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“How the PLA conference changed my life”

April 25, 2006 ( No Comments )

We recently received an email from Marsha Goldberg, a Technical Support Services representative with the Missouri Research & Education Network (MOREnet, an organization that provides internet and other technology resources to libraries), wrote to us about about her experience at the PLA conference in Boston.
Not only do conferences on the whole provide a positive professional [...]

2006 PLA Handouts/Audiotapes

April 24, 2006 ( No Comments )

If you missed a session at the PLA Conference or need copies of the handouts, you can get them on the PLA Conference Page. You can order the audio files complete with handouts by using this form [PDF]

Inside the Buzz: An interview with Nancy Pearl

April 05, 2006 ( 3 Comments )

Nancy Pearl, readers’ advisory rock star, facilitated a Book Buzz program at PLA 2006 in Boston on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 to an overflowing audience. I had a few precious moments to say hello to Nancy right before she went on stage, and managed to squeeze myself into her busy schedule for a quick [...]

My top 3

March 28, 2006 ( 1 Comment )

I am posting this belatedly, I seemed to have picked up the flu on this trip. I wanted to list my top three sessions that I went to and I think are the most important. These are the ones that I recommend going to the PLA website, downloading them, and then talking [...]

Good Night & Good Luck

March 27, 2006 ( No Comments )

Blogger is being suspended for service for a few hours tonight for maintenance, but I wanted to make one final post to say thanks for reading along, and apologies if the posts were long and overly detailed – I hope the blow-by-blow was of use to those who could not attend.
Thanks for coming to historic [...]

Top Ten Reasons Why PLA is the BEST Conference I’ve Ever Attended

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10. Time in between sessions – 30 whole minutes to get to the next program, wait in line for the restrooms, speak privately with the speakers, or continue the session dialogue with your colleagues.
9. Exhibit-only times every day – 11:45AM-2:00PM to eat lunch, take a nap, walk through the exhibit halls, meet with a vendor, [...]

Thanks for a great conference!

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This was my first PLA and I had a blast! I loved the opening speaker (Linda Ellerbee) the closing speaker (Paco Underhill) and I went to a lot of great programs in between. I did not go visit the Boston Public Park, but I had a great time at the party at the Boston Public [...]

Wrap-up of Sessions

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On Thursday I went to four great sessions. Since I’m a children’s librarian, I focused mainly on children’s programming.
My first session was “Grab Them! Books with Real Guy Appeal” presented by Kathleen Baxter from Minneapolis. She created a bibliography of 64 different non-fiction titles that appeal to boys, ranging from topics like toilets (What You [...]

Leave no preschooler or (notes in your hotel room) behind: part deux

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This is continued from an earlier post, which you can find here. I considered just editing the original post, but I decided not to. So there.
Speakers for this program: Sharon Deeds, Dekalb County, Georgia; Deb Noggle, Allen County, Indiana. Speaker/Organizer: Pamela Martin-Diaz, Allen County, Indiana.
Some random notes on my power point hand-out:

10 ways to get [...]

Writing a newspaper column for your library–check!

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When I attended this session on Thursday afternoon, I had spent the day in the press room for PLA, blogging and stuff. So I was there while the camera man downloaded his pictures, I was there when people were trying to find out where Nancy Pearl was, I was there, writing my 500 words (591 [...]