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Pre Conference: How to Get Your Point Across to the Media
As a library director I deal with the media all the time. Usually it is to promote a library program or comment on the library’s budget during Town Meeting season. Infrequently, but inconveniently, it sometimes is in response to crisis. I’ve had my share of commenting on the 8-car pileups in the parking lot, the [...]
A room (and a person) with a view
Yes, this is the view from my room at the Downtown Marriott. Very nice, yes? And what follows is my view of the 4 great sessions (and a luncheon) that I attended today at PLA 2012. A brief word about lunch with David Baldacci–He was great. The highlight for me was a wildly entertaining [...]
Thursday fun
First thing out of the gate Thursday morning I headed to “Engaging Customers in an Online Environment.” Some of the info I already knew but its always good to see how others are using the same technologies and new info is always good. Especially good was the descriptions of what DIDN’T work and why in [...]
MLIS Conference First-Timer at PLA
Hello library world! Amy Mikel here, from the University of Washington iSchool, attending PLA as your student essay winner! It’s my first time attending a professional conference, so I’m here to lurk, listen and learn about what librarians really talk about when they get together. I’ll be checking back in periodically with my impressions and [...]
Philadelphia Freedom
Over 200 years ago there was a lot of talk about freedom in Philadelphia. At the PLA 2012 Opening session Robert Kennedy Jr.’s speech about alternate energy resources reflected the unnoticed quiet decline of freedom. Mr. Kennedy pointed out that our energy options are changing and they are changing for the better. Technology has improved [...]
Opening Session Speaker – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Bobby Kennedy, Jr. was born in 1954, the third of eleven children born to Robert F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy, Jr. was 14 years old when his father was assassinated in 1968. I was a junior in high school that year. I woke that day and wondered how we could endure any more pain. JFK [...]
What’s this PLA Conference thing all about?
How have I been a librarian for 15 years without making it to a legendary PLA Conference?! I won’t bore your with my checkered past, let’s just say there were a few too many years spent in the wasteland of special libraries. (I kid of course, special libraries rock too in their own way.) After [...]
Arrived and Now Ready to Roll
Hi, I am Rick Roche and I usually blog for ricklibrarian. I have spent two days visiting historical sights and art museums, so now I am ready to devote myself to attending the conference. I know that I will be concentrating on reference and readers’ advisory services with some attention spent with technology issues. I [...]
Greetings!
Good evening from Philadelphia. My name is Bonnie Powers, and I’m a cataloger for the Library System of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I usually blog over at bringyournoise; however, I am delighted to have the opportunity to be a guest blogger at the PLA blog, which I follow regularly. I just arrived in Philadelphia this evening [...]
When in Philadelphia – Eat Cubano
On Wednesday night I ate at a favorite restaurant of mine when I have visited Philadelphia in the past. That would be Alma de Cuba on Walnut Street in the Central City (just a few blocks from Rittenhouse Square and only eight blocks from the Convention Center.) I recommend the Sugarcane Tuna but if you [...]
