NGAL 2022 - 2023 Leadership

​Gina Viarruel, Chair
Joan Dudzinski, Vice-Chair
Treasurer, Vacant

Recent NGAL Webinar Recordings

​NGAL May 2022: Grant Writing Tips & Tricks (May 2022)

• Shannan Furlow, Georgia Public Library Service
  
  

Amplify the Message: Library Advocacy (November 2021)

• ​Presenter: Angela Cortellino, Sequoyah Regional Library System
  
  

How to Make Your Annual Report Shine (July 2021)

• Presenter: Denisa Casement, International Fundraising Consultant
  
  

The Product of Challenge: Cutting Edge Innovations & Caring For Staff (January 2021)

• Presenters:
  • ​Jennifer Jacobs, Kennesaw State University
  • Kara Rumble, Sequoyah Regional Library System
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What Leadership Looks Like During A Pandemic (October 2020)

• Presenters: 
  • ​Joy Bolt, University of North Georgia
  • Jeffrey Fisher, Forsyth County Public Library
  • Eli Arnold, Olgethorpe University

​Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Tour Wrap-Up

​​Museum Director Virginia Howell led the group on a personalized tour of the museum, exhibits on marbling and historic postcards, and a behind-the-scenes peak at the museum’s library. Afterward, the group made their own paper in the museum workshop. The museum offers a number of workshops on papermaking, marbling and bookbinding.

July 2019 Meeting: Tour of Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

When: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Where: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
Georgia Institute of Technology
500 10th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
Program Description:
After a brief business meeting, Museum Director, Virginia Howell, will lead us on a tour of two temporary exhibits:
– Postage Required: Early Animated Postcards from the 1900s
– Marvelous Marbling: Demystifying Marbled Papers
NGAL will cover the cost of the tour.
Museum Description:
The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is an internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology. In addition to more than 2,000 books, the museum features a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. The museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, increase and disseminate knowledge about papermaking – past, present and future.
Certification:
1.5 hours of Continuing Education Credit is requested
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​New Echota Wrap-Up​

​A huge Thank You goes out to Nyala Edwards of the Calhoun-Gordon County Public Library and New Echota Park Ranger Bobby for entertaining the NGAL crowd last Wednesday!!
The news of the day was the election of new officers. It has been a pleasure to serve NGAL, and I am positive the new officers are going to do a super job. They are:
Mary Moore – Chair, Kara Rumble – Vice-Chair, & Jessica Osborne – Secretary / Treasurer. Their contact info is posted on the About NGAL page. Congratulations to all!!
It was a such a pleasure to visit the New Echota State Park. Bobby gave us a guided tour of the grounds and answered all of our questions. The weather was perfect and it was another great NGAL experience.