Hi. I’ll be tossing a lot of links up here over the rest of today and I’ll try to include some information on what went down at ALA over the past four or five days. The conference was tiring but really informative. The book signing was fun [and McFarland says we’ve sold more than 800 books already!], and the travelling wasn’t as rough as I thought it would be. Thanks to all the new folks who took the time to say hi or introduce themselves.
not today folks
While I don’t feel like dragging my jet lagged fingers through the search engine on ALA’s site today to link to what went on, Karen had some daily updates that can give you a rough idea. Turns out that the wireless that we thought was going to cost us $25/day wound up being completely free. And I left my laptop at home.
references sources of terror
This may have made the rounds while I was away, but it’s amusing nonetheless. many jokes were made at council meetings about this dorky almanac business: Reference Sources of Terror. [thanks jonathan]
in your present lifetime, if you want the da vinci code, move out of denver
Denver Public — probably my favorite Big Beautiful Library besides Vancover — is asking the mayor to form a special tax district to keep the library regularly funded.
“If you want to read ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in your lifetime, the Denver Public Library is probably not a good bet for you,” [city librarian] Ashton said. That’s because there are still more than 800 names on the waiting list for the recent best-selling novel
CEBI
Mostly not in English [like most of the rest of the world] the CEBI website is for encouraging and disseminating social responsibility among Spanish speaking librarians and library professionals.