ACRL, Day Two, Part One

I spent the morning in a session on CoLAB(R). It turned out to be a training the trainer workshop for a process on developing collaborative relationships. The presenters were very dynamic and I came out of it with ideas on how I can bring this back to work. I could also see the percolating ideas among the other attendees. Even better, I was able to get a number of academic librarians interested in 5in5!

Today was the luncheon with John Waters as the guest speaker. No photography was allowed, but I hope to get a picture with him at the booksigning later. He is a *highly* irreverant speaker. I was greatly entertained, but not every one may be. A few of the things that I feel I can repeat:

- Librarians need to make books cool again.

- "It is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book."

- He thinks the Hairspray remake is really good, and he would be the harshest critic.

That's it for now!

Welcome to Baltimore!

While I've flown in and out of BWI before, this is my first time staying in Baltimore. I was hoping to make it to the First-Timers orientation, but my flight out of Chicago was almost an hour behind schedule and the shuttle took longer than expected. We ended up at my hotel at the time the orientation was to start, and after standing in line to check-in, I decided I needed a break after almost 8 hours of traveling. While standing in the check-in line, I did get to speak with a presenter who is doing a panel session on how academic and public libraries and cooperate and work together. With my new position, this would be an ideal panel session for me to go to, but I'm signed up for one of the three-hour long workshops at the same time, so I'll be missing it. Unfortunate, but the nice thing about the schedule I've seen so far is there's good programs spread out and not all grouped together at one time. This afternoon/evening is the Opening Session speaker and the exhibits opening. I'll report back later tonight, especially as my hotel has free wireless!