Later this week, I will do a reflection piece on PLA in Minneapolis. This is my las "report" of a session.
Paula Poundstone was the closing keynote speaker. While some of what she did was part of her regular stand-up routine, she did a great job talking about and to us. During her show, she did "pick on" some of the audience members and asked them questions, including about their personal education and most importantly when they knew that they wanted to be a librarian, and why.
One of her early choices of audience members was Susan Hildreth, a past PLA President, and the State Librarian of California. The interchange about how Susan was chosen and appointed by the Governor ("the Governator," Arnold Schwarzenegger) was hysterical.
It was a great closing to a great conference.
PLA President Jan Sanders reported that total attendance for th conference was over 9,800! A huge success.
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