The end of last semester turned out to be a nonstop roller coaster. Things have finally calmed down, and while I’m not sure how many people still read my blog, there are a few amazing people still out there promoting it in blog posts and on and Twitter (Julia Skinner, Micah Vandegrift, Courtney Walters, Melody [...]

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This post is about a week overdue, but I have really been going nonstop lately! I wanted to write about my experience at this conference by listing what I liked about the conference, a few take-aways, and some advice for library school students. I don’t plan to recap, since MSU librarians have done that beautifully [...]

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Sorry for the delay with the Part 2 post – I got slightly distracted by the 4th of July weekend (mmm…patriotic pie).
There are a lot of good librarian posts out there with impressions about/tips for ALA, and I might reiterate some of those tips, but for the most part I’m interested in reaching out to [...]

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ALA 2010 continued my tradition of excellent first-timer conference experiences. I was so excited that the conference was in Washington, DC — a. because I had never been, and b. I had a friend from undergrad to stay with (for free) who I hadn’t seen in 3 years. ALA is a HUGE conference, however, and [...]

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I apologize for the length of the last post, and what is sure to be another one, but so much can be said about library conferences. I took many more notes than I wrote in the blog, but I thought I would spare you (and there are far more articulate session bloggers with excellent recaps). [...]

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SLA 2010 in New Orleans was a wonderful first conference for me. It was mostly all in one place, so it wasn’t too overwhelming (although choosing between one session over another was). I talked to more people than I would’ve imagined. I don’t want to go into every detail of every session, since I am [...]

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