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Well, here I am at the Big Kahuna of library conferences, the ALA annual conference in Chicago. I arrived yesterday (Saturday) at the McCormick Place Convention Center at 1:25 PM hoping to attend a meeting at 1:30. Walking into the lobby outside the Exhibit hall (aka The Stacks) I tried to orient myself and find... more ›
As Lynn mentioned, I had an early start to the day by joining in on Bill’s Alibris morning run. It was a beautiful Chicago day and it was nice to be outside and running through Grant Park and along Lake Michigan. After I earned my t-shirt and trophy (which looks amazingly like the ones for... more ›
I started my day in the exhibits where I popped by to see Lauren and then went more systematically through the exhibits, which seem smaller to me this year from years past. I found an amazing microfiche/film/card reader that has some potential, picked up some posters, looked at and gave some input on a new... more ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›