At our last NYLA Council meeting in May, we met with the two candidates for the 2024-2025 ALA President position, Sam Helmick and Ray Pun. Congratulations to Ray Pun on being elected.
NYLA ran a Bonfire campaign to sell t-shirts as a fundraiser. While the initial campaign is over, meeting the original goal of selling 200 t-shirts, you can still buy a t-shirt in one of different styles to support NYLA. The purchasing link is here:
https://www.bonfire.com/new-york-library-association160/bonfireIf you are a member of NYLA and haven't voted in the NYLA council elections, you can do so until this Friday, June 15th. View more information about the current slate of candidates for NYLA council and vote here:
https://www.nyla.org/nyla-electionThe NYS legislative session ended last week but for next year, please keep in mind the Freedom to Read bills: S.6350-B, A.6873-B, S.7677-A, and A7843.B. The Senate has already passed S.6350-B, but the different pieces of legislations are to address schools and publics both. We are also looking at the E-Book Consumer Protection bill (S.6868-A). You can keep up with NYLA's legislative priorities via their Advocacy page:
https://www.nyla.org/advocacy
