Attending (and presenting @) ALA!

I was very flattered and excited when Rebecca Vnuk asked me to be on a top-notch panel from RUSA (Reference and User Services Association) Innovative Collection Centered Programs: Beyond the Book Group.  Sunday, June 27th, 10:30-12:00; the program guide says it is in Renaissance East.

Here's who's on the panel & what they're doing:  
Kaite Mediatore Stover, Kansas City Public Library, will be moderating.  David Wright, Seattle Public Library, "Storytime for Grown-ups."  Vivienne Beckett, Scenic Regional Library, Union, MO, "Trivia Night at the Library."  Michelle Boisvenue-Fox, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids, MI, "Winter Reading Club; Book Club Bingo; Book Club Mixer."  Cynthia Dudenhoffer, Smiley Memorial Library, Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO, "Twilight Comparative Literature Camp."

Quite a talented group of folks.  As a film history teacher, who presents weekly and a librarian heavily involved in programming, presenting sometimes 3 times a week, I probably have no reason to be nervous.  But I am...stress being the body's natural reaction to the new, right?

Anyway, I will be talking about the amazing fun I have throwing a readers' party every quarter at the Oak Park Public Library.  It's called Oak Park Readers, has been running strong for three years now, and it has its own Goodreads page.  I know bloggers aren't supposed to talk about their links.  They're supposed to plant, so others may dig...walk away, whistling casually.  But thanks to hard work from some great colleagues as well as this writer, the pages burst with content...like the hundreds of books we've talked about, dozens of photos, a couple videos, etc.  One can join the group and have the Oak Park Readers experience virtually.

As a book cart drill team world champion "Warrior Librarian," I suppose I have nothing to worry about, my might naturally pulling me through.

I am really looking forward to this.  This is a program I would definitely attend even if I weren't presenting.  One remaining question on etiquette:  I wonder how to take notes incognito, while on a panel...