AAAL’s Spring AGM is Coming Up! Important Notes for Attendees

We are so excited for our upcoming Spring AGM in Edmonton! Thank you to MacEwan for hosting us, and a huge thank you to our amazing L&D committee for organizing this event. 

We have important things to discuss at our Spring AGM. Please look at our meeting package for details about our meeting and speakers. Also, consider putting your name forward for Chair-Elect! 


 

Roundtable: Please prepare a 2-minute or less verbal update about your institution. We love hearing new initiatives, staffing changes, and supporting as much as possible with problems. We will need to stick to the 2 minutes. 

Voting: If you are the voting member for your institution or if you are the proxy for voting, please bring a device that allows you to cast your votes electronically. This can be a smartphone or tablet – anything to scan a QR code to access the voting ballots.

Name tags: Please bring your work name tag, if you have one. 

Chair-Elect: Our Chair-Elect position is open for nominations! Put your name, or your colleagues name (with their permission), forward to join our Executive team. Details about the position can be found at this link: Appendix A; Responsibilities of AAAL Officers and Committees (and y’all, it’s a sweet gig). The Chair-Elect is the first of three evolving positions and is held for one year before moving into the Chair position. The Chair position is one year and moves into the Past Chair position. This allows for continuity of experience and support for the Association.

We are so excited to see everyone on May 2! If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Wishing you all the very best,

AAAL Executive Board

aaal.executive@gmail.com

AAAL 2025 Spring Meeting Package

We are excited to be able to meet for our Spring AGM at MacEwan University in Edmonton! Thank you, MacEwan, for hosting us.  Please take a look at the spring meeting package below for all of the details about our upcoming in-person meeting.

 

The meeting will be in person and hosted by MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, May 2nd, 9:15 am to 3:45 pm. If you haven’t registered yet, please register for our meeting below. All staff from member institutions are invited to join.

 

Registration closes on April 17, 2025, or until registration is full. 

We look forward to meeting you all soon! If you have any questions or concerns,
please contact aaal.executive@gmail.com.

Many thanks,
AAAL Executive Board

Register for AAAL’s Spring 2025 AGM

Registration is now open for AAAL’s Spring 2025 AGM. The meeting will be in person and hosted by MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, May 2nd, 9:15 am to 3:45 pm. Check out our “Day at a Glance” for information about our presentation programming, accommodations, and parking. 

Registration is open until Thursday, April 17th, or until registration is full. 

 

If you are traveling from outside of Edmonton, you may wish to carpool to the meeting. Please visit the Carpooling Contact List if you wish to join a driver for carpooling, or to offer rides to others. Please note that people carpooling are responsible for communicating and deciding upon costs.

Please contact aaal.executive@gmail.com with any questions. 

Many thanks,

Sent on behalf of the AAAL Executive Board

Register Now for ILuminate 2025

This online learning event may be of interest to some AAAL members:


It’s time to register for ILuminate 2025, the free, online learning event hosted by MacEwan University Library!

ILuminate 2025with Mikayla Redden: Surfacing Marginalized Perspectives – Library Instruction and Scholarly Conversation Beyond the Peer Review Paradigm

Event details:

Registered participants will be sent a Zoom meeting link prior to the event. We hope to see you on May 6th! 

Sent on behalf of the ILuminate 2025 planning team: Jane Duffy, Liam Monaghan, Jody Nelson, Alison Pitcher 

ViMLoC Mentorship Program 2025

This call for applications may be of interest to some AAAL members:

For inquiries or further information, please contact: vimloc@gmail.com


The Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) Mentorship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025 session! This mentoring session will run from May 1st to June 30th, 2025. To apply as a mentor or mentee, please fill out the mentor application form or mentee application form

*** Applications will close on April 20, 2025. ***

About this program

The Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) recognizes the need to help visible minority librarians, especially early career and new immigrant librarians, develop their professional careers, as well as the need to encourage and guide visible minority library students with career planning. Lack of mentorship is often cited as a challenge among visible minority librarians, and through our mentorship program, we found that small acts of mentorship were able to make an impact on our mentees.

Applying for this program will help create a larger network of visible minority librarians and increase our representation in the library profession. The 2025 ViMLoC mentoring program will recruit experienced visible minority librarians as potential mentors, as well as facilitate the matching of potential mentors to mentees. ViMLoC membership is NOT required to participate in this program, however, you are encouraged to sign up for ViMLoC membership. Please visit our mentorship program page for more information.  

Should I apply?

This program is open to visible minority librarians at all stages of their career, and visible minority library students. In Canada, the visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: Chinese, South Asian, Black, Arab, West Asian, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Latin American, Japanese and Korean. Participants with the intersectionality of these backgrounds are welcome to apply. We need mentors with all kinds of experience and skills. In recognition of your contribution to the mentorship program, we would be happy to provide mentors with a reference letter. 

Expectations

Applicants to the program are expected:

  • To commit to the full term of the session;
  • To keep in touch with their mentorship partner a minimum of twice per month (by email, phone, Zoom, or other means of communication upon mutual agreement);

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at vimloc@gmail.com

Best regards,

ViMLoc Mentorship Committee

Valentina Ly, Yanli Li, and Deks Gorecki