This past weekend Roxy and I (as well as most of the YABC) went to the Annual American Library Association conference in Anaheim.
Friday night was the Dr Who/Steampunk ALA Play event that I briefly mentioned in my previous post. Because I went into the event with such high expectations, it came off as underwhelming. There were only a handful of ( Read more... )

I may have mentioned before about contacting publishing and production companies and asking for merchandise to use at the library. After finding the correct person to email at Summit entertainment, I was sent thirty Twilight posters... good lord. We're using them to help promote the library on the internet by having random giveaways until the ( Read more... )

My coworker Alicia went to the ALA Conference in New Orleans a couple of a weeks ago and she brought me some cool things. First she brought back a handful of ARCs; I took Forever by Maggie Stievfater, Wonder Struck by Brain Selznick, and Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. I've heard of and am excited about the first two, and the third just sounded ( Read more... )