Lynn Receives the Sirsi-Dynix ALA-APA Award
Here is Lynn receiving the Sirsi-Dynix ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers. Her award was presented by Linda Dobbs. Congratulations, Lynn! more ›
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ALA with Lynn (Part III)
Sunday morning has started off with a bang. I didn’t get up quite as early as Susan who signed up for Bill’s Alibris 5K race in Grant Park, but my day started with the Sirsi-Dynix ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers. Wanda and Ellen M. were there for... more ›
Roz at ALA Day 2
My day 2 at ALA began with my first ever committee meeting. I am on the Teaching, Learning and Technology committee of the Library Instruction Round Table. We had a good meeting and chose our next project. Plus it was really nice to put faces to names, as our committee gets most of its job... more ›
Reinvented Reference (Roz’s Preconference)
Sorry this post is running a day or two behind, but wifi is hard to come by during my days! I have mixed feelings about preconferences in general. I’ve been to a few good ones, but most I’ve attended were not worth the money as I feel they tend to be lots of people with... more ›
Wanda @ ALA – Saturday
This morning after reading the BCALA schedule of weekend activities I noticed that an update on the 7th National Conference was to be given at an 8:00 a.m. session entitled “Orientation to the Black Caucus.”I quickly offloaded my free breakfast to Susan and proceeded to the session.I was really glad that I did.Participating in the... more ›
Susan’s Saturday at ALA
I started out bright and early this morning filling in for Wanda at a (free) Serials Solution breakfast where they announced the commercial release of their latest product “Summon,” a web-scale discovery service. This, finally, is the answer that libraries need: it “allows the researcher to quickly search, discover and access reliable and credible library... more ›
ALA with Lynn (Part II)
It’s fairly frantic here in Chicago but I am enjoying a moment of quiet, waiting for the next session to begin and I even scored access to the only plug in the room! Friday seems so long ago but it started with an appointment to meet with someone from Lyrasis to talk about a potential... more ›
Lauren P. at ALA Part 1
ALA snuck up on me this year, despite falling later on the calendar. This year is also a big one for me, as I had both a pre-conference and a book-signing on my calendar. Kaeley and I flew in and are rooming together. We ran into Elisabeth Leonard and Beth Bernhardt at the GSO airport,... more ›
Susan Arrives at ALA
Evening View of the Chicago River Since I don’t have committee meetings until tomorrow, I flew to Chicago this morning and arrived mid-afternoon. I’m staying in a hotel (Wanda is my roommate) on North Michigan Ave. just north of the Chicago River. It’s located in the area known as the Magnificent Mile. I’m told that... more ›
Wanda @ ALA
I arrived in Chicago on Thursday just in time for a 2:30 p.m. meeting with my co-chair, Roberta Webb who is actually located right there in Chicago.Roberta and I are tasked as conference planning co-chairs for the 2010 Conference of African American Librarians to be held in Birmingham, Alabama. We had a most productive session... more ›