all 10,000+ of them...librarians. i know! can you stand it?!?! this is the most recent quick Google attendance stat I could find that would back up my ref skills on just how many librarian-folk are going to infiltrate downtown Minneapolis for the week....quote from a 2006 libraryjournal.com article: "The Public Library Association's (PLA) smash 11th National Conference drew 11,029 attendees to Boston—the largest group ever for an American Library Association (ALA) division meeting, and a 27 percent jump from the 2004 PLA meeting in Seattle, which drew 8,691 people." I think this is going to be a very eye opening experience. I'm really interested in the topics to be discussed, the vendors (who have been inundating every mail source available to me, whether it be electronic or paper junk mail, at home or at work), the wine & cheese 'welcome to my booth' parties and the general population of who comes ...i have to say, i wish i could just crash in a hotel for 3 nights to prevent the drive and be able to have a close-by homebase to drop stuff at, veg out during lunch hours, and be able to hang out longer for those enjoyable cocktail hours, but such is life. I think it's going to be an awesome, but somewhat exhausting, week. I expect to learn a ton, network with folks locally and nationally, and i would love to score a PLA hoodie :) (which i'm sure doesn't exist) I'd wear it proud. I'm not ashamed of my career choice. Ribbing or no ribbing from my friends.....i believe in what i do. and i hope that shows....~jd
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