Librarians are weird

I think libraries/librarians really should publicize this side of themselves. At the conferences, there are book cart drill competitions. It definitely shows a different side of librarianship! Might help shatter the shh/glasses/buns stereotype.

Austin Public Library came in second, and gave a stellar performance.

If you are looking to kill time, do a search on YouTube for book cart drill teams.

ALA Conference

I don't really use my site to talk about work, but I just got back from the American Library Association annual conference. The picture is my goody haul! It's the first time I've gone, and it was exhausting! Action packed days attending programs and roaming the exhibition hall. Many of the publishers were giving out advanced reading copies of books that will be published this fall. I went a bit crazy gathering these lovely prizes! Random House gave a nice presentation of fall titles. Check out the side bar for a list of the books I brought home and plan to read.