[Publib] ALA Conference Dress

[James Casey]

I did take exception to having Librarians visiting Capitol Hill wearing
red tee shirts with "Support Libraries".  The mode of dress seemed to
trivialize our approach amid the invariably well dressed lobbyists,
aides, and even interns who occupy the Longworth, Cannon, Hart etc.
office buildings.  We looked like juvenile tourists rather than serious
proponents of a cause.

James B. Casey -- My own views
ALA Council Member



-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Diedre Conkling
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:53 PM
To: PUBLIB
Subject: Re: [Publib] ALA Conference Dress

This really is a weird conversation.  I could never figure out what
right I had to tell someone else how to dress and always considered it
impolite to talk about the dress and weight of others.

Yes, I know there was some point being made in relation to the NYTimes
article but this conversation went way beyond that some time ago.

If you really want to see whether or not you think we librarians
attending the ALA Conference were the dregs of humanity without having
attended the conference then why don't you look through the pictures in
Cognotes?
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2007a/cognotes.htm

Ok, now that you have looked at the pictures do you have the same
viewpoint?  I personally think that, for the most part, we a pretty
typical looking group of people at a conference.  I have to look at the
pictures because I was more involved with content while there then
attire.


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---- Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com> wrote: 

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This could be a whole new track at the next ALA convention: "How to
dress as well as your patrons," "How to develop that fashion sense
that you never acquired in junior high," "How to dress for
interviews," etc.

On 7/10/07, Sally Jensen <SJensen at onlib.org> wrote:
> On 7/10/07, Sharon Foster wrote:
> "If the staff is observing the dress code, does it really matter if
they
> shop at Talbot's or at the thrift shop?"
>
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> ***********
> I buy Talbot's stuff AT the thrift shop.  My favorite pair of
perfectly
> fitting, fully lined, dark chocolate brown tapered slacks came with
the
> $78 Talbot's price tag still attached.  I paid $5.99 for it.  The
> Talbot's turtleneck I wear with it was $4.99.  Dresses, blazers,
slacks,
> skirts - if you have an eye for the good stuff, you can find a
treasure
> trove at your local thrift shop, and can dress with
> knock-their-socks-off-professionalism for under twenty bucks.
Honestly.
> It doesn't take a fortune to dress well, just the investment of a
> rainy/snowy Saturday afternoon a couple of times a year to try on 40
> sweaters in order to find those two beautiful bargains.  (And saving
all
> that legal tender means I can wear my thrift-store finds with $80
Steve
> Madden shoes.)
>
> Well, it's time to put on my crimson cashmere-blend Land's End blazer
> ($6.99) and head home .......  :)
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-- 
Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS)
F/OSS Evangelist
Cheshire Public Library
104 Main Street
Cheshire, CT  06410
http://www.cheshirelibrary.org
My library school portfolio: http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/

Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
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