While at the SLJ Summit in D.C., it was announced that Sara Kelly Johns, former AASL President and Library Media Specialist from Lake Placid, NY will be running for President of ALA. This is an exciting opportunity to place a school librarian at the helm of the largest professional organization for librarians. So, I encourage [...]
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October 7th, 2009 Comments Off
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ALA – Day 2 and Day 3
June 30th, 2008 Comments Off
DAY 2 Yesterday I kicked off the day with a run through the exhibit hall. We ran through about 1/3rd of the hall hitting various vendors and catching up with friends and colleagues. From there I headed to the AASL President’s Program. The program was kicked off by awarding the Spokane Mom’s the Crystal Apple [...]
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ALA – Day 1
June 28th, 2008 Comments Off
Bright and early I left Indianapolis (7:00am) and arrived in California around 10:00am. After getting settled in the hotel, I took a nice long nap. Working for C.L.A.S.S. this week on top of the early wake-up call this morning (4am) had just worn me out. ALA started for me with American Association of School Librarians’ [...]
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