Re blogging and these exercises: I feel like Rags to Riches, in the 2007 Belmont Stakes, stumbling out of the starting gate. Hopefully I'll get to finish as successfully as she did!
The good news is the humidity in Washington, D.C. was an unheard of 35% and walking everywhere was safe and easy.A record-breaking crowd of 28,635 librarians, exhibitors and supporters attended and generated more than $15 million for the local economy, according to the ALA website. Imagine the possibilities for a town or city with conference capabilities. My hotel was quickly re-purposed, as the librarians departed, for conference attendees of another "preservation" group, the Daughters of the American Revolution.
ALA also got off to a good start as the ALCTS Program Committee gave the go-ahead early Saturday morning to our program proposal for Anaheim next June. That's right, ALA Annual will be in California in 2008. I'm sure I can count on all of you attendees to be in the audience on Saturday for a wonderful panel presentation with good, experienced and entertaining speakers entitled "P(l)anning for Gold: Preservation Models in California and the West."
I hope to share more reports from ALA in future, briefer postings. I did want to mention that the closing event I attended was very heartwarming, the Monday evening ASPCA Henry Bergh Awards given to writers of children's books on animals and nature. There were a great many wonderful DOG books this year: Buddy Unchained; Is My Dog a Wolf?; 2 from the Dog Heroes series; Listen!; and One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals-to name a few. For detailed descriptions and photos, see:
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Enjoy.
