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Spring Symposium Handouts Available
Handouts from workshops that were held during PLA’s 2009 Spring Symposium are available here.
Turning the Page– Wrap Up
By the conclusion of the Turning the Page workshop in Nashville, I was full of good ideas and loaded with lots of advocacy resources. My posts summarizing a few of the sessions don’t do justice to the range and organization of the information presented. The workshop was a wonderful opportunity for libraries, especially those that [...]
Turning the Page–It’s all about you (and the money)
Two sessions I attended at the Nashville PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page workshop: ” It’s all about You” and ” Show Me the Money.”
It’s all about you: How to Make a Lasting Impression
Renee Cole modeled the best and the worst public speaking and personal style examples for our group in an entertaining and inspirational [...]
Turning the Page –Public Perceptions of Libraries
It was a busy 2 days in Nashville and by mid-day Friday I started getting behind on my blogging. So many interesting sessions, so little time! I left beautiful sunny Nashville Saturday afternoon vowing to write a wrap up and now that I’m back home in snowy Chicago (yes, sigh, I did say snowy) I’ll [...]
PLA welcomes Ann Patchett
Author Ann Patchett, winner of both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award welcomed PLA to her hometown of Nashville, starting first with an apology for Thursday’s rainy, tornado-producing weather.
Seeking refuge from the storm turned out to be a theme of Ms. Patchett’s talk as she [...]
Turning the Page: Dream Big
The PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page workshop continued this morning with PLA Executive Director Greta Southard reviewing for the group the definition of advocacy. For the purposes of our workshop, advocacy is defined as:
The process of acting on behalf of the public library to increase public funds and ensure that it has the [...]
Turning the Page: The Other Bill
The PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page workshop began with a video welcome from Bill Gates Sr., his opening line: “I’m Bill Gates, the other one.” The father of the man who brought us Microsoft gave a warm and inspiring welcome to the 100+ attendees. He encouraged us to use the workshop to strengthen [...]
2009 PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page
I’m thrilled PLA invited me to blog this year’s Spring Symposium in Nashville. I’m attending the Turning the Page workshop, scheduled to begin in 7 minutes. Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community is a workshop PLA created to provide librarians, staff, trustees and supporters with the tools they need to advocate for their libraries. [...]
Silk Purses and Sow’s Ears
Ah, statistics. We love ‘em and we hate ‘em.
This is a picture of a book cart on the floor at the Darien Library. It is a wonderful illustration of how even the most innovative libraries are bound to our most treasured statistic: materials circulation. I took this picture last week in Darien when [...]
Last minute CALL FOR BLOGGERS at PLA SPRING SYMPOSIUM!!!
Greetings my friends!
The PLA Spring Symposium is running from Thursday, April 2 to Saturday April 4 in Nashville, Tennessee! If you are going to be there, we’d be awfully happy to have you share your experiences on the blog so that everyone at home can follow along. I’ll be attending a workshop called “Silk Purses [...]
