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“We’re Known for Our Breasts”
“We’re Known for Our Breasts” That sentence caught our attention at lunch this afternoon! A group of librarians introduced themselves around our luncheon table and Cathy Ryne was trying to describe where her library is located. She referred to a landmark, the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, an unforgettable landmark about 1.5 hours from the [...]
Second Day, Just Like the First (Busy) – part 2
Since my last post was so late in the day, that will likely make this post a bit shorter than previous ones. I just finished up my last session of the day, The RA Toolkit III, and it was pretty much everything I hoped it would be. It never hurts to have not one, but [...]
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 [...]
21st Century Library Design: A Thought Provoking Program
It would have been a standing room crowd at 21st Century Library Design today if the rules allowed standing around the walls of the room in the Minneapolis Conference Center. Because of the municipal rules, dozens of people were asked to leave. They missed a program on library space utilization that included many good and [...]
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, [...]
Designing Children’s Spaces w/ Early Literacy In Mind
I attended this preconference on Tuesday and absolutely LOVED most of the ideas presented. It was well organized and the day seemed to fly by! This presentation gave me bunches of ideas for use in my library. I work for the Henderson Public Libraries in Henderson, NV as a Youth Services Librarian. Next year we [...]
“Don’t try to strongarm us — we’re the library!”
The title of this post is definitely the line of the conference so far, and it came from the mouth of Queens Library (NY) marketing director James Keller, while he was giving his presentation on branding. Keller is a former consumer goods ad man, having come to the library world after a career with Proctor [...]
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 skills). [...]
Playaways, iPods, and DRM Oh My!
Unlike a lot of conferences, PLA has a nice long lunch break so you’re not racing to stuff your face. After lunch my friend and I walked the exhibit floor. Talked to the Playaway guys about how to deal with headphones and batteries. At our branch these things don’t circulate at all, but others seem [...]
