PLA Friday 3-26

Today was my second and final day at PLA in Portland.  I went to an excellent workshop called "Children's Publisher Book Buzz Panel".  I'm looking forward to reading some of the 2010 books that the publishers highlighted.  I also had time today to visit some of the exhibits, although not as many as I would have liked.  The workshop that I was presenting at was from 4-5:15 and was excellent.  The only real bummer is that it was such an excellent workshop, but since it was the last day of the exhibits and a Friday late afternoon, it wasn't that well attended.  Chris Spitzel, Booklegger Coordinator and my internship supervisor at the Pleasanton Public Library, and Cathy Schneider, the Books 2 U Coordinator at the Multnomah County Library in Portland, did such an excellent job of co-presenting the workshop.  I was able to speak about my experience as a Booklegger volunteer, which is easy for me to do, because I love the Booklegger program so much, and I think every library should have an outreach program like Booklegger or Books 2 U.  Who knows, maybe someday soon I will be able to start a program like this at a library that doesn't have it...