Comments on: A New Role at ALA Annual http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:44:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Elisa http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual/#comment-5566 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:38:03 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual#comment-5566 Chicago was my 1st full ALA Conference and it was my 1st time back in city in 11 years.
Over the years I heard about ALA from folks who attended and went to the ALA exhibits here in DC 2 years ago.
It wasn't all workshops and exhibits. I went off to two history museums on different sides of the city, (re)visited Mag Mile, ate great dinners, and enjoyed a drink atop the Hancock Building.
The LIS alumni reunion dinner was great too.

]]> By: Fiona http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual/#comment-5565 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:42:23 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual#comment-5565 That sounds interesting, Emily. I did a subject on Collection Management last semester that had a section on how to handle challenges to items within a library collection. We touched on censorship in relation to selection criteria and policies.

Good luck!

]]> By: Emily Knox http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual/#comment-5564 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:40:34 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual#comment-5564 @Fiona
I'm focusing on intellectual freedom and censorship specifically religious censorship of books in U.S. public libraries.

]]> By: Lisa Coats http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual/#comment-5563 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:45:54 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual#comment-5563 Thank you for your post, Emily. My father was a librarian, and although I never attended ALA or PLA conferences with him, he, too, returned from these energized. We even have life-long family friends as a result of his early ALA conference connections. In fact, I ran into a couple of them in Chicago and, especially since my father passed away in 2007, it was really nice to have that connection. This was only my second annual (I've been to a couple of mid-winters in Philly) and I hope to make many more!

]]> By: Fiona http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual/#comment-5562 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:37:52 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/07/13/a-new-role-at-ala-annual#comment-5562 A very interesting post. I am a maths teacher currently training to be a librarian, and attending something like ALA sounds exciting. Free books, and my choice of conference topics – heaven!

What is your doctoral research focussing on?

Fiona :)

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