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Attending PLA 2008? Not heading to Minneapolis, but attending via the Virtual Conference? Consider leaving a message for the good folks at LISten to be included in the LISNews podcast:

For those attending PLA 2008 National Conference, steps have been taken to allow conference participants to contribute reflections for consideration by LISTen. To leave your thoughts just call 646-495-9201 and enter the extension 12761. It would help immensely with such if you identified who you are and what library/vendor/agency/entity you work for as we will discard any anonymous messages. As long as we actually get some reflections left at that voicemail box, LISTen will try to air a montage of the best in the episode directly following the conference.

The telephone number above is a temporary one and will disappear at 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time on March 29th. Voicemails will be accepted all throughout the conference.

[Stephen Kellat of LISten via LISNews]

Hi everyone! I’m Anne Robert, a children’s/teen librarian with the Jacksonville (FL) Public Library. I got to Philly early this morning (at 8am *yawn*) and have done a little sight-seeing. I recommend everyone visit Reading Market - the food there is delicious! I will write more about events happening at Midwinter the next few days. Hope everyone is having a great time in Philly!

Right now, I’m writing to you by way of my Blackberry, on an Amtrak train that left Boston at 6am (I just passed New Haven), on my way to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. Our conference bloggers are also making their ways to the Midwinter meeting, and you will soon be reading their introductory posts, as well as their observations, thoughts, insights, and photos of the conference. We hope you enjoy the coverage, and we also hope you’ll have some thoughts to share in the form of comments!

If you are planning to attend the PLA 2008 National Conference in Minneapolis — and what public librarian isn’t! — take advantage of this opportunity to let PLA know what programs interest you most by filling out the Session Preference Survey.

This survey is not designed to log you into a schedule, and does not substitute for a formal registration. The conference organizers just want to get a sense of how many people might attend each session, to make sure there will be enough seating for everyone.