Yesterday, I spent the day at East Carolina University at the Librarian to Librarian Networking Summit! This was the first one I've attended (thanks to Sedley Abercrombie). I've looked at it every year for the past six years thinking I should go, but just haven't made the commitment. Thanks to Alan Bailey and his team at ECU for putting on this great event! Pros: Quality sessions led by NC librarians. Food - breakfast, lunch, and snacks (and it was all really good!) Networking - this was actually easier than at larger conferences Cost - $30 covered opening session with John Claude Bemis, three sessions, door prizes and more food than I could eat. Location - we were all over Joyner Library. (I love being at my alma mater!) Cons: Location - don't laugh. It's a long haul on Friday afternoon from Winston Salem to Greenville. Although not as long because Sedley and I travelled together. Traffic is never as bad when you have someone to talk to. So next year, b...

Such wonderful words to hear!

Sort of because the year isn't quite over yet, but I'll be back into full swing of classes when it is and I know my blogging will be put on the back burner again. Grad School - This year I took three classes with two coming up for the summer. Technology for Library Services Reference Instructional Foundation Organization of Information in Libraries (Cataloging) Library Administration and Management Reference was my favorite of all the courses I've taken so far. The class was nicely divided for distance education and all of the links and materials were up-to-date. The prof also responded to all my questions in a timely. But what I really liked was the course material which was like a giant scavenger hunt looking for random bits of authoritative information. Instructional Foundations was a collaborative class and I'll admit that I groaned quite loudly when I found that out. I ended up with a great group though and we met through Skype and I got a much better ha...

Woo hoo! Information for my first course is in. Love getting an early start. Looks like a ton of reading and writing. What else is new? ;) Waiting on the other one now, Instructional Foundations.