[LIBRARYDIR] CLAWS Conference Idea

[Mindy Coslor]

Hi Greg,

I'm a little confused about initiating a separate, additional conference when CLAWS had trouble with mounting their own conference before.  I had hoped that CLAWS would initiate programs within WLA's conference to draw more librarians to the bigger conference where cross-pollination between academic, school, and public librarians could occur.  ACRL-WA is an optional venue where community college programs could be offered.  One more conference to pay for in addition to Cascadia, Canvas, ATL, ELUNA, WLA, and ACRL (not to mention national conferences) seems like a challenge for small staffs and small budgets.  Spring is always busy and seems too short.  Others may feel differently, but this is my two cents.

Mindy

Mindy McCormick Coslor, PhD
Director of Library Services
Skagit Valley College
2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA  98273

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] CLAWS Conference Idea

Hello LLC,

Does anyone have any issues with CLAWS coordinating a one or multi day conference in Spring 2020? I don't think we can make it happen in Fall but at least 50% of the current CLAWS steering committee has expressed interest in such an event.

I know that all manner of scheduling hoops can up during the last LLC Meeting so I wanted to double check.

Thanks.

Greg

Greg Bem, MLIS
Professor and Library Coordinator
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