I recently attended the 2016 National Conference for Rural & Small Libraries in Fargo, ND. I heard some wonderful authors, including Will Weaver and William Kent Krueger. I did not attend Lorna Landvik's presentation because she was just in Redwood Falls. Jodee Bock was a motivational speaker and did a great job. I wrote down [...]
The Association of Rural and Small Libraries conference in Fargo, ND was FABULOUS! I feel so fortunate to be able to attend this National conference, Thanks to SAMMIE!Here are some of my favorite sessions at the Conference:“Lights, Camera, Advocacy…Digital Storytelling for Your Library” outlined how easily with a few items, like a cell phone, lighting, [...]
I attended ARSL in Fargo and had a wonderful time. Met some awesome people and networked with them on little things that work or don't work in small libraries.Also I presented a session 40 Non Fiction teen books in 50 Minutes. I had 38 in attendance and they seemed to like what I had to [...]
I had a really wonderful time at the ARSL conference in Fargo, ND! This was my first time attending ARSL, so I wasn't really sure what to expect -- it's a much more national conference than I had expected, which was great. The sessions I attended were really useful -- it's easy to feel like [...]
The first session I attended this year at MLA was Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books. It was very interesting to see how and why books receive the Caldecott Award. Not to mention, I got a bunch of good titles to get for my libraries. I always enjoy 50 in 60 Book Blast. I liked [...]
Minnesota Library Association Conference 2016 was certainly another learning experience. Celebrating 125 years of librarian history and looking forward to the future of librarianship and library services to the citizens of Minnesota is a good theme to always challenge the library community to provide services. Attending sessions “Deep Dive into Digital Content” and “Coding Camp” [...]
Duluth was a wonderful venue for M.L.A. last week! We enjoyed the colors of the changing leaves while driving there. The sessions are always informative and sharing ideas with our colleagues is one of the most important benefits.The first session I attended was Sustainable Social Media for Libraries. It is critical for libraries to be [...]
The Minnesota Library Association Conference is something I look forward to attending every year. I enjoyed the beautiful drive to Duluth and the wonderful opportunity to attend great sessions as well as to network with other library professionals. Conference highlights: "Transforming Lives: Addressing the Diverse Needs of Our Communities" was an incredible session. Each one of us [...]
I enjoyed the conference very much. I attended a few different sessions and found that I still like the book talks -(50 books in 60 min) I attended both the fiction and non fiction sessions. I also attended the session on MNLink which was very informative.
I haven't attended MLA in a number of years and was happy to be back!I attended many interesting programs. I am starting a book club at my library this month, so I attended the program on launching a book club for seniors -- it was interesting to hear perspectives on things to do (and not [...]