News from NYLA
Friday evening Penelope and I attended the Inaugural Banquet. We bode a fond farewell to NYLA Presdient Rachel Baum and welcomed Rosina Alaimo, President for 2007-2008. Rachel entertained the audience with a wonderful slide-show of her travels...
Read morePenelope and I attended the NYLA general membership meeting on Friday afternoon. This is the general membership's opportunity to hear about the state of the organization. If you have never attended a general membership meeting it pretty much...
Read moreThe conference is in full swing and there's so much to do that it's hard to choose which program to attend. I chose "E-Rate: Getting Your Questions Answered " sponsored by the NY State Library, State Education Department, and the Government...
Read moreOne of the best parts of getting involved in a section of NYLA is the opportunity to work in the section booth at the trade show. All sections market to the membership in this way during the conference, picking a theme up to a year in advance...
Read moreAfter a great cup of coffee and cranberry muffin at the Coffee Spot (local competitor of Starbucks...) Penelope and I headed to the Convention Center for the 9:30 a.m. keynote address. This year's speaker was Former Congressmember Pat...
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After a really good calzone at Primo Pizza, I was off to room monitor duties at a NYLA Leadership & Management Academy program entitled "Strategic Planning". If you have never been to conference, or if you have, but don't feel like you're...
Read moreHi! This is Nancy Howe, Assistant Director at CLRC. I'm here at the NYLA Annual conference with Penelope Klein, our Executive Director.
We had a very pleasant drive out this morning. It's a very good thing that Penelope was navigating,...
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Posted on 10/22/07