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I am thrilled to be blogging this year’s ALA. My name is Nanette Bulebosh and I direct a small public library in Kiel, Wisconsin (population 3,700). This is my first PLA blogging experience. I spent most of Friday at Webjunction’s Rural Libraries Sustainability Forum at the Embassy. I am one of the lucky 185+ librarians [...]
Good start to the conference
My coworker and I came yesterday and had a great experience so far! Checkin was very smooth at both the hotel, JW Marriott, and also at the conference. I had not received my ticket to the Scholarship Bash in advance and needed to go to the will call desk, and that was no problem at [...]
Free wifi at ALA 2007
I must say, the wifi at the Washington Convention Center is *fabulous*. It’s free, strong, and available just about anywhere. If you’re here at the conference, look for “ALA2007″ in your list of available wireless networks. Free wifi is also available at all of the District of Columbia Public Library branches.
The Hollywood Librarian World Premiere
The world premiere screening of The Hollywood Librarian: A look at librarians through film, left me with very mixed feelings. The film does an excellent job of using clips from movies like Desk Set, The Music Man, Love Story, Party Girl, and others, to juxtapose the image of librarians in film against the realities of [...]
Children’s Librarian Travels to ALA
Kristen, children’s librarian, here. This is my first time writing for the PLA Blog. I’ll be attending a number of sessions and events over the next four days and look forward to sharing them with you. Traveling, for me, always starts out with a shoe crisis, especially when I’m headed to a conference. I covered [...]
Hello from D.C.!
Hi everyone! I’m Anne Robert, a children’s/teen librarian with the Jacksonville (FL) Public Library system. This is my 5th time writing for the PLA Blog, and I’ll try to cover as much as I can! I arrived in DC this afternoon and took in the sights. I went to the Library of Congress Open House, [...]
Checking In for the PLA Blog
Hi. I am Rick Roche, and I will be blogging for the PLA Blog for the next few days. I will be attending various programs of interest to staff from public libraries and reporting on for you. I will also be writing some on my own blog ricklibrarian and posting some photos on my Flickr [...]
How to enjoy ALA 2007
One of the more useful presentations at today’s Rural Library Sustainability Forum was a talk by conference junkie John D. “Danny” Hales, who shared his handy tips for making the most of this year’s ALA. Hales, director of Suwannee River Regional Library in northern Florida – and a member of the WebJunction advisory committee - was [...]
The conference bloggers are landing…
…one by one. After many flight delays (apparently, this was a common occurrence yesterday), I finally got to my hotel at midnight last night. After a day which included a 7:30a breakfast meeting, registration, and crashing the Library Journal Movers & Shakers luncheon, I’m *finally* making my first post. On the docket for this evening [...]
Rural Libraries
Hi all! I’m Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran, Community Information Librarian for SELCO – Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, the regional library consortium in Rochester, Minnesota. I’m also the author of the Impromptu Librarian blog, and am pleased to be blogging both there and for PLA here at the conference in Washington. I’m here today with the WebJunction folks [...]
