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Learn to be a change agent within the profession! Special preconference opportunity…
PLA and 3M, a PLA Partner, will be offering a special daylong preconference focused on developing leaders and creating transformational change agents within the library profession. Participants will learn how to set a change strategy, how to handle various challenges, and what innovations can be most productive in implementing, driving and defining change. The preconference [...]
Free WebJunction webinar on library surveys
Another excellent free continuing education opportunity from WebJunction’s Rural In Focus Webinars series! These webinars are entirely free and online, so you can participate from the comfort of your desk, at home or at work. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Library Surveys Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET “Surveys can be rich sources [...]
Registration for PLA 2008 now open!
Registration for PLA 2008, the 12th National Conference of the Public Library Association, is now open. The PLA Housing Bureau is also accepting hotel reservations. To register and request housing online for PLA 2008, or to download registration and housing forms, visit www.placonference.org. Popular events such as preconferences, tours and author luncheons are expected to [...]
Sunday at ALA
Sunday was a very busy day full of programs. Nancy Pearl First I arrive bright and early to see Nancy Pearl speak. It was fascinating to hear how each of her books came into being, especially her lastest book, Book Crush. She gave some suggestions of books for children and teens such as : Sunshine [...]
Checking in to ALA 2007
Hello. My name is Catherine Moffatt and I am a Public Services Librarian in the Reference Department at a public library in Southern Maryland. This is my first time blogging for PLA at an ALA event so here is goes. Friday I arrived at the ALA Annual Conference on Friday afternoon. After checking in, getting [...]
More on WebJunction
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 [...]
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, [...]
Podcast: Author Luncheon with Po Bronson
Many thanks to Po Bronson for giving us the permission to podcast his presentation at the 2007 PLA Spring Symposium Author Luncheon! After a brief introduction from PLA president Susan Hildreth. The author of What Should I Do With My Life? and Why Do I Love These People? spoke about recent research in child learning [...]
Break a World Reading Record with Charlotte’s Web
Walden Media, Paramount Pictures, HarperCollins and other partners are teaming up to “Break a World Reading Record With Charlotte’s Web” to break the current reading record in the Guinness World Records database. The record attempt is for MOST PEOPLE READING ALOUD SIMULTANEOUSLY – MULTIPLE LOCATIONS where we plan to break the record for the largest [...]
