Greetings from ALA
Hello all, it's Liz Galoozis, the Simmons student-to-staff representative at the ALA annual conference in D.C. I've been here since yesterday, and there's not too much to report yet, but I thought I'd better check in before things really get going.
Last night I met all the other student-to-staff-ers; about thirty or so students from different library schools around the country. We got oriented to the overwhelming amount that's going on at the conference - from all the preconference meetings of different divisions and roundtables to Placement Services, where you can get your resume critiqued or even interview for jobs on the spot.
I'll be working for the Office of Literacy and Outreach Services while I'm at the conference; I attend my first meeting this afternoon, of the Committee on Literacy. After that, I'm looking forward to the "world premiere" (I guess I shouldn't put that in quotes; it is) of The Hollywood Librarian, a documentary that looks at representations of librarians in film.
Once the conference really gets going, I'll post some more substantial updates. I only have a disposable camera, so pictures will have to wait until I get back to the GSLIS lab and its scanner.