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The Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) shall exist to develop programs of particular interest to retired persons from all types of libraries and all forms of library services, including formal opportunities for continued involvement and learning; a variety of leadership training and opportunities for mentoring; lifelong professional involvement and networking; and active engagement in the American Library Association and the profession of librarianship.

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RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

  • 1.  RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 15, 2022 04:53 PM
    Hello Friends and Fellow RMRT members,
    Our first ALA in person in two years is fast approaching and we are very excited.   Here is an update of what you can expect.  

    Most important, time is very short if you want to attend the cultural visitor the group dinner so RSVP today!

    Saturday, June 25

    10am- 12pm    Cultural visit to Planet Word: The museum where language comes to life! More information can be found at:  https://planetwordmuseum.org/.   There is a limit of 20 people, so RSVP to annpipkin@gmail.com.    925 13th St. NW, Washington, DC.

    5:30 pm            Group dinner.  Matchbox restaurant.  521 8th Ave. SE, Washington, DC.  Seating is limited so RSVP quickly if you want to join us.   RSVP to NAOMI ANGIER naomiangier@comcast.net

    Sunday, June 26th

    4pm                  RMRT Board Meeting, all invited.  Come and see what we do and how you might get involved. Marriott Marquis Hotel, Georgetown University Room

    5pm                  Book club  --  Read a book about books!  It can be fiction or non-fiction – just about books.  Marriott Marquis Hotel, Georgetown University Room

    Monday, June 27

    4pm                  RMRT President's Program featuring author Pulitzer Prize-Winning author, Debby Applegate, speaking on her new book MADAM, the Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age. We will have books to raffle off.   It is as much a history of New York as it is a biography of Polly Adler.  If you live in, or are from, or just like to visit New York City, 
    We will also be awarding the Norman Horrocks Travel Award.  Come join us for the celebration.   
    Room 143A Theater, Washington Convention Center 



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    Nancy Bolt
    Chair
    Retired Members Round Table
    nancybolt@earthlink.net
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  • 2.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 16, 2022 10:57 AM
    Is the book club going to discuss bibliographies or metafiction? I feel I missing something about what books are going to be discussed.

    Confusedly yours,

    Bruce Farrar



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  • 3.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 16, 2022 01:23 PM

    Good question.. I think it is up to you.  I read The Paris Library, a fiction book based on a true story, that reports how the American Library in Paris stayed open during the German occupation in WWII.  I also read The Library, a non-fiction book about the fire that partially destroyed the Los Angeles Public Library and covers the history of LAPL and the value of libraries.  I also read about the history of the Freedom to Read Foundation.

    I think some have read a book about the nuances of indexing.  A few months ago I read, The Personal Librarian, a fictional story based on history about the establishment of the JP Morgan rare book library by an African American who everybody thought was white.  And last year I read a book about the history of Paper and its impact on reading.

     

    I think all these books qualify.  So use your imagination. 

     

    Nancy Bolt

    Nancy Bolt & Associates . 11710 West 76th Drive . Arvada, CO 80005

    303 642 0338 (preferred)  303 905 9347 (mobile)

     

    Latest Book: There, There by Tommy Orange.  The sad portrayal of Native Americans in Oakland, CA.  What does it mean to try and preserve Indian culture in an urban environment?  The story follows 12 Indians as they prepare for the first Oakland Pow Wow.  If you read this, be sure and get the paperback version which has a short profile of all 12 characters.  This was missing in the hardback.  Definitely for anyone interested in Native American culture. 

    Latest Movie:  Jurassic Park, Dominion.   It helps to have seen the prequels but not necessary.  Three separate stories are pursued until they all come together when the characters are stranded (of course) in an out-of-control dinosaur preserve.  Great CGI with at least one new dangerous creature.  Exciting escapes, heart-warming reunions, evil greedy scientists, dinosaurs fighting – what more could you want?

     




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  • 4.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 16, 2022 01:29 PM
    Thank you for the clarification; the topic is really books about libraries.




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  • 5.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 16, 2022 01:33 PM

    That's what I read.  What have others read?

    Nancy

     

    Nancy Bolt

    Nancy Bolt & Associates . 11710 West 76th Drive . Arvada, CO 80005

    303 642 0338 (preferred)  303 905 9347 (mobile)

     

    Latest Book: There, There by Tommy Orange.  The sad portrayal of Native Americans in Oakland, CA.  What does it mean to try and preserve Indian culture in an urban environment?  The story follows 12 Indians as they prepare for the first Oakland Pow Wow.  If you read this, be sure and get the paperback version which has a short profile of all 12 characters.  This was missing in the hardback.  Definitely for anyone interested in Native American culture. 

    Latest Movie:  Jurassic Park, Dominion.   It helps to have seen the prequels but not necessary.  Three separate stories are pursued until they all come together when the characters are stranded (of course) in an out-of-control dinosaur preserve.  Great CGI with at least one new dangerous creature.  Exciting escapes, heart-warming reunions, evil greedy scientists, dinosaurs fighting – what more could you want?

     




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  • 6.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 17, 2022 01:14 PM

    >>That's what I read.  What have others read?


    Nancy, if we give away what we've read what will we talk about at the Book Club?  

    (LOL) 


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    Nann Blaine Hilyard
    retired librarian * quiltmaker * volunteer
    Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
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  • 7.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 17, 2022 03:29 PM

    It's a teaser.  We can talk about what we liked and give ideas of what else to read.

    Nancy

     

    Nancy Bolt

    Nancy Bolt & Associates . 11710 West 76th Drive . Arvada, CO 80005

    303 642 0338 (preferred)  303 905 9347 (mobile)

     

    Latest Book: There, There by Tommy Orange.  The sad portrayal of Native Americans in Oakland, CA.  What does it mean to try and preserve Indian culture in an urban environment?  The story follows 12 Indians as they prepare for the first Oakland Pow Wow.  If you read this, be sure and get the paperback version which has a short profile of all 12 characters.  This was missing in the hardback.  Definitely for anyone interested in Native American culture. 

    Latest Movie:  Jurassic Park, Dominion.   It helps to have seen the prequels but not necessary.  Three separate stories are pursued until they all come together when the characters are stranded (of course) in an out-of-control dinosaur preserve.  Great CGI with at least one new dangerous creature.  Exciting escapes, heart-warming reunions, evil greedy scientists, dinosaurs fighting – what more could you want?

     




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  • 8.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 19, 2022 06:34 PM
    For those not there, we post a list of recommendations to ALACONNECT. There are currently lists there from previous discussions. 

    I am reading The Last Goddess by 

    Kateřina Tučkova fir this discussion. 

     

    Ann Marie Pipkin
    205-410-6787
    72 Cyprus Circle
    Sylacauga, AL 35151

    Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life - E.M. Forster, writer



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  • 9.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 17, 2022 01:12 PM
    Bruce, "a book about books" can mean whatever you want,  but generally the group enjoys talking about leisure reading rather than more technical stuff.
    (When I think of bibliography Winchell's Guide to Reference Books comes to mind. But then again Nancy Pearl's Book Lust is a sort of bibliography, isn't it?)

    Nann
    who was going to talk about 84, Charing Cross Road but has found another one to enthuse about




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    Nann Hilyard
    Librarian*Quiltmaker*Volunteer
    Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
    https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com
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  • 10.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 16, 2022 11:21 AM
    Hi, Nancy-
       The RMRT lineup for this year sounds wonderful-I'm so sorry I won't be able to be there. My husband and I have bought a new house, and are in the midst of a cross-country move. (What were we thinking?) At the moment I am trying to settle us into a new life in Sun City, CA! My husband Ed Spicer, on the other hand, will be there-he's serving on the Newbery Committee. 
         Perhaps next year?
         Ann
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  • 11.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 16, 2022 01:09 PM

     

    We will miss you.  Hopefully next year.

     

    Nancy

    Nancy Bolt

    Nancy Bolt & Associates . 11710 West 76th Drive . Arvada, CO 80005

    303 642 0338 (preferred)  303 905 9347 (mobile)

     

    Latest Book: There, There by Tommy Orange.  The sad portrayal of Native Americans in Oakland, CA.  What does it mean to try and preserve Indian culture in an urban environment?  The story follows 12 Indians as they prepare for the first Oakland Pow Wow.  If you read this, be sure and get the paperback version which has a short profile of all 12 characters.  This was missing in the hardback.  Definitely for anyone interested in Native American culture. 

    Latest Movie:  Jurassic Park, Dominion.   It helps to have seen the prequels but not necessary.  Three separate stories are pursued until they all come together when the characters are stranded (of course) in an out-of-control dinosaur preserve.  Great CGI with at least one new dangerous creature.  Exciting escapes, heart-warming reunions, evil greedy scientists, dinosaurs fighting – what more could you want?

     




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  • 12.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 24, 2022 11:35 AM
    From Kendi Kelley, incoming Treasurer RMRT
    I am seriously considering not attending ALA annual.  We would be driving in Saturday (9 hours) in order to attend two meetings on Sunday.  I would have to metro in from Virginia with the unknown possibility of disruption due to the Supreme Court decision today.  I am also having a medical test (unexpected) in one week and need to stay safe from covid.

    Is someone else attending Planning & Budget Assembly from 1-3?  I have reviewed Bob Holley's report from the last one and the main thing to listen for is any change in the amount ALA takes from round tables for operation costs (currently 10%). The January 2022 performance (financial) report shows us in a slightly better position than January 2021.

    Sorry for the late notice.

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    Kendi Kelley
    Advisory Board
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  • 13.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 24, 2022 11:45 AM
    Kendi,
    Do you know where it us? I will try to attend.



    Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone



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  • 14.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 24, 2022 11:54 AM
    The meeting is at Marriott Marquis in the Liberty Ballroom.




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  • 15.  RE: RMRT schedule at ALA in Washington

    Posted Jun 24, 2022 11:49 AM
    Just found it.  Tomorrow 1-3, Sunday. I'll go. Don't worry. Stay safe. And good luck on your medical test. 
    Nancy


    Sent from my iPad



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