I am beyond excited to learn that First Lady Michelle Obama is the Opening General Session speaker for the American Library Association Annual Conference! This is my first conference in 5 years (took a baby break) and I‘m so glad to be able to see her! #alaac18
Chelleo @EchoLogical and @Louise 7y
TrishB Sounds fab 👍🏻 7y
Louise Wow! Looks like @EchoLogical and I are already connected on Litsy! Let's connect on FB too! 7y
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TiredLibrarian This is amazing and I'm so sorry I can't go! 7y
Louise Looking forward to reading her book when it comes out! 7y
Dragon So very awesome! She will be such a great speaker, thank goodness you are going this year. 👍🐉 7y
LibrarianRyan Damn. I would have loved that. But I can only afford one and while I love ALA I love Book Expo more. 7y
tonyahoswalt I'm excited for this too! 7y
KathyWheeler Even though ALA is so close to me, I‘m not going for the entire conference — I‘m just going on Saturday because we are taking our staff to NO for the exhibits. (edited) 7y
CouronneDhiver Oh cool! 7y
Chelleo @KathyWheeler Exhibits is well worth a trip! I‘m hoping to maybe meetup with some local/library Littens while there! 7y
Chelleo @tonyahoswalt Will you be attending as well!? 🤗 7y
Chelleo @LibrarianRyan I‘ve never been to Book Expo!!! May have to do that one soon. 7y
KathyWheeler @Chelleo They definitely are! Most of our staff have never been, so we are having a “How to do ALA exhibits right, without breaking your back” boot camp for them before we head out. (edited) 7y
Chelleo @KathyWheeler excellent idea! Spectrum is hosting a Twitter Chat focused on tips for attending Annual 7y
KathyWheeler @Chelleo Thanks! Do you know the hashtag? 7y
Chelleo @KathyWheeler Yes, it‘s #alaspectrum @ala_spectrum I‘ll double check the date and time. 7y
KathyWheeler @Chelleo Thanks! 7y
tonyahoswalt @Chelleo Yes! I'm hoping to attend the opening session. I'll be there for the conference Sat, Sun, and Mon, and hopefully the closing session Tues as well. 7y
LibrarianRyan @Chelleo I did book Expo in 2016 because it was in Chicago and I missed Ala and PLA. Plus BEA is so much cheaper. I love ALA for its sessions but hate the floor. So hate the floor. And around here ILA is a joke unless you are a big library. If you are a small library with a small budget like 50% of our state they don't seem to care about you. ARSL (association of small and rural libraries) is having their conference in my town this year so maybe 7y
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