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SUMMARY:MLS Member Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) on October 28 at 
 the Devens Common Center for our Member Annual Meeting. All staff employed 
 by MLS member libraries are invited to attend.\n\nPlease note: Due to 
 scheduling considerations\, we are holding our meeting one week earlier 
 than usual.\n\nThis year’s agenda includes our annual business meeting as 
 well as updates from MLS\, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners 
 (MBLC)\, and the Massachusetts Library Association's Legislative 
 Committee.\n\nWe plan to share more details – including information about 
 the business meeting packet\, activities for attendees\, and other invited 
 guests – in the coming weeks.\n\nPlease register below and contact MLS 
 Event & Project Manager Sarah Donnelly (sdonnelly@masslibsystem.org) with 
 any questions.\n\n2024 Member Annual Meeting Packet\n\n\nAbout our Keynote 
 Speaker\n\nWe are thrilled to welcome Megan Piphus\, famed puppeteer and 
 ventriloquist\, as the keynote speaker at our 2024 Member Annual Meeting! 
 Megan taught herself puppetry and ventriloquism by watching VHS tapes that 
 her mother checked out at the library. She spent her teenage years 
 traveling the nation singing and performing ventriloquism at schools and 
 churches.\n\nSince 2020\, Megan has played the role of Gabrielle\, a 
 6-year-old black girl Muppet\, on Sesame Street. After training for a year 
 to learn Muppet-style puppetry with the cast of Sesame Street\, Megan 
 became the first black female puppeteer to perform on Sesame Street in 
 September of 2021.\n\n\nPathways to Inclusion \n\n\n\nAs part of our 
 Pathways to Inclusion: Strategies for Diverse Library Workforce 
 Development\, CultureAlly has been retained to support MLS in identifying 
 and addressing barriers that underrepresented groups face in accessing and 
 advancing within the library profession.\n\nWe are excited to announce that 
 CultureAlly will be joining us at our Annual Meeting on October 28. In the 
 afternoon\, they will facilitate an important engagement session. The focus 
 group will aim to collect data on your current experiences with hiring and 
 recruitment practices. This data will be invaluable in helping us better 
 understand how to create a more inclusive and equitable environment for all 
 current and future MLS members.\n\n\nAccessibility\n\nThe Massachusetts 
 Library System (MLS) strives to create inclusive and accessible events. To 
 request a reasonable accommodation to attend this event\, please contact 
 Sarah Donnelly (Event & Project Manager) at sdonnelly@masslibsystem.org or 
 508-357-2121 ext. 301. All reasonable accommodation requests should be made 
 no fewer than two (2) weeks before the event\, although we will attempt to 
 fulfill reasonable requests made after that time.
LOCATION:Devens Common Center\, MLS Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Sogigian":MAILTO:sarah@masslibsystem.org
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CONTACT;CN="Sarah Sogigian":MAILTO:sarah@masslibsystem.org
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