K12> Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present Molly Raphael

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To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:45:39 -0600
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Luminary Lectures @ Your Library present Molly Raphael
4/18/03

Molly Raphael will be presenting her lecture entitled, "Transforming the
Urban Public Library" at the Library of Congress on Friday, April 18, from
10:30am-12:00pm in the Pickford Theater on the 3rd floor of the Library of
Congress' James Madison Building, located at First Street and Independence
Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. Seating at this event will be limited to 65,
so please allow time to arrive early. No reservations are necessary. All
Luminary Lectures are free and open to the public. This lecture will also
be broadcast live via the Internet at

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/raphael.html 

on the morning of the lecture, EST.


Molly Raphael is the Director of the District of Columbia Public Library.

About the lecture: Urban public libraries all across North America are
experiencing a great renaissance as individuals and communities rediscover
these centers of lifelong learning, multi-media and technology,
multi-cultural programming, civic engagement, and community center of
democracy. The lecture will present ideas as to why changes in society have
affected public libraries and brought about a transformation, illustrate
the transformations that are being implemented in several cities, and then
look specifically at the District of Columbia and its public library
system. How far has DCPL come? How far does it have to go? What are the
chances that DCPL will get there? And what does Ralph Nader have to do with
DCPL's future?

More about Molly Raphael: Mary E. ("Molly") Raphael was appointed Director
of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) in February 1998, by
unanimous vote of the Board of Library Trustees, after a nationwide search.
She is only the second woman to hold this position in over 100 years. Since
joining the DCPL in 1970 as assistant children's librarian in a branch
library, she has held a variety of progressively responsible positions with
the DCPL before her appointment as Director. Ms. Raphael has been an active
member of the 65,000-member American Library Association (ALA) for 30
years, serving on many committees and boards. She is currently serving on
the ALA Executive Board. Her professional activities also have included
president of the District of Columbia Library Association and co-founder of
ALA's library service to the deaf section in 1976. She is a member of the
Urban Libraries Council, Freedom to Read Foundation, Friends of Libraries
USA, and OCLC Public Library Advisory Committee. Ms. Raphael is a member of
the 2001 Class of Leadership Washington and serves on the DC Martin Luther
King, Jr. Holiday Commission.

Ms. Raphael was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Western Pennsylvania,
as the third oldest of four children. She holds an undergraduate degree
from Oberlin College (psychology major) and a master's degree in library
science from Simmons College.
This event is part of the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library series, which
began last spring. The Public Service Collections Directorate of the
Library of Congress sponsors this speaker series. Please check the Luminary
Lectures @ Your Library web site for more information about Molly Raphael
and about this lecture series: <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/>.
This lecture will be broadcasted a live via this website, and the recorded
webcast will be made available after the event.

The last Luminary Lectures @ Your Library lecture before our summer break
is:"The Anarchist in the Library: The Moral Panics over Copyright and Free
Speech" by Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Assistant Professor of Culture and
Communication at New York University, on Friday May 9, 2003, @ Dining Room
A from 10:30am-12:00noon

Luminary Lectures @ Your Library will resume again in September 2003. For
more information, please see <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/>. For
special assistance, please contact: Alison Foster, Library of Congress,
Phone: (202) 707-1183, Email: afos@xxxxxxxx




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