{"id":772,"date":"2007-06-26T23:19:27","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T04:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=772"},"modified":"2007-06-26T23:19:27","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T04:19:27","slug":"ala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"ala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Library Association meeting was a successful one, both from a work perspective and a personal one.<\/p>\n<p>On the work front, I found this to be the first national conference we&#8217;ve attended where librarians en masse seemed excited about our consumer health materials. Whether that was due to overwhelming attendance (and thus merely a larger version of the core audience who had always appreciated our free materials) or to a shift in professional perspective on the topic, I cannot say. But I can say it was very exciting to have to return to the office three times in order to retrieve more material. I hope the books come in use to library communities.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal front, the grand total for the weekend book acquisitions ended up at 21 (including gifts). I paid a whopping $9 to purchase three of the books I wanted for gifts, but otherwise everything was free. I&#8217;ve started one of my new books already, but probably won&#8217;t get to finish it until next month, so look for a review of it and others at the end of July. (I currently have four other books I&#8217;m currently in the middle of reading&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>I also got to have dinner with Bill and Jana of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unshelved.com\">Unshelved<\/a><\/em>. It was a nice, laid-back evening of conversation and Ethiopian food and I came away after dinner feeling more relaxed than I have in a while. (So relaxed, in fact, that I dozed off in front of Trader Joe&#8217;s while reading my book after I stopped to buy milk and bread.) 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