Western PAcific Chapter of AALL

Registration for the WestPac Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada, is now open.  Share the news with your friends and colleagues and plan your experiences and excursions in the biggest little city in the world.

Join WestPac for the Pacific Chapters Joint Reception on July 18 from 6:15 - 8:15pm at the Appaloosa Wright Room Grill in Denver, Colorado!

Converse with your colleagues from across the Pacific region who may be attending the AALL annual conference and enjoy a delicious buffet of enchiladas, potatoes, salad, and more!

The Appaloosa Wright Room Grill can be found at 535 16th St Mall #110, Denver, CO 80202.

UPDATE: Thanks so much to all who attended!! Recording is available under Conferences and Events > Educational Series once you sign-in to your WestPac account.

Please join us on Friday, May 20, at 10 a.m. PT (11 a.m. MT, 12 p.m. CT, 1 p.m. ET) for a discussion with Tawnya Plumb about her outreach project,

Zoom Link and passcode can be found here.

WestPac is issuing a call for topics for educational programming at the Annual Meeting in Reno (Sept. 30-Oct. 1). We will have varied and flexible time slots accommodating programs of 30, 45, and 60 minutes but are willing to consider longer programs as well. If you are interested in presenting, please e-mail Anna Blaine (annablaine@uidaho.edu) with your name, title, organization, and one paragraph describing your potential program. All ideas are greatly appreciated.

Deadline: July 8. 

The WestPac Grants and Awards Committee and the WestPac Board are delighted announce that WestPac will be offering three $500 travel grants to attend the AALL Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, in July.  We strongly encourage you to apply – no letters of recommendation are required!

The form can be found HERE.

The deadline for applications is Friday, May 6.  Please email Hilary Hardcastle if you have any questions!

Please join us on Wednesday, December 1, at 11 a.m. PT (12 p.m. MT, 1 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. ET) for a discussion with Meredith Farkas about Building a Better Collective Future with Slow Librarianship, the perfect antidote when achievement, productivity, and external validation have left you hollow and yearning for more reflection, collaboration, and inclusion (see attached flyer). Slow librarianship offers a path to a radical new future with more meaningful values-driven work and relationships, and thankfully Meredith has the map.

Zoom Link
Passcode: slowdown

Meredith's Biography: Meredith Farkas (she/her) is a faculty librarian at Portland Community College, a perpetual beginner, and a recovering workaholic. From 2007-2021, she wrote the “In Practice” column for American Libraries, focusing on accessible technologies, collaboration, values-driven work, antiracism, and reflective practice. Meredith was honored in 2009 with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology, and in 2014 with the ACRL Instruction Section Innovation Award.