“Take Lyndale to the Horizon”
March 30th, 2008 by Katie PolleySaturday morning I once more hauled myself out of bed too early and bussed to the convention center. My volunteer shift started at 8am, and my first order of business was to find caffeine. And then the local interest booth. Both were achieved. My volunteer captain was from the Great River Regional Library System, and sadly I have forgotten his name because we went over that before I was fully awake. Oops. If you read this, please remind me what you name is, because I feel like a major jerk right now. [ETA: Thank you, Verne Oleksowicz, for being my fabulous volunteer captain! I am sorry I couldn't manage to remember your name for more than 5 minutes, but I have used my research skills to track it down.]
However.
The first thing I got to do was drop off Peter Ostroushko CDs to the 8:30 presenters; this was a “thank you for presenting” gift from PLA. There were lots of presenters, so I did a lot of walking. THen it was back to the booth to answer questions. Sadly, there weren’t many questions, but I’m terrible at giving directions, so that was probably a good thing. Mostly I chatted with my captain about our respective library systems, Carnegie libraries, New Orleans, New York, and art. There was another mad dash to deliver CDs to the 10:15 presenters, and then my shift was done. I did stay and help recycle leftover handouts, but that went fairly quickly.
I walked down to Nicollet Mall, caught a bus home, and that was the end of my first PLA experience. I hope I can attend again in the future, because I had a really good time.
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