Western PAcific Chapter of AALL

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.