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#NCAALXII #LibrarianConference #AllAreWelcome #Unity #BCALA #ProfessionalDevelopment 9 days till the Conference. Don't miss out on a great opportunity to network and increase your professional development.

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🔔The wait is almost over! We are one week away from the opening day of the National Conference of African American Librarians! We’re excited to learn, grow, mix, mingle, & celebrate. Registration is still open! Visit ncaal.org for more information! #NCAAL #NCAALXII

It’s Sunday and while the big news today might involve stepping down, we’re stepping up for NCAAL! It’s just a few days away and we’re looking forward to your posts and pictures! Tag them with #NCAAL and/or #NCAALXII, the official conference hashtags!

Headed to NCAALXII? Safe travels! We are so excited to see you down in New Orleans. It’s hot this summer, and #NCAALXII is the coolest place to be this week. ☀️ *Registered Attendees: Be sure to download the Whova app for the most up to date communication & conference schedule!

📣Tomorrow is the opening session for #NCAALXII! We’re excited to welcome our distinguished speaker, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy! **The location of this session is the New Orleans Public Library. Proof of conference registration (preferably via the Whova app) is required for admission.**

Welcome to the first day of #NCAALXII in New Orleans! Before you back that thing up 😅: Registered attendees, check your email! You should have received some important first day info. We’re overjoyed to see and be in community with you all these next few days. Let’s get it! 🎉

We’re live! Here at the Opening Session at #NCAALXII at the grand New Orleans Public Library Main Branch. Despite the rain it’s a full house.

Tomorrow! Lots of great things lined up at #NCAALXII. Rise & shine with the diaspora event at 8am; Award winning author Walter Mosely speaks at 12pm; The Exhibition Hall opens at 2pm. Plus many great sessions and presentations throughout the day. IYKYK! Come through & chill!

7/26/24 - Day 3 of #NCAALXII: We’ll have a day jam packed with great presentations. Check the Whova app for the full schedule! Keynote speaker & author of the 1619 Project Nikole Hannah Jones will be in the building at 2; Come & get your laugh on w/ comedian Leighann Lord at 7pm!

Thank you to our keynote speaker Nikole Hannah Jones (Ida Bae Wells) for dropping gems and inspiring us at #NCAALXII ! We thank her for the hope she puts into her work, her passion for truth telling, and her advocacy work for libraries and librarians!

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All of our sessions and presentations are done for #NCAALXII. A massive THANK YOU to our presenters for sharing their knowledge and time with us! We could not have done it BIG without you all. The grand finale Awards Dinner and Gala Celebration is tonight starting at 6:30!

#NCAALXII Attendees: We want to hear from YOU! Please take the NCAAL XII In-Person Conference Survey! In the Whova app, on the home screen, scroll down to ‘Additional Resources’ and then the ‘Surveys’ button. You can complete the survey there. Thank you! 🙏🏾

If #NCAALXII inspired you, become a member of BCALA today to continue to connect with fellow library workers year round. Were you a member in the past and need to update your membership information? You can do that, too! Link: bcala.org/library-associ…

🎉 Congratulations to our newly elected executive board for 2024-2026! Thank you to all of our immediate past executive board members for all the wonderful work and valuable time you’ve contributed to BCALA!! You are appreciated.

This week we’re celebrating Jos N. Holman, past BCALA President (2010-2012). The Tippecanoe County Public Library’s downtown branch just completed a major renovation and unveiled the new name: Jos N. Holman Branch! He has been the County Librarian since 2002. Congrats, Jos!