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Kadir Nelson
The Kadir Nelson Children’s Author Luncheon was wonderful! If you missed it, at least do yourself a favor and at least check out his beautiful work. Nelson discussed his development as an artist, from confident five-year-old and reluctant reader, to conceptual artist for film, to successful children’s book illustrator and author. Most illuminating was Nelson’s [...]
Confessions of New Library Directors
Despite the saucy title, this session had nothing in common with a certain Usher song. It was, nonetheless, a great session. New directors have many of the same experiences in a new job the rest of us have — lots of training, endless orientation sessions, meeting tons of new people, adjusting to a new role, [...]
Advanced Blackbelt Librarians
At my old library, I was known as a Ninja Librarian, so I attended this session with avid interest, eager to be further trained in the art of war this morning. Just kidding. Actually, my nickname was more related to a storytime I lead, rather than any martial arts skills I possess, but I really [...]
