Contributors Michael Stephens

    Library Society of the World wins the “California Dreaming” conference game team competition, originally uploaded by ALA – The American Library Association.  

    LSW team pulls ahead in the “California Dreaming” big game as of noon PDT, originally uploaded by ALA staff.  

    ALA’s Safety Orange Bag, originally uploaded by rhastings.  

     Evette Atkins and Steven Bowers, originally uploaded by Library Journal. 2008 Movers & Shakers Evette Atkins and Steven Bowers, who attended high school together, share a page and a table at LJ’s Movers & Shakers lunch. Check the 2008 ALA Annual Conference page for more live coverage: libraryjournal.com/ala2008

    Sassy Cadi, originally uploaded by dandlymambly. Fashion accessory of the conference!

Helene Blowers pointed to Matt Gullet’s post about moving to the great Northwest: Lastly, some may look at this move and say that is crazy, risky, stupid, etc. He is flying without a parachute or a net. Yes, I agree to some extent that doing this is a bit risky, but sometimes in life we need to do things a bit different by trusting and have some faith that things will work out. Library culture isn’t typically a place that handles risk well, but on the other hand that is the nature of a library (a stable place and space). […]

    Michael and I scouted out the convention center yesterday, originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian. Oh! I should have done this post first! Hello to all attending ALA2008. Please say hi if you see me out and about. I’ll be attending the Movers & Shakers lunch, the Scholarship Bash and the LIS Schools Reception. Jenny and I are presenting at the Empowerment conference Sunday morning – bright and early!

     well that was the fastest and easiest ala checkin I’ve ever been through!, originally uploaded by lauren_pressley. Nice!

     I think we’ll see many shots of this the next few days, originally uploaded by mstephens7. Pizza place very close to the Convention Center.