#Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship

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Lauren P @ Midwinter

Whew! Midwinter was busy, productive, and good this go around! As you know I typically blog each event and pull the posts together into daily posts here. This time I quickly realized that I wouldn’t even have the time for that type of reporting, so I did daily posts over on my blog, and I’m... more

Lauren’s Tuesday & some final thoughts

Today started with a COSWL meeting, and finished with the Amtrak ride home. I’ve posted my COSWL notes over on the COSWL Cause blog. Some general reflections from this conference: It is NOT worth it to stay in the dorms. It is less stressful to focus on meetings (rather than programs) if you have a... more

Lauren @ COSWL

Today was COSWL’s first meeting… I posted notes on the COSWL blog. One thing I’m thrilled we’re discussing is women, technology, and librarianship. I think there’s fruitful area for research and action in that realm. We have a lot of big plans for the coming year. Here’s hoping that our committee members get involved in... more

Lauren @ LITA DLIG & COSWL (alphabet soup!)

Okay, is it saying something when a shy person says the best part of her day was spent in the exhibit hall? Today I had my first interest group meeting as a co-chair. We had had some drama setting up the meeting of the Distance Learning Interest Group, thought we had fixed the issue, then... more

COSWL meeting

COSWL met at 8:00 this morning. (I’m like Mary, I like the West coast time!) It was a really good and productive meeting. In general, we’re focusing on our blog as a marketing and communication tool to reach out to a larger audience. At annual, we’re going to participate in the vendor area to talk... more

Lauren’s sitting at the airport

Whew! After running errands, making sure files are in order, and finishing all the necessary tasks to leave town, I’m sitting in the airport waiting to fly to O’Hare. (I’m really glad the layover happens to be there… they have great vegan pretzels!) I’m headed off to ALA in a few capacities. My main committee... more