Archive for July, 2009

New York City – Media Day

July 30, 2009

I have been in NYC and completed my meeting with various media venues in my role as ALA president.  I think I talked for 7 hours straight!
Accompanying me were Macey Morales from ALA’s PIO office and folks from ProMedia who set up all the meetings.  My thanks to all of them for making this experience [...]

Another Great Loss – Dr. E.J.Josey

July 21, 2009

Just a few days before we were leaving for ALA’s annual conference in Chicago, it was announced that Dr. E.J. Josey had died.  This is a great loss for our profession.
E.J. was to African American librarianship that Dr. Arnulfo Trejo was to Latino librarianship.  They singularly worked to get more people of color into our [...]

ALA Annual – Chicago 2009

July 3, 2009

I am making the last of my preparations to attend ALA Chicago.  The programs look terrific.  The challenge for people attending will be trying to pick programs that are scheduled at the same time!   If you are attending ALA, don’t forget the unbelievable exhibits.  The opening of the exhibits is Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.
I [...]