ALA President Cindy Hohl's Visit to Long Island

On Wednesday, April 9, LILRC welcomed American Library Association President Cindy Hohl to a reception honoring the 5th anniversary of the LILRC Diversity Internship Program. For National Library Week, Hohl was visiting members of her Presidential Advisory Committee on the east coast of the US, including Sally Stieglitz, Communications and Outreach Coordinator at LILRC. The reception was held at the Medford Branch of the Patchogue Medford Library, where attendees heard Hohl speak about about diversity initiatives in ALA and in the library profession. Patchogue Medford Library Director Danielle Paisley also provided a tour of the recently built Medford Branch, a modern and flexible space serving the community. In attendence were LILRC Staff, and Board of Directors, the members of the LILRC Diversity Committee, current and former LILRC interns, and leaders from the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Nassau Library System, Suffolk County Library Association, and Nassau County Library Association.