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Tech Competency

July 16, 2009 ( 1 Comment )

Rather than post my redundant notes from the PLA program “Thingamabobs and Doodads: Why Tech Support IS Reference” from Monday July 13 (already seems so long ago), I’ll link you to the presentation slides from the Salem-South Lyon Library District librarians here.
(It’s funny…I used my new Dell Mini netbook at the conference and now that [...]

Serving Gen X and Gen Y

July 13, 2009 ( No Comments )

“Millenials Rising: Programming and Collections for the Next Generation of Library Users” Sunday July 12
Presented by Jennifer Czajka, Monica Harris and Monica Harris of Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL
Gen X (that’s me!) and Gen Y, otherwise known as millenials, are shaped by popular culture, education, marketing ,and technology and are in their 20s [...]

Space is the Place

July 12, 2009 ( 2 Comments )

“Exciting NASA Materials for Libraries” was a fantastic program! I love to hear scientists talk because they are so enthusiastic about what they do and as a result many of them are great at outreach. ALA Public Programs Office is sponsoring an exhibit in conjunction with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI), Smithsonian, and [...]

Safety in the Library

July 11, 2009 ( No Comments )

Hello! My name is Ericka Dow and I serve as circulation supervisor at the Lake Jackson Branch of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System and I am happy to be blogging for PLA along with the other event bloggers. My only ALA conference before this was DC in 2007. It was a blast [...]

When the Title Does Not Fit the Presentation …

March 29, 2008 ( 1 Comment )

As a part time library school student and full time reference worker, I understand the value of evaluating print sources. Sometimes what is written is not what you get. I have been to eight presentations in the past two days. Three of the presenters commented on the title of their presentations (what was printed in [...]

Minneapolis is a great place to hold a conference

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Today is the last day and I’m noticing many attendees walking with a hitch in their step. The weather has been great for this time of year. Got my picture taken with Mary Tyler Moore (her statue) and appeared on the Channel 4 CBS morning show (in the window) on the way to the convention [...]

Final 4th (Okay, not that clever of a title but better than nothing)

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Whew…what a conference. My first PLA and I must say I’m much impressed. And much tired. And much with good grammer too. And to think I was just one of over 9000 Public Library people that attended. Wow! That’s a big kind of number. So here then is [...]

Day 3 (still without cleverness) – part 2

March 28, 2008 ( 2 Comments )

My brain hurts (and make sure you say that in your best Monty Python “Gumby” voice to get the full effect). Three days have passed and my energy level is low — and there is still half a day to go. It’s going to be a close run thing, and I’m betting [...]

Second Day, Just Like the First (Busy) – part 2

March 27, 2008 ( 3 Comments )

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 [...]

Second Day, Just Like the First (Busy!)

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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 [...]