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Lounge with my Laptop
Lounge with my Laptop, originally uploaded by AlaskanLibrarian. During the Building Green … Working Green preconference Josie Parker of the Ann Arbor District Library mentioned that she put into a “laptop bar” in a few of her libraries. She did not provide a picture but it may look something like this. This is a picture [...]
Building Green Working Green Pt 3 of 3
This morning I attended the last third of the Building Green … Working Green preconference. Our speakers were Karen Knox of Rochester Hills (MI) Public Library and Director Josie Parker of the Ann Arbor District Library. These last two speakers didn’t exactly meet my expectations but that doesn’t mean they weren’t good. Most of their [...]
Natalie is VERY Kind and Generous
One of the biggest blessings of PLA was the free performance of Natalie Merchant on Wednesday afternoon. She and her band were there to perform selections from her upcoming album Leave Your Sleep. All of the songs on the album are adapted from published poets from the 1800s to the early 2000s. Though I am [...]
Decisions, Decisions – What are your choices?
Starting Thursday, I’m going to have some tough choices to make, as will you. What sessions shall I go to? I had made some choices off the preliminary program and today spent some time with the final program. As with many conferences, some great options go head to head, especially if like me, your library [...]
Building Green Working Green Pt 2 of 3
In my first post on the Building Green … Working Green preconference, I covered the speakers who touted LEED certification as a route to create sustainable library buildings. I thought they made a good case. The afternoon speakers, Scott Osgood of the Community College System of New Hampshire and Traci Engel Lesneski of MS&R Ltd [...]
Building Green Working Green Pt 1 of 3
My preconference was Building Green … Working Green. I’ve just finished the first day and there is a half day tomorrow. There are six speakers and their talks fit nicely into three themes. The first two speakers talked about the process of LEED Certification and the importance of building LEED into your building process as [...]
Daniel Cornwall – PLA 2010 Blogger
Greetings to everyone in public libraryland! My name is Daniel Cornwall and I will be one of a number of people blogging different aspects of the 2010 Public Library Association annual conference. I am writing up this entry before I leave my home in Juneau, Alaska for the airport. I am excited about this trip [...]
