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Chair, ALA RUSA RSS Library Service to an Aging Population Committee
American Library Association
Janet Tom, retired, San Francisco Public Library
Janet Tom was a recipient of the I Love My Librarian Award in 2020. This national award, nominated by community members, honors ten librarians across the country who have played an integral role in transforming lives and communities through their programs and outreach activities. Janet created the innovative Death and Dying Series at the San Francisco Public Library. The eight programs brought together experts to discuss topics such as faith traditions, rituals and resources, alternative burial rites and more. She has also partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association to bring their annual Chinese Alzheimer’s Forum to Chinese-language speakers in San Francisco. Programs in her healthy living series included vegan cooking, foraging mushrooms, periodontal disease, gut health, medical cannabis, fitness and flexibility for seniors, intergenerational housing communities and more. The programs brought speakers and attendees together to create ongoing community dialogue on these topics.
Janet currently serves on the advisory board for the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, a key component of a new program, Of the People: Widening the Path at the Library of Congress. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this initiative aims to connect the Library more deeply with Black, Indigenous and other communities of color traditionally underrepresented in the United States.
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm