Window views: from Portland, to Phoenix, to Orlando!
…got to see an rocket launch from my Aunts porch!
After taking vacation on the front end to see family….
West coast beaches are beautiful but you can SWIN in the Atlantic!
…I headed friday to ALA in Orlando! As I have been rotating off many of commitments and committees this past year, it was nice to wrap up many things and enjoy ALA networking with new and old friends. My main focus this year was seeing the ALA Sustainability Round Table (of which I was a founding member & published an article on) finally have a real presence at ALA. Check out these #sustainRT Tweets to hear more and read about two of the sessions SustainRT hosted in American Libraries Magazine:
- Striving for Sustainability: Four librarians show how they’re spreading environmental awareness (about our “Planting the Seeds” panel – SustainRT hopes to offer this panel session virtually in August, open to all)
- Sustainable Thinking for Libraries: There’s more to it than going green – a standing room only talk by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich and Matt Bollerman
Also, a panel of Caribbean Librarians spoke about The National Library of Aruba: Promoting, Enhancing and Embracing Green Education 
Did you notice the name badges had no plastic sleeve, thank SustainRT folks for pushing back on that!
Margaret Atwood was hilarious – so witty – I found myself laughing out loud. I cant wait to read her book this fall as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare project!
I also got to see my former colleagues from UNCG as we celebrated the much deserved award to one of my favorite folks at UNCG Brown Biggers as LJ’s Paralibrarian of the Year.
I enjoyed small group discussion at the Heads of Public Service DG meet up where we discussed space allocation and staffing with no miraculous answers but nice to connect with others in similar roles. The ACRL ULS Taking Our Seat at the Table: How Academic Librarians Can Help Shape the Future of Higher Education was a little disappointing in content – hmm or maybe we are already doing many of the things discussed – though I did hear some large libraries say they are stopping their Gov Docs collecting (!), and much on affordable textbook initiatives. I did really like this slide quizzing us on what we should know/be able to answer about our schools.
and this humorous one on how to earn your seat at the table!
