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So long, and thanks for all the books
I had the best time at PLA. The best! I was having so much fun, in fact, that I didn’t even finish blogging until I had been home for two days. It took that long to recover! I must say, my first PLA was a resounding success, leaving me with the desire and excitement to [...]
Busy Day – Full of Promise
Flew in from Indianapolis yesterday, took the Light Rail in from the airport and checked into the Westin (it was so easy.) Since this is my first major conference in the library field, I was surprised to see how easy it was to recognize other library professionals. You know the stereotypes of how we look [...]
Virtual Conference: Adobe Connect, Nancy Pearl, and the pinch hit
Nearly 200 people are registered to attend the PLA 2008 Virtual Conference (everyone who attends the PLA 2008 conference in Minneapolis can also log in now to participate, or later to gain access to the archives), and so far, everyone seems to be really happy with it. I was recruited to “host” the conference, which [...]
Thoughts from Thursday at PLA
Thursday was an ambitious day for me, I set out to accomplish a lot. Here’s a few things I did and a few thoughts those things provoked. From 8:30-9:45 I went to the “Why we Borrow” presentation, based on Paco Underhill’s “Why we Buy” book. It was a decent presentation, but I found myself sitting [...]
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 [...]
The mother load
If you want to see more of my time at PLA than I have posted here, you can check out my flickr photo set for more pictures and snippets!
Crouching Tiger, Global Reading
I was a bit leery when I read the course description for this workshop. I just didn’t believe there was any way to get the children at my library off the computer and excited about reading. I thought I had tried it all. I’m happy to say, I think I was wrong. The Global Reading [...]
Literacy-palooza
Please pardon my lack of posting yesterday; I couldn’t get my login to work. I promise to make up for it tonight with a series of posts about my first two days at PLA. I have to say, that I’m definitely filling the “way too excited about everything” niche. Wednesday, after our Party Bus arrived, [...]
“The Exquisite Book” @ Weisman Art Museum
Not sure if I’m posting something everyone else already knew about, but if any blog readin’ librarians get a chance to escape the conference for an art show I have a suggestion. Go over to the Weisman Art Museum, a phenomenal Frank Gehry creation that resembles a giant hobbit-hut from the year 3000, and see [...]
Road Trip: Brooklyn to Minneapolis for the PLA conference
Greetings Everyone. It’s been a long ride, but I’m finally sitting here in Minneapolis in a hotel room the night before the PLA conference begins. My name is Nate Hill, I work at the Brooklyn Public Library, and I’m going to do my best to share bits and pieces of my favorite conference experiences on [...]
