Cognotes Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits JANUARY 10 January 8–12, 2016
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COGNOTES MIDWINTER MEETING & EXHIBITS JANUARY 10 January 8–12, 2016 SUNDAY Edition BOSTON, MA USE THE TAG #ALAMW16 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Senator Cory Booker to Speak at Today’s ALA President’s Program ising United States tion and compassion must Senator Cory guide our nation toward RBooker will join a brighter future. Booker ALA President Sari Feldman was mayor of Newark from as speaker at her President’s 2006 to 2013, and became Program. This program, in the first black senator from partnership with the ALA New Jersey in 2013. Task Force on Equity, Di- In response to the New versity, and Inclusion, will Jersey Library Association’s take place today from 3:30 statement expressing disap- – 5:30 p.m. pointment about his ap- Senator Cory Booker Sen. Cory Booker pearance on the President’s makes the case through his work, and in Program in light of the library cuts during his forthcoming book United, that connec- his time as mayor of Newark, Feldman said, Isaac Mizrahi, designer, fashion industry leader, documentary film co-creator “Building relationships with policy makers Senator Cory Booker and actor, and TV talk show host, takes questions from librarians during his and influencers, many of whom have not his- ALA President’s Program Auditorium Speaker Series presentation. torically been library advocates, is essential to Sunday, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. BCEC Ballroom West Mizrahi Tells Personal Stories see page 12 With Trademark Style saac Mizrahi kicked off the Auditorium include, The Adventures of Sandee, The Super- Sunrise Celebration to Speaker Series on Saturday morning with model, a graphic novel, and a fashion advice Feature Mary Frances Berry an inside look at the process he’s using book, How to Have Style. I cclaimed civil America and child care to pen I.M., his upcoming memoir, as well “I really like to write,” he said. “It is part as some of his life experiences. of why I felt compelled to write a memoir. rights activist and women’s rights. For Mizrahi, writing has always been I always thought writing my memoir would Aand academ- Power in Words: The something he’s enjoyed. Previous books be what I would be remembered for.” ic Dr. Mary Frances Stories behind Barack Another reason he’s writing I.M. is the Berry will keynote the Obama’s Speeches, from story it will tell. “It is a story I would like to tell 2016 Dr. Martin Lu- the State House to the QUICK LOOK impartially – if that is possible – or at least my ther King, Jr. Holiday White House (Beacon perspective, which I guess makes it partial.” Observance and Sunrise Press, 2010) offers in- As he gets into the process, however, the Celebration on Mon- sight and historical Registration answer to why he is writing his memoir is day from 6:30 – 7:00 context of President Sunday: 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. evolving. “I thought I knew why I was writing a.m. in BCEC 205BC. Obama’s most memo- the book, but as I started writing, the why be- Berry has been one rable speeches. Her Auditorium Speakers came another deeper question,” said Mizrahi. of the most prominent most recent book, We Jo Ann Jenkins Mizrahi’s formidable years include his activists in the cause Are Who We Say We 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. of civil rights, gender equality, and Are: A Black Family’s Search for Home BCEC Ballroom West Syrian Jewish upbringing and his attendance at a yeshiva school experience, from kin- social justice in the United States. Her across the Atlantic World (Oxford Uni- publications include such subjects as President’s Program dergarten through grade eight. He doesn’t versity Press, 2014), offers a new angle Senator Cory Booker mince words when describing his upbring- the history of constitutional racism in of vision for looking at racial identity, Sunday, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. ing, using both “great” and “terrible” in the demography, and migration as themes BCEC Ballroom West same sentence. Dr. King Observance and of our national history. Her forthcom- Abuse – though not from his parents – is a Sunrise Celebration ing book is Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Monday, 6:30 – 7:00 a.m. Exhibits topic he plans to address. “Bullying resonates Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. BCEC 205BC see page 16 see page 10 we’re combining the best of both worlds see how at booth #1353 + BAKER & TAYLOR CHAMPION FOR LIBRARIES For years, you’ve kept patrons and students entertained, informed and excited through books, movies and music. We are here to help you serve your patrons and students with even more formats, more services and solutions. As the industry changes, we take pride in assisting libraries to thrive. We’ve simplified integration and facilitated the art of selection while successfully providing a seamless transition into digital content, opening a whole new world for ebook lending. 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When asked how he Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker became a storyteller, Burns, whose upcoming and writer Ken Burns’ response, when asked kids’ book Grover Cleveland, Again!: A Treasury how he chooses the subjects of his work, of American Presidents looks at the lives of encapsulates “The Writer as Witness,” the American presidents, detailed how the loss theme of the ERT/Booklist Author Forum of his mother as a child impacted his life and at the 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting. A work. It was a visit to a psychologist as an adult writer must look both outward and inward that made that clear. ‘“What do you do for a to completely, accurately, and honestly tell a living?’ he said. ‘You wake the dead,’” Burns story, he stressed. The sentiment was echoed recalled the therapist saying to him. by bestselling writers Mark Kurlansky and The trio discussed the writing and editing Terry Tempest Williams, who joined Burns process at length. Their thoughts revealed at the always popular forum. To understand much about their own styles and methods, but others, to tell their stories, to be a true witness, it was also a master class in writing, editing, writers must understand themselves and their research, and subjectivity. When asked how place in the world, they agreed. he can write both fiction and nonfiction at Led by Booklist Editor for Adult Books the same time, Kurlansky was animated. “It’s Booklist Editor and moderator Donna Seaman (seated) with Terry Tempest Donna Seaman, the forum found the three easy,” he said. “It’s two different parts of the Williams (from left), Mark Kurlansky, and Ken Burns before they take the stage writers conversing like old friends. The fa- brain. In fiction, there’s a lot of self-searching during Friday’s ERT/Booklist Author Forum. miliarity was real: Williams, author of the and reflection. Characters do what they through approximately one journal a month, releasing the work to the world for its own forthcoming book, The Hour of Land, about want to do.” Nonfiction writing requires an using them to capture emotions and reactions subjective interpretation. “The process is the U.S. National Parks, was an on- and altogether different mindset, he noted. “In at their most raw. She returns to her journals mine,” Burns said. “But the second [the work] off-screen contributor to The National Parks: nonfiction, you find that the characters in later while writing to recapture the immediacy. is done, it’s yours and not mine.” America’s Best Idea, Burns’ sweeping 2009 real life, their stories, are so great, you get to a “My journal is my personal library of experi- “Writing is a collaboration,” Williams documentary on the parks, and both praised point where you think, ‘My God, I can never ences. It’s not real if I’ve not written it down.” continued. “Libraries too are a collabora- each other’s respective handlings of the topic. write something so good,’” he laughed. The writers expanded at length how tion. They’re prisms that let us see the world Williams also noted that she gives copies of Williams stressed the importance of jour- writing is a collaborative effort, from initial through different angles as we become more Kurlansky’s book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish naling and rewriting to her work. She goes research to writing and editing to finally complex.” JOIN US IN BOOTH #1153 for an exclusive screening of a revolutionary new electronic resource for APA Style® 4 COGNOTES SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2016 Libraries Transform™ – ALA’s Role for 140 Years Many of you enjoyed the “Because of You” Sunday’s Libraries Transform™ cake yesterday in celebration of ALA’s role events not to miss in library transformation over 140 years. Creativity, Innovation, and Change: You can still visit the ALA Lounge to see the Libraries Transform in the Digital Age! highlights of those years and add your own Today 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.