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I was a first-time attendee at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2017 conference held in Baltimore, MD. This conference was attended by 3,400 college and university librarians, and spanned Thursday (3/23/17) through Saturday (3/25/17). I was able to attend the pre-conference on Wednesday, COUNTER Bootcamp: A Workshop about COUNTER Reports, SUSHI, and [...]

I was a first-time attendee at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2017 conference held in Baltimore, MD. This conference was attended by 3,400 college and university librarians, and spanned Thursday (3/23/17) through Saturday (3/25/17). I was able to attend the pre-conference on Wednesday, COUNTER Bootcamp: A Workshop about COUNTER Reports, SUSHI, and [...]

Each year I go to the SRP kickoff hoping to get craft ideas from different libraries because the craft ideas in the book are not that great for our age group. This year I didn't get any craft ideas but I did get some book ideas. As for the Teen summit part of the day, [...]

Thank you to SAMMIE for the scholarship that allowed me to attend a FANTASTIC conference in Madison, Wisconsin. It was so much fun to talk with Youth Services librarians from all over the United States; from Alaska to Connecticut. Partnerships within your community was one of the sessions I attended in which they discuss the partnerships [...]

Thanks to SAMMIE for funding to support my trip to Baltimore, MD, for the Association of College & Research Libraries national conference. I attended a variety of learning experiences including panel presentations, conference paper presentations, roundtables, keynote speakers, and poster presentations. I was also able to attend a pre-conference session focusing on Universal Design for [...]

The 2017 LibTech Conference at Macalester University in St. Paul, MN was FABULOUS! I find myself thinking about the various sessions days perhaps weeks afterwards. I think about what I see and listen to and I think about how I can incorporate some of the various ideas and programs into our library. Makerspace Mornings in [...]

This was the first time I attended the Libtech conference. I totally enjoyed it. I was on the waiting list and was later contacted that my name had come up to attend. Great information to bring back to my library. Opening speakers were great, especially the second day! It was amazing to see how work [...]