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Category Archives: Libraries
Celebrate!
Several of us gathered Nancy’s home last Saturday night to celebrate the graduation of a number of our classmates from library school at North Carolina Central University. We sat around the table and ate, talked, and laughed, but much like … Continue reading
Posted in Graduation, Librarians, Libraries
Tagged celebration, dinner, graduation, study group, supper
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UnHushed Conference 2
A couple of weeks ago, three library school classmates and I attended the UnHushed Conference 2 at UNCG in Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s just an hour away, so we drove over together on the morning of April 6 to attend … Continue reading
Visit to Wake Tech Community College’s Main Library
On Saturday, I drove to Wake Tech Community College’s main location to visit Howell Library for an upcoming paper, which I plan to do on the academic library as place, or something like that. I really enjoyed exploring, and was … Continue reading
Posted in Librarians, Libraries, Professional Development, Space
Tagged academic libraries, community college, Wake Tech
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Top 10 Things I Learned at My First ALA Annual Conference
My first ALA Annual Conference, like many “firsts,” is one that I will never forget! I’ve never seen so many librarians in one place–which was amazing all by itself, and visiting Anaheim and Disneyland for the first time was a … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Librarians, Libraries, NCLA, Networking, Professional Development
Tagged ALA, ALA Annual, ALCTS, Anaheim, California, conference, Dan Ariely, Disneyland, Downtown Disney, iPad, networking, Student to Staff Program
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TRLN Annual Meeting 2012
On Friday, I attended the TRLN (Triangle Research Libraries Network) Annual Meeting at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, and as usual, I had a really good time! The TRLN is a local library consortium, consisting of the libraries at … Continue reading
Visiting the Wake County Library Booksale
George and I went to the Wake County Library Booksale yesterday, and as usual, we both found some goodies! As usual, we went on the last day of the sale, when big boxes of books are $5.00, and bags ‘o books are $2.00. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Libraries
Tagged booksale, Raleigh, used books, Wake County Public Library
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“Everybody Let’s Jump (For Your Library)!”
Last night, George posted this darling and poignant video (and fundraising plea) from the Shutesbury, MA, Library on my Facebook wall. It’s hard to believe that a public library in the 21st century lacks running water. Basic stuff. Go check out … Continue reading
