Mar
09
Thank you for joining us for the March conversations. Please enjoy these materials from CLA Intellectual Freedom Chair, Samantha Lee.
Jan
21
Chocolate for a good cause, what could be sweeter? Valentine's Day is coming, and if chocolates are on the menu, consider purchasing from See's Candies and supporting NELA with your purchase. Show some love to the special people in your life (partners, friends, staff, colleagues!) NELA will receive up to 50% of of each item sold!
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Jan
04
Deadline extended to January 14, 2022
All US public library directors are invited to complete this new survey to help us better understand public library staff roles, hiring and retention practices, and equity, diversity, and inclusion work. The survey was developed by PLA's Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment Committee in response to field-wide discussions and demand for actionable data about evolving staff roles and diversity and inclusion staffing efforts.
Five reasons why your library should complete the survey:
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Dec
01
NELA stands with ALA in opposing the recent increase in widespread efforts to censor books in U.S. schools and libraries. Please click HERE for the full ALA statement.
Aug
31
Each year NELA awards the Emerson Greenaway Award to an individual who has provided distinguished service in librarianship. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NELA made the decision not to present this award in 2020, as we did not feel there was a proper way to acknowledge and honor the contributions of a librarian deserving of this award under the circumstances. As a result, we are pleased to present two outstanding individuals with this honor in 2021.
Jennifer Alvino: Director of the Windham Public Library in Windham, Maine
Edward Garcia: Director of the Cranston Public Library in Cranston, RI
Jul
13
We are pleased to announce the attendees who have been selected for our first Emerging Leaders Virtual Cohort!
Thank you to our amazing sponsors Media Flex & Assabet Interactive! Without their support, events like these wouldn't be possible!
| Name | State |
| Martha Boksenbaum | RI |
| Taylor Cardillo | RI |
| Amy Dziewit | MA |
| Jessica Elias | MA |
| Justine Fafara | NH |
| Sarah Frost | NH |
| Miguel Garcia III | CT |
| Leigh Ann Hamel | NH |
| Susan Harmon | NH |
| Bethany Jarret | MA |
| Ann Kardos | MA |
| Sara Kelso | MA |
| Michael Long | MA |
| Samantha Lucius | NH |
| Amy McMullen | VT |
| Maisam Nouh | CT |
| Azra Palo | NH |
| Elise Petrarca | RI |
| Alessandra Petrino | CT |
| Loren Polk | VT |
| Lauren Rettig | ME |
| Melissa Small | ME |
| Deborah Smith | CT |
| Megan Smith | ME |
| Sean Smith | MA |
| Rachel Statham | ME |
| Mireille Sturmann | RI |
| Alyssa Taft | RI |
| Molly Virello | CT |
| Katherine Webber | ME |
| Sarah Camille Wilson | VT |
Jan
07
NELA's Statement on the January 6th Capital Violence
The New England Library Association strongly condemns the storming and violent occupation of Washington DC’s Capitol by rioters. This is an affront to the ideals of democracy that are at the heart of librarianship, fueled by white supremacy and the incendiary remarks, conspiracy theories, and lies of a select group of powerful politicians.
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Jun
15
The New England Library Association (NELA) stands in solidarity with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) in condemning violence and racism toward black people, indigenous people, and all people of color, and has endorsed BCALA’s statement condemning increased violence and racism towards Black Americans and people of color. NELA also supports the right of citizens to peacefully protest white supremacy, police brutality, and institutionalized racism.
NELA has also endorsed APALA’s statement hat condemns the rise in xenophobia and racism due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and has signed the pledge to combat the rise of xenophobia and racism against Asians and Asian/Pacific Americans due to COVID-19.
Let us all stand together, build coalitions, and be each other’s accomplices in the struggle to end internal, interpersonal, and systematic forms of racism and all other forms of oppression.NELA urges its members to support both the BCALA’s condemnation of the systemic and systematic social injustices endured by black people and people of color, and to take the APALA’s pledge against xenophobia. Racism, in all its forms, destroys our communities. We must all proactively work on eradicating racism anywhere and everywhere it exists.
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Mar
23
The New England Library Association fully supports each state library association’s statements on COVID-19 as they relate to their state’s library institutions.
NELA continues to recommend the full closure of all public, academic, and school libraries until it is safe and advisable to reopen.
