him/His ------------------------------

RE: Question about disposing furniture

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Jan 10, 2023 11:49 AM
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Do you have contact with local Headstarts, preschools, or day cares? We often offer unneeded furnishings to our local partners who may not have the resources we do and appreciate access to our used furnishings. We also will often offer unneeded furnishings to other, smaller libraries around the region ...

RE: Staffing Public Library Reference Desks

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Sep 29, 2022 10:42 AM
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One direction I have been trying to move towards over the last 10ish years in response to this trend is to create ways for patrons with more in-depth reference needs to book time with a librarian. For us this is mostly around local history / genealogy and tech help, but it can be a good way to both highlight ...

RE: Saturday evening forum notes

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Jun 26, 2022 07:39 AM
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Thank you so much for these notes, Rhonda! I really appreciate Aaron's comments as Rhonda related them: "I'm hoping C&B will come out with actionable looks at options for both directions - listing out how pieces might look a little different or a lot different.  There'll need to be COO & C&B collaborations, ...

RE: Composition and size of Executive Board - for discussion on March 30

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Mar 25, 2022 09:24 AM
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Thanks for the discussion so far everyone! There are a couple points raised that I would like to clarify a bit before the 30th. On the question regarding NALCos: since that was part of TAG's original proposal Amy or someone else from the committee would have to confirm this, but I had assumed that ...

Composition and size of Executive Board - for discussion on March 30

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Mar 24, 2022 03:53 PM
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Hi everyone! As I said when I spoke at our previous meetings, I believe we have an opportunity to shape a new executive board in a way that will ensure that voices from many different sectors of librarianship and many different viewpoints are heard. To start us all thinking about that before our discussion ...

RE: ALA Annual Council Dates

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Mar 18, 2022 12:25 PM
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This discussion has now thrown me into some confusion as I try to nail down my travel schedule... is there any chance there may be a Council Session on Tuesday? If I can I'd like to leave on Tuesday. Due to flights I have to leave town in the morning whether Tuesday or Wednesday, and it would obviously ...

RE: Tell us how you knew you were ready to be a director

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Mar 03, 2022 09:08 PM
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For me the moment I knew I was ready to be a director was when I realized that ideas I had gleaned from coworkers, articles, and direct experience could benefit whatever library I had the opportunity to lead, and that my colleagues were already looking to me for help in making those ideas happen. It ...

RE: TAG Structural Models

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Jan 19, 2022 01:27 PM
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Correct, but what I am trying to confirm is that we are not committing to how the new policy making body (Board of Directors) or the new body of knowledge (Council/Assemblies) are composed. ------------------------------ Nicholas Tepe Director Athens County Public Libraries He/Him/His ------------- ...

RE: TAG Structural Models

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Jan 19, 2022 10:25 AM
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Somehow I missed this when it was posted, but this gets at my question at Forum last night... the motions we are considering do not commit us to the details in this document, correct? All we would be approving with these motions is the concept of governance by a Board of Directors, exact composition ...

RE: A combined county and high school library

Posted By Nicholas Tepe Nov 18, 2021 10:26 AM
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I did this with a previous library where the administration at a rural and extremely poor school district essentially invited us to take over the High School library. I reached out to the school librarian separately to reassure her that we were not going to supplant the work she and the teachers were ...