While I did not spend much time at the exhibits due to other commitments, I did bring home some ARCs to read. I spent most of the flight back to Houston reading TENDER MORSELS. I hope to finish the book this weekend. However, more than books, I brought back with me some terrific memories and some valuable information. (more…)
Since so many teen librarians are making the case for social networking still, I thought this OCLC session on Library Mashups would be of interest. I noticed they were taping; the session will probably be online soon at http://www.oclc.org/.
“Mashups on web are on the verge of replacing the PC as the dominant computing platform”
~Andrew K. Pace, OCLC
Andrew K. Pace defined mashup as something remixed to improve functionality and innovation as response to change under circumstance “hacking!” He stressed that change is inevitable, and quoted Darwin reminding us that the successful species are the most adaptable ones. Pace referenced the 10 Dangerous Ideas presentation from PLA presentation , and invited attendees to jot down on notecards provided, their greatest resource and greatest challenge as we continued our discussion of innovation. (more…)
In this podcast listen to the full proceedings of the first ever Odyssey Award ceremony. The Award is given to for the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults available in English in the United States. It is a joint award of YALSA and ALSC. (more…)
For the past two months in the mail I have been receiving a catalog from the Republic of Tea along with a free sample of tea. I thought, lucky little ole me to receive something for free in the mail that I actually like. After the ALA presentation on privacy (I swear, it didn’t occur to me before then) I’m receiving the ‘free’ tea in the mail because I purchase it at the grocery store during lunch breaks next door to my library. Freedom at the cost of selling my information perhaps. What are we willing to give our information for? Sometimes we might not feel we have a choice or know that we do. (more…)
The speeches of the Michael L. Printz Award winners are available via video. The speech by Award Winner Geraldine McCaughrean is available below. Video of the authors of the honor books is available by clicking the more link.
Last night I returned to the east coast after the week in Anaheim at ALA Annual. It was quite a week with lots of friend seeing, networking, programs, and meetings. Now that I’m back to “real life” it’s time to get down to my year as YALSA President Elect. One of the things on my schedule for the year is making appointments to YALSA Committees.
At Conference I heard from many people who are interested in joining a YALSA Committee. I collected lots of business cards. If you talked to me at Conference don’t forget to also fill in a Committee Volunteer Form. If you didn’t talk to me at Conference, and would like to be on a committee, you too should fill out a Volunteer Form. No appointments can be made without that paperwork in place. (And don’t worry, if you didn’t talk to me face-to-face at Conference that doesn’t mean you won’t get on a Committee.) (more…)
I’m waiting for my flight back to my library from ALA, and trying to wind down from all of the great things I’ve learned and picked up at this conference. I’ve been talking to many Yalsa members here about the galley’s they picked up, and since I didn’t get to spend much time in the exhibit hall I wanted to ask if anyone picked up some great galleys that I should make sure get ordered when I get back.
Here are a handful of the photos from the preconference, GOT TWEENS AND TEENS? Authors, librarians, and others interested in services and books for the early teens and tweens shared a wonderful and informative day on Friday. See if you can spot Lisa Yee, Bruce Hale, Jon Scieszka, Ingrid Law, and Amy Goldman Koss. (more…)
My bags are packed. I mailed home a box of books yesterday, but somehow the suitcase seems just as heavy. The conference was incredible even though meetings kept me from seeing some of the other sessions I would have loved to attend. Now is the time to complete the Volunteer Forms for the various other committees of YALSA including some of the selection committees. The form is available on the YALSA site.
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Yesterday morning the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsored a session titled Your Brain on DOPA. The program was designed to give attendees an opportunity to find out:
