Posts Tagged "exhibits"

ALA first: libcast podcasting booth

Press credentials in hand, I headed down to the show floor (a.k.a. The Exhibits), which was still under construction, with Kathleen Hughes (Manager of PLA Publications and Editor of Public LIbraries magazine), to drop off booth stuff. John Chrastka was busy setting things up, and showed me the brand-new ALA libcast podcasting booth:

and I got [...]

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Day 3 (and I still can’t come up with a clever title) – part 1

Well the AM entry is going to be a bit short, since a program schedule change created another “plan b” opportunity, and that “plan b” ended up being some extra sleep before heading in the for the 10:30 sessionS. There was an added benefit to this plan, a great breakfast at a place called [...]

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finally

I wasn’t planning on spending all my computer time at the convention center at the wireless location, and have found that the internet connectivity at the hotel (Doubletree Suites) is less than satisfactory.  I’m sitting in the lobby writing. Had to ask another laptop user which network she was using.  I love my little Apple [...]

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Second Day, Just Like the First (Busy!)

I wasn’t expecting to update until this evening, as my schedule was pretty packed, but thanks to my unfortunate talent at writing down number incorrectly, I ended up showing up for a meeting that was actually held yesterday. And so go those fabled plans of mice and men (and people with poor date writing [...]

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First Day for a First Timer (part 2)

Wow.  I’m impressed!  I didn’t think I would be, but the keynote speaker at the opening session, John Wood, impressed the heck out of me.  He was a fantastic and engaging speaker, and with a cause like Room to Read under his belt, his presentation ended up being a truly brilliant 90 minutes.  And even [...]

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