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fast fact card
June recommended the Carroll County Public Library’s handy-dandy fast fact card. They distribute these to board members, staff, and other folks who want or need to have this type of information available anywhere, anytime. Thanks to Carroll County for sharing this with us!
Bootcamp Wednesday
It is hard to believe it’s only Wednesday. This boot camp is so intense that I feel like it can’t possibly only have been three days since we started. I’m learning so much and trying to put together some initial thoughts about what I’ll want to propose when I get back to my library.
Sandra and [...]
Boot Camp Tuesday
Sandra Nelson’s no-bullshit approach is so refreshing. She is opinionated and is not shy about sharing. Whether I agree with everything she says or not, I dig the fact that someone in libraries is not afraid to say “this is the way it is” without an “if that’s okay with you” type of caveat.
When Sandra [...]
Boot Camp Monday
Today was the first day of our boot camp and wows! It was intense from the get-go. They don’t call it boot camp for nothin’!
Sandra Nelson and June Garcia kicked things off by introducing themselves and providing some background information so we could get to know them a little better. Sandra is a trainer and [...]
blogger introduction
Greetings! My name is Anne Heidemann, and I’ll be blogging about the PLA Results Boot Camp 4 this week. I posted here a few times from ALA Annual this summer, about YALSA’s Got Tweens preconference, the Newbery/Caldecott banquet, and a session on PACs in the Library 2.0 World.
I’m the Children’s, Tween & Teen Services Department [...]
PACs in the Library 2.0 World (PLA)
PACs in the Library 2.0 World (PLA)
This session was a panel consisting of four presenters, each addressing a different aspect.
Ross MacLachlan of the Phoenix Public Library
Endeca: Developments in the OPAC World
The Phoenix Public Library uses Endeca because:
it is a search engine
it harvests data
it enables guided navigation
it is commerce driven
it is API-based
They wanted their site to [...]
2008 ALSC Newbery/Caldecott Banquet
This year’s Caldecott/Newbery Banquet was one of the best I’ve attended. The speeches were awesome and the entire night was delightful.
Karen Breen, 2008 Caldecott chair, presented the Caldecott Honor:
to Laura Vaccaro Seeger for First the Egg, published by Roaring Brook Press/Neal Porter Books
to Kadir Nelson for Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story of the Underground [...]
Got Tweens? Serving Younger Teens and Tweens
Hi, everyone! I’m Anne Heidemann, Children’s, Tween & Teen Services Department Head at the Canton Public Library in Canton, Michigan. I’m a member of YALSA’s Outreach to Young Adults with Special Needs Committee, and an outgoing member of ALSC’s Membership Committee. I’m also a member of PLA and LLAMA. Today I attended a YALSA preconference, [...]
