It’s that time of year again! NYLA Annual Conference! Like every year, there is a whole metric crapton (yes this is a unit of measurement, trust us), of Awesome Shit™ happening at the conference. So listen up because this is the list of all the things you simply MUST DO this year.
Service Day
Thursday, November 3rd, 1-4pm
Traveling up to the conference on Wednesday? Need something to do before dinner? Urban Librarians Unite is sponsoring the first NYLA Conference Service Day. This year we will be helping the Franklin Community Center clean and organize their kitchen and pantry. Service Day will be held at the Franklin Community Center from 1 – 4pm on Wednesday, November 2nd.
Space is super limited, so please register on Eventbrite to hold your spot!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyla-conference-service-day-tickets-27707460761
Fail Night
Thursday, November 3rd, 10pm
Want to spend Thursday night at NYLA watching people talk about their horrible failures and moments of utter incompetence with an cash bar? OH HELL YES YOU DO!
This year’s NYLA After Dark, hosted by Urban Librarians Unite, will be a veritable buffet of FAIL. You get 7 minutes to talk about something that tanked miserably and what you learned from it. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, we’ll commiserate, we’ll try not to laugh at you, but really, with THAT mistake what do you expect?
Location TBD
https://www.facebook.com/events/231460660601801/
Battledecks/Lip Synch Battle
Friday November 4th, 5:30 – 7pm
Do you have the courage cleverness and elan to participate in full contact competitive public speaking? If you lack the courage to get in game do you like to laugh hilariously as people make public spectacles of themselves? If the answer to either of those was YES then you need to come to NYLA Battledecks. See people try desperately to weave together a talk from rando images (oh yeah and we expect you to be funny while you do it).
New Yorkers for Better Libraries – Karaoke Night!
Friday, November 4th – 9:30 pm
Karaoke, hilarity, and the thrill of public performance (or the fear of public embarrassment?), all for the best cause- better library funding! (Christian promises to sing some Hootie and the Blowfish!) ((“NO I FREAKING DON’T”)) (Yes he does!)
All funds raised will go directly to the New Yorkers for Better Libraries, a political action committee urging New York’s elected officials to support state funding for libraries.
ULU’s Conference Session!
15 minutes of development
Saturday November 4th, 9:30am
In 2015, the Education Committee of Urban Librarians Unite created the webinar series “Coffee Break Webinar.” The series highlights the current projects of librarians today and makes them accessible to librarians who have very little time for professional development. Within fifteen minutes, the speaker creates a presentation based on what makes them tick the most. Find out the tech side and the content side of how to make your project shine.
Speakers:
Marissa Richardson, Queens Library
Lauren Comito, Queens Library
Brian Hasbrouck, Brooklyn Public Library
Say Hey to ULU at the Conference!
We’ll be set up with a fun display in the hallway all conference, but pop by and check in with us during the exhibits only time. Try on a creepy advocacy bird head. Sign up to volunteer! Join a committee! All the things!