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Our Mission:
- To unite in this group, North Carolina Library Association members who are interested in women’s issues in libraries
- To provide a forum for the discussion of the concerns of women in libraries and how these concerns affect the profession as a whole
- To provide for exchange of information among all components of the North Carolina Library Association with the goal of increasing understanding of current issues affecting women within the profession
- To give stimulus, support and information to the Association and its various components in encouraging library policy and decision makers to be more aware of and responsive to these issues and concerns
- To present programs and carry out other appropriate activities
- To see to fulfill the objectives of the North Carolina Library Association
Board MembersMichelle Hildreth, Chair Green Road Library, Wake County Public Library michelle.hildreth@wakegov.com Kate Budries, Chair Elect Glenn McNairy Branch Library, Greensboro Public Library kate.budries@greensboro-nc.gov Jenny Barrett Boneno, Past Chair Joan Sherif, Herstorian Northwest Regional Public Library jsherif@nwrl.org Lara Luck, Director | HerStory - How We Came To BeThe organizational meeting of the NCLA Roundtable on the Status of Women in Librarianship occurred on March 20, 1981, at Meredith College in Raleigh, but groundwork for the event began much earlier. Two of the women most instrumental to the group's founding, Judith Sutton of Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), and Patsy Hansel, then of Onslow County Public Library, "decided it was time to try to do something about the blatant discrimination we so frequently saw" in hiring of library directors. According to Patsy, "we had ideas of helping boards of trustees learn how not to discriminate when they were hiring directors." Sutton and Hansel met with Patrice Ebert and Nancy Massey, both then with the Hyconeechee Regional Library System, and Mary Hopper, also with PLCMC, to discuss organizing a group that would provide training and support from other women, as well as a forum for discussion. After agreeing to form a roundtable within NCLA, they circulated petitions throughout the state, easily acquiring the necessary two hundred signatures. Funding for the organizational meeting in Raleigh arrived part from the Public Library Section of NCLA, but not without flack. One male librarian at the time complained about the lack of such a group for men. Louise Boone, then director of the Albemarle Regional Library, quipped that he could start one himself; "then, we can have a dance." Over one hundred people attended the Meredith College meeting in 1981 which featured a welcome by NCLA president, William O'Shea and a keynote address by library trustee, Alice Ihrig. A brief business session established a steering committee to guide the new roundtable until the NCLA Fall conference. This committee consisted of Patrice Ebert, Judith Sutton, Nancy Massey, Patsy Hansel, Lynne Henderson (Meredith College Library), and Valerie Lovett (Wake County Library). Since the group was established, the name has evolved into Women in Libraries Roundtable. |
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Join our section on social media! | Marilyn L. Miller Award for Professional Commitment Sponsored by Women in Libraries Roundtable PURPOSE CRITERIA
Members of the WILR Executive Committee are ineligible for nomination. NOMINATION PROCESS Members of the WILR Executive Committee are ineligible for nomination.
The Executive Committee will review the nominations and select the recipient. A plaque and $200 will be presented at the NCLA Conference to the award recipient. PAST RECIPIENTS 2003 - Sandy Neerman, Greensboro Public Library 2004 - Linda H, Stone, Central Carolina Community College 2005 - Barbara Baker, Durham Technical Community College 2007 - Rose Simon, Salem College 2009 - Bryna Coonin, East Carolina University 2011 - Dale Cousins, Wake County Public Library 2013 - Eleanor Cook, East Carolina University 2015 - Margaret Miles, New Hanover County Public Library 2017 - Wanda Brown, Winston-Salem State University 2019 - Marian Fragola, North Carolina State University 2021 - Irene Owens, North Carolina Central University |
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