Comments on: ALA Midwinter: Boring So Far!

By: mardou

mardou — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:03:58 +0000

I went to Chippy’s site, and that is one cute chipmink! And why be so nasty about someone’s enthusiasm, anyway?

By: Techserving You

Techserving You — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:07:19 +0000

THAT ONE not ONE THAT. What’s wrong with me tonight?

By: Techserving You

Techserving You — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:05:43 +0000

I saw that in the preliminary list of programs. I was actually going to e-mail the AL so that she/he might write an entry about it. WHAT other profession would, at a professional convention, offer a program about the physical image of the profession and how to make oneself over. PULEASE. Still I want to go to that program just for the entertainment, but I know my library is going to want to know what programs I attended (so they’ll get their money’s worth!) and I certainly cannot mention one that.

By: kpnd3

kpnd3 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:17:12 +0000

ALA-APA is getting more exciting. They’re offering a librarian makeovers (lose the frump!) session at Annual. That provoked some discussion in at least one meeting.

By: self publish that!

self publish that! — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:09:22 +0000

People have given up on desk-top publishing.

Now they are bloggers.

AL is their king/queen.

By: self-publish this!

self-publish this! — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:24:05 +0000

Kat -

What, LJ and ALA should wade – FLIPPIN’ WADE!!! – through the ocean of self-published books/poems/novels by hack writers who shopped them around to publishers from coast to coast, none of whom got picked up because they aren’t worth reading? Since the advent of desk-top publishing everyone is an author, a writer, and good. Not.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:26:35 +0000

Yeah, LJ and ALA would hate to pay any attention to anything that isn’t published by a major commercial publisher, because nothing screams intellectual freedom like the ongoing corporatization of information.

By: Marianne789

Marianne789 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:26:29 +0000

I stopped going to Midwinter Meetings a few years ago. ALA goes on and on and on about new blood and new voices and meanwhile the same 10 people keep running AND getting elected to Council There oughta be rules about that. And if you’re not one of those old ones who’ve been recycling themselves through council year after year (and you ALA past presidents know who you are) it seems some of their offspring are managing to get elected.
BO-RING. Ho Hum. I started going to SLA where they actually have some really heavy duty relevant programming.

By: me

me — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:41:17 +0000

A person who self publishes a book is a blogger that is independently wealthy.

Give your nuts a rest, Chippy.

By: Kathy M Miller

Kathy M Miller — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:11:43 +0000

Amidst the boredom of the ‘meetings’ did
you happen to notice the fresh faced
Chipmunk peering at you from the cover of
my new book “Chippy Chipmunk Parties in
the Garden” at the CBE booth? Since LJ’s policy is to NOT review self-published books, paying for our books to
be displayed is one way for our books
to get noticed by libraries. If you missed him, the link is http://www.chippychipmunk.com – The cutest chipmunk you’ll ever see!