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Tues., April 7 at 6:00 p.m., DCLA Spring Social: "Meet the 2015 BoardCandidates" at Penn Social's Trivia NightWed., April 8 at 10:00 a.m., "Public Libraries and Hispanics: A Cutting-EdgeReport" at Mumford Room, Madison Building, Library of CongressTues., April 14 at 6:00 p.m., DCLA Program: "National Library Workers Day:Discussion on Librarian's Salaries"Wed., April 22 at 6:00 p.m., DCLA Program: "Planning and Branding for theFuture" with Mary Evangeliste of Fearless FutureWed., April 29 at 6:30 p.m., DC SLA nonfiction book club discusses: David andGoliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

DC Punk Archive: Origins

by Michele Casto and Bobbie Dougherty; originally published onThe Library As Incubator Project

DCLA "Movers &Shakers"

Bobbie Dougherty,DCLA Membership Director, isa 14th annual Cafritz Awardrecipient. The award is given toD.C. Government Employees

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DC Public Library (DCPL) librarians Michele Casto and BobbieDougherty have dreamt of building an archival collection focusedon DC’s influential punk scene for years. We felt that developingsuch a collection would not only meet traditional archival goals ofpreserving materials as a resource for students, researchers, andfans of local music culture, but would also help position DC PublicLibrary as an institution supportive of local music past and present,a space for local music discovery, and an innovator in communityengagement in collection building and preservation. Click here tocontinue reading.

Meet Your 2015-2016 DCLA BoardElection Candidates

DCLA Elections are between April 15-30, 2015. An electronic ballotwill be emailed to members on April 15, voting will end on April 30.Meet the candidates in person at DCLA's Spring Social at PennSocial's Trivia Night on Tues., April 7 at 6:00 p.m.

Vice-President/President-Elect: YvonneDooleyYvonne Dooley is a senior copyrightinformation specialist at the Library ofCongress within the U.S. CopyrightOffice, where she uses copyrightownership records to prepare reportsin response to public and congressionalinquiries. Before joining the Library,Yvonne worked as a contractor andmanaged the digitization of 2.5M cardcatalog records of pre-1978 copyright assignments and transfers.This effort supported the Library’s strategic goals to preserve therecord of America’s creativity and sustain an effective nationalcopyright system.

Before moving to Maryland in 2009, she was a professionallibrarian in Texas in both academic and public library settings. Shewas a business reference librarian at Southern Methodist Universitywhere she supported researchers and taught workshops onspecialized topics and databases such as Bloomberg, among other

for their outstandingperformance and exemplaryservice to D.C. residents.Congratulations, Bobbie!

News From ALACouncil

ALA President, CourtneyYoung, has released thisstatement regarding recentdevelopments in Indiana.

Students: Apply fora DCLA Ruth FineMemorial Loanby April 17 The Student FinancialAssistance Committee (SFAC) ispleased to announce the 2015competition for its Ruth FineMemorial Student Loan of$6,000 in support of ALA-accredited graduatelibrary/information scienceeducation. This interest-freeloan, which the SFAC canforgive upon an awardee’smaintaining a 3.0 or better GPAfor the twelve months followingthe award, has been made tostudents in the DC metro areasince 2002 thanks to a bequestfrom Ms. Fine (a past presidentof DCLA). The SFAC will acceptapplications, letters ofrecommendation, and othersupporting materials by mail oremail from now until April 17,2015. Applicants must be amember of DCLA.

Preference is given toWashington, DC residents orsomeone employed in theDistrict of Columbia. For

duties. At Carrollton and Frisco Public Libraries, she served as aresource to city officials, the public and the library as a whole withher specialized reference background. She also developed andmaintained the reference collection at both libraries and othercollections, as assigned, to meet community needs. She wasintroduced to librarianship by her grandmother who was both ahigh school and academic librarian.

Yvonne is the past president of the Library of Congress ProfessionalAssociation which serves library staff by providing professionaldevelopment through programs and events. As president, Yvonneincreased the visibility of the organization and oversaw largefundraising projects including a major book sale. Yvonne was anactive member of the Texas Library Association. She served on thelocal arrangements committee for the 2008 annual conference andwas co-chair for events and arrangements. Yvonne looks forward tocontinuing the traditions of the District of Columbia LibraryAssociation and making a significant contribution as the 2015 Vice-President/President-Elect.

Secretary: Victor BenitezVictor Benitez is a librarian at DigitalCommons, Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial Library, D.C. Public Library.Victor received his LIS degree and aCommunity Informatics certificatefrom the Graduate School of Libraryand Information Science at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Victor has servedthe D.C. Library Association as a member of the Student FinancialAid Committee and as secretary since 2013. Assecretary, Victor relaunched the association's newsletter, CapitalLibrarian, and serves as its editor. Victor was born and raised inChicago and currently lives in Petworth, DC.

Secretary: Kari MitchellKari is an Adult Librarian with the DCPublic Library, where she has been atfor almost 2 years. She holds BAdegrees in English and History fromthe University of North Dakota and hascompleted additional graduate work inEnglish. She received an MLS degreefrom Indiana University, Bloomingtonin 2013. She has extensive experienceteaching college English as well as teaching in the fields ofmanagement, digital humanities, and publishing. Kari’sprofessional interests include rural and urban libraries andintellectual freedom. She currently serves on the ALA Committee on

complete information, pleasevisit: http://www.dcla.org/page-1723277.

Announcements Capital Librarian SeeksContributors

Stories are being sought forpublication in CapitalLibrarian on a range oftopics relevant toDCLA and members. Forinquiries or to submita story, contact the editor. Capital Librarian Seeks"Movers & Shakers"

Tell us what you'redoing, send your anecdotesand updates bycompleting this form. DCLA Members Runningfor ALA Council

As election season approachesfor ALA, we wanted to informyou of the following DCLAmembers who are running forseats on ALA Council as At-Large members.

Ebony M. HenryVirginia (Ginny) MooreCandice TownswendAmanda J. Wilson

The ALA election runs fromMarch 24 to May 1. Thisannouncement is forinformational purposes onlyand does not represent anyenforcements.

DCLA Seeks AwardNominations

Legislation, the Committee on Legislation/LSTA Subcommittee,and the ALA Information Freedom Privacy Subcommittee.

Advocacy Director: Ebony HenryMy name is Eboni M. Henry; I am aBranch manager for DC Public Libraryand up for re-election for Director ofAdvocacy. I have worked in the libraryfield for over 15 years. I am very activein American Library Association as aCouncilor at Large, Committee ofLegislation, ALA APA Salaries andStandards past chair, BCALA Co-chairof the International Relations Committee and past Executive Boardmember. My professional concerns for 21st century libraries arethe equal access to library services and information to low incomefamilies and homeless. I want to continue my work on theExecutive Board to ensure that the DC Library Associationcontinues to uphold its objective to promote and support librariesand information centers and to provide for professionaldevelopment, continuing education, and collegial exchange amonglibrarians and information specialists in Washington, D. C. andvicinity. I believe this can be achieved through raising awarenessand advocating for the community’s needs within the librariancommunity at large. My goal as Director of Advocacy, if re-elected,recommends advocacy efforts and/or plans advocacy programming.My professional mission is to move libraries into their equitableplace in fairness of access in the emergent digital information age.

Advocacy Director: Christopher StewartChristopher Stewart is a graduate of St.Mary’s College of Maryland with adegree in Political Science and, isconcurrently working on a Masters ofLibrary and Information Science at TheCatholic University of America, lawspecialization and, a Missional fellow atWesley Theological Seminary receivinga Masters of Divinity and, Masters ofTheological Studies (graduating in May 2015). His concentrationhas been poverty intervention/ prevention and, juvenile justicereform. He has enjoyed volunteering with Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates (CASA) and the Washington Legal Clinic for theHomeless. It has allowed him the opportunity to be in anenvironment that promotes academia and literacy.

He has volunteered internationally in Ethiopia and Haiti workingwith Orphanages teaching, tutoring and helping to create protectivedocuments for orphans and working alongside committed leadersto transform the face of poverty, homelessness, hunger and, youth

Nominations for the AinsworthRand Spofford President'sAward and the Elizabeth W.Stone Outstanding New LeaderAward are being sought, clickhere to learn more about theawards.

Submit nominations to BillTurner. National LibraryLegislative Day 2015:Call for Volunteers

National Library LegislativeDay is fast approaching andseveral volunteers are needed.To help, complete this form.

Writing Opportunity

If anyone is interested incontributing to a newencyclopedia focused onprivacy rights to be publishedby GreenhousePublishing, contact ChrisAnglim, UDC Archivist.

Job & InternshipBoard

Part-time Librarian,ICF InternationalSystems Librarian,D.C. Public Library;apply by 4/15/15Temp Jobs atCongressional ResearchService; apply by4/10/15 via email

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Victor Benitez

advocacy has been his mission.

He currently works with the District of Columbia Public Library(DCPL) as a library associate in the Center for Accessibility. Inconjunction with the Library for the Blind and physicallyhandicapped (LBPH), he serves some of the best customers in theworld. He enjoys planning community programs and advocatingfor equal access to education and library related resources. He said,“I am thrilled about this new journey and I look forward to thepossibility of serving each of you.”

Career and Leadership Director: KimberlyKnightKimberly Knight is currently aManager with DC Public Library. With20 years in public libraries, she hasworked in diverse settings fromOakland and Los Angles to PrinceWilliam and Arlington servingchildren, teens, and adults. Kimberlyhas a wealth of experience arrangingprograms, leading system-widecommittees, public forums, training and development opportunitiessuch as the annual DCPL Staff Day. Kimberly has been active withthe California Librarians Black Caucus, ALA, ALSC, PLA, andpresented at VLA and the Library of Virginia Conferences. She hascompleted training in Leadership, Management Training, andToastmasters and is a member of the Library Leadership andManagement Association (LLAMA). Kimberly is very excited tobecome more active with DCLA and for the opportunity to run forthe Career & Leadership Development Director.

Career and Leadership Director: Emily WagnerEmily Wagner is a graduate student inthe Department of Library andInformation Science at The CatholicUniversity of America. She works full-time as the Communications Officer forCUA's Division of UniversityAdvancement managingcommunications for fundraising andcommunity engagement. She currentlyserves as president of the Association of Graduate Library andInformation Science Students, CUA's student chapter of theAmerican Library Association. Prior to CUA, Emily spent five yearsas a writer and researcher for The Pew Charitable Trusts. She haslived in Washington, D.C. for the past seven years and is an alumnaof Mount Holyoke College. In her spare time, Emily volunteers as aFriend of the Mt. Pleasant Library, plays music (she has been a tubaplayer for more than a decade), and enjoys growing succulents,

Contributors

Michelle CastoChristopher CorriganBobbie DoughertyJennifer ManningAmanda J. Wilson

DCLA Board Christina Bailey, PresidentJulius C. Jefferson, Jr., Vice-PresidentAmanda J. Wilson, Past-PresidentVictor Benitez, SecretaryTaChalla Ferris, TreasurerBobbie Dougherty, MembershipDirectorChristopher Corrigan, ALAChapter CouncilorEboni Henry, AdvocacyDirectorShari-Ruth Goodwin, Career &Leadership DevelopmentDirectorJamilla Coleman, SystemsDirector New DCLA Members

Elizabeth Anderson, DCPLKristen Mentzer, CUA StudentCynthia Vrabel, CUA Student

herbs, and veggies in her tiny apartment garden.

KSA & Resume Workshop Recap

On March 4, 2015, DCLA presented Brian Easley, Ph.D., for a KSA& Resume Workshop. The following is feedback from participantswho attended the workshop:

"I thought the workshop was very worthwhile. Dr. Brian Easley hadsome really good tips, some of which I think will really help me in

improving my resume for federal jobs. Overall I got a lot out of it." -Angela Forest

"Thanks so much for organizing the workshop on Resumes andKSAs. The speaker answered a lot of questions that many of us haveabout navigating the federal job arena. I learned a lot and I'm sure

many others did also. Thanks again." -Q. Sabree

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