June 4, 2020

From PNLA Executive Board:

The Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) unequivocally condemns racism and endorses the statements made by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and other library allies to condemn and take action to dismantle “the systematic social injustices of Black people and People of Color”. 

In solidarity with these efforts, PNLA is committed to examining its own practices and processes, as well as leveraging its network as a regional library association to engage the Pacific Northwest library community in critical conversations and programming on equitable access, diversity, and social justice topics.

Additional Resources and Statements  

• Black Caucus of the American Library Association statement
• ALA #LibrariesRespond: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/libraries-respond
• Asian Pacific American Librarians Association statement
• REFORMA statement of solidarity
• Orbis Cascade Alliance statement: 
• University of Minnesota’s: Reading Racial Justice
• Collection of Antiracist reading lists from School Library Journal

PNLA Solidarity Statement

PNLA Quarterly is publishing a special issue about the Libraries and COVID-19. PNLAQ would like to hear from you about your COVID-19 library experiences.

Email pqeditors@gmail.com with your library reactions, responses, and reflections to the pandemic. Brief and long papers, essays, and writing are welcome.

PNLA Quarterly webpage: https://pnla.org/pnla-quarterly/ 

Out of care for the wellbeing of our members and concerns for the financial impact on the Pacific Northwest Library Association and the Alaska Library Association, the conference planning team has decided to cancel the in-person conference scheduled for this August. We are exploring possibilities for a virtual conference, so please keep an eye on this website.

Be well. Be careful. Stay safe.

AkLA/PNLA Conference Planning Team

The list of the YRCA 2021 Nominees is now available!

What a wonderful conference!

Please see the slides and handout via this page.

PNLA is a non-profit organization that is supported by its membership. Please consider supporting PNLA through your donations. You can target your donation to specific PNLA initiatives such as the Young Reader’s Choice Awards, PNLA LEADS, PNLA Quarterly, supporting the PNLA conference, or just PNLA in general. Your donations are greatly appreciated. Please use the form linked below to donate:

PNLA DONATION FORM

Call for Participation

You are invited to submit program proposals for the 2019 PNLA Conference in Spokane, Washington on August 7-9th. The theme for the conference is Libraries Leading the Way. PNLA is seeking programming that focuses on:

• Library leadership skills such as communication, conflict resolution, strategic planning, etc.
• Outreach to diverse and underrepresented patron groups
• Rural and small libraries
• Young readers and community literacy
• New library-related competencies and workplace skills
• Technology and innovation
• Information literacy and #CritLib
• Equity, inclusion, and diversity.
• Reader’s Advisory
• Sessions of interest to school, public, academic, and special libraries.

Program sessions will be either be 75 minutes, 45 minutes, or 10 minutes lightning talks. PNLA is also seeking proposals to be considered for longer pre-conference sessions as well. The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2019 and submissions will receive a response from the planning committee by March 31st, 2018.

To submit a proposal please visit this link.

You will be asked for program and contact information including a 100-250 word abstract.

If you have questions about the conference or are interested in being a vendor — please contact Rick, the conference chair Email Rick

Hashtag: #PNLA2019

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