(The following is a blog post from Rachel Becker, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). Maybe someday I’ll be jaded about attending MLA, but after my 3rd annual meeting I can confidently say I’m not there yet! Thanks to UNYOC’s Professional Development Award, I got another chance to spend …read more
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First-time Attendance at MLA
(The following is a blog post from Darcey Mulligan, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). As an early career librarian, my attendance at the annual MLA conference in Chicago was a whirlwind. I am so glad that I was able to attend and experience what so many others have …read more
Breakfast of Champions
Though I am late in submitting this report, my tardiness is not a reflection of my gratefulness to UNYOC for granting me the funding to attend the chapter’s 2018 annual conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Conscious of the fact that the winter season has already inched well into February, moving me another month past this event …read more
UNYOC 2011: Inspiration and Education
(As a requirement of UNYOC’s Professional Development Award, recipients must post on the UNYOC blog describing their experience including the impact this has had on them personally and/or their organization.) With UNYOC’s generous support, I was able to attend their 2011 Annual Meeting in Poughkeepsie, New York. This professional development opportunity benefitted me greatly in …read more