This Monday, 1:30-3:30 at WCC-146B, I am participating in yet another Ultimate Debate: “Open Source Software – Free Beer or Free Puppy?” The event features Marshall Breeding and Stephen Abram, and will be moderated by Roy Tennant. It has a hashtag of #ultdebate, and even John Berry will be there. (Sidebar: Berry, how is it [...]
By my count, since I first attended ALA at Midwinter 1992 (San Antonio), I have attended roughly 35 ALA conferences, if you include Midwinter “meetings”–so many that I have founded the (actually nonexistent) Old Members Round Table, which sports a hashtag on Twitter of #OMRT and has its own Facebook fan page. There are many [...]
Away, away, to ALA… I have attended all but three of the combined Midwinter and Annual conferences since January 1992, and I know one thing for sure: there is no “final schedule” for me–it evolves throughout the conference! I’m really looking forward to reconnecting with friends, colleagues, and vendors, and bouncing along with the whole [...]
City view, sunny day Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian I work in a great place… I live in a great city… I have wonderful friends and family and love in my life. And naturally curly hair. I am moved by how many people have written me to share their own stories about fathers and loss. My [...]
