PBCLA Membership Drive

Now is the time to join the Palm Beach County Library Association or renew your membership! Even if your Palm Beach County Library Association membership is not yet up for renewal, you can take advantage of this special offer to extend your membership for an additional year. The sale runs from December 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023.

Click here to renew

PBCLA Fall Quarterly Meeting

Monday, November 28

2:00 PM

Cox Science Center and Aquarium

4801 Dreher Trail N

West Palm Beach, FL 33405

Serving Palm Beach County since 1961, the Science Center revolves around a simple premise: science is exciting!

The PBCLA Fall Quarterly Meeting will be featuring a planetarium show, followed by our meeting, and ending with a presentation by the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches.

The planetarium show will begin promptly at 2:00 PM. Please plan to arrive early.

Send an email to info@pbcla.org for any questions.

See you there!

PBCLA Heads to Miami!

The PBCLA Board of Directors would like to invite PBCLA members to join them at our next social event at the Miami Book Fair!

Sunday, November 20

11 AM – 8 PM

Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus

300 NE 2nd Ave

Miami, FL 33132

***Please check with your employer on how you can attend if you are scheduled to work that day.

Street Fair Single Day Admission: $10

The Board will be traveling to and from the fair via Brightline for anyone that would like to join.

WPB > MIA

Departure: 8:48 AM; Arrival: 10:00 AM

SMART: $15; Premium: $37

MIA > WPB

Departure: 4:48 PM; Arrival: 6:00 pm

SMART: $24; Premium: $37

Brightline prices subject to change

Stay as short or long as you like!

Please contact President, Craig Santiago, at santiagoc@pbclibrary.org if interested in traveling via Brightline, or if you will be in attendance!

Click below for more information on the following:

Miami Book Fair

Street Fair hours and admission

Brightline

Moonlight Cemetery Tour

Join PBCLA for a Moonlight Cemetery Tour at Woodlawn Cemetery located at 1301 S Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33403. PBCLA members will receive an email with more details about the event as well as a registration link when registration opens. Registration will begin on November 9.

Congratulations to the new PBCLA Board!

Craig Santiago

President
(2022-2023)

Max La Mura

President Elect
(2022-2023)

Karen Garcia

Past President
(2022-2023)

Amanda Woolf

Treasurer
(2022-2024)

Kristina Wernisch

Secretary
(2022-2024)

Charlene Alonso

Membership Chair
(2022-2024)

Doris Mendez-DeMaio

Director: Public Libraries
(2022-2024)

Alia Spencer

Director: Academic Libraries
(2022-2024)

Lindsey McMullen

Director-At-Large
(2021-2023)

We need you! Nominations are open for the 2022-2023 PBCLA Board of Directors

Nominations are open for the 2022-2023 PBCLA Board of Directors. Please consider volunteering for an open officer position via self-nomination by sending your name, brief biography, and photograph to Nominating Chair Janet DeVries Naughton at janetdevries1@gmail.com by May 15th. Click here for more information about open positions.

BAM Festival on Saturday, April 9 at the Mandel Library

The Books! Art! Music! Festival is Saturday, April 9th at the Mandel Library from 10 am to 4 pm. BAM is bringing authors, artists, and performers for children and teens for activities, conversations, and general fun. Visit the BAM website to register, view the guest list and schedule, and donate. Click here to fill out a volunteer form. Forms will be accepted until Thursday, March 31st.

Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) Workshop: A Guide For Using Open Educational Resources (OER)

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) at Palm Beach State College is hosting a virtual workshop on using Open Educational Resources (OER) on Thursday, March 24, at 1 pm. Register online at this link.

Celebrating Black History Month with Core Ensemble

Celebrate Black History Month with Core Ensemble, Thursday, February 17, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm at the Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center, Belle Glade Campus. Live discussion, Q&A and exclusive viewing of "Unbought.” Also streamed on Zoom at meeting ID 92335235057, passcode 928341

Holocaust Remembrance: Palm Beach State College Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Workshop

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Palm Beach State College is hosting a virtual Holocaust Remembrance workshop at 11 am on Thursday, Jan. 27. Click here to register.

Fall 2021 Virtual Quarterly Meeting, Thursday, Nov. 4, at 3 pm

In Media Manipulation: Social Media and the Woke Generation Dr. Andrew Selepak of the University of Florida presents an examination of the use of social media platforms and the promotion of untruths and fables. The presentation will be moderated by Dr. Luis Fleischman of Palm Beach State College.

Want to get an MLIS? Here’s how.

Join representatives from three library schools for information sessions about their MLIS programs on Sept. 28, 29 and 30. They’ll talk about what their programs have to offer, walk you through how to apply, and answer all your questions. Click here for registration information.

EveryLibrary's 5K YOUR WAY: Run, walk, read or do whatever else you love to do — and support libraries while you're doing it

Join PBCLA’s 5K Your Way team to support EveryLibrary’s mission of building voter support for libraries by running, walking, reading, dancing, writing, swimming, shooting hoops, or whatever you love to do for 5K meters or 5K seconds* during the week of September 26 to October 2.

The Norton Museum of Art Virtual Tour Recording

If you weren’t able to attend the August 30 virtual tour of the Norton Museum of Art, click here to view the recording and here to see photos from the virtual tour.

Spring 2021 PBCLA Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE: 2021 Summer Scavenger Hunt > Board and Committees Nominations > PBC Libraries Promotion and Sponsorship > Scholarship and Professional Development Award > Upcoming Events > Past Events

Spady Cultural Heritage Museum Virtual Tour Recording

If you weren’t able to attend the May 4 virtual tour of the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach, click here to view the recording.

Virtual Tour of the Ripley's Believe it or Not Archive →

If you weren’t able to attend the Feb. 23 virtual tour of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not warehouse archive in Orlando, followed by a Q&A with Ripley archivist Kurtis Moellmann, click here to see photos from the virtual tour.