AAAL 2025 Spring Meeting Package

Spring Meeting

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.

AAAL Spring AGM Meeting Package
 

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.

Register for AAAL’s Spring AGM
 

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

Spring Meeting

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. 

Register Online Here
 

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

Member News

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 2025, with 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

Member News

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

Call for AAAL Chair-Elect Nominations

AAAL Committees

Hello everyone,

We are still looking for an amazing individual to join us as our next Chair-Elect!

Speaking from experience, this is a fantastic role, with even better people! The time commitment is not that much, and the support in the group is incredible. I hope you will consider yourself for this role, or nominate a colleague! I would be happy to chat further if you have any questions about the role or work. Please see below for more information:

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) is seeking nominations for the following Executive Committee position, to begin this Spring.

All staff from AAAL member institutions (https://aaal.ca/membership/membership-list/) are eligible. To apply, simply send either a nomination or self-nomination to aaal.executive@gmail.com with a brief statement of interest.

For a full list of responsibilities for the role, please visit the AAAL Bylaws Page. Any questions about the role can be sent to Andrea Johnston (andrea.johnston@rdpolytech.ca)

The deadline for applications/nominations is Friday, April 25 at noon. 

To apply, please send either a nomination or self-nomination to aaal.executive@gmail.com with a brief statement of interest

For a brief description of the role, please see below.

Executive Committee Vacancy

Chair-Elect (3 year term – first as Chair-Elect, second year as Chair, third year as Past-Chair – note that the first year of term is only a partial year). 

Responsibilities include: 

  • Call for volunteers for executive and standing committee positions as needed and ensure positions are filled and elections carried out as needed; 
  • Communicate changes to the Executive and Committee roster, including position terms, to the Communications Committee. 
  • Solicit applications for the Professional Development Award and oversee award disbursements

Please let us know if you have any questions, and thank you for considering! AAAL is an incredible group to be a part of, and we hope you consider joining us!

Kind Regards, 

Andrea Johnston, AAAL Chair-Elect