ALA Annual 2024 - Where is Michael?

Updated 6/26:  Calendar synch completed ... But still very much a work in progress.

Here is my tentative schedule for ALA Annual in San Diego. Note that it is still tentative! There is only one Thursday event. Astute readers (do I even have any?) will note that there is a dramatically smaller number of events and conflicts. It was a decade ago that my friend Aaron Dobbs and I found that you can only have 46 calendar events in a day.
If you have previously viewed this, you may want to refresh to be sure that you have the latest version of my calendar.
(Note: I have figured out how to make "Agenda" the default view.) Clicking on any event will show details. I think have also mastered having the time zone correct, but I could be wrong! I will need to test upon arrival in San Diego.

The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford: A review

The US edition was published in 2021 -- so I am a little late to the game. But this is a great read. It does not delve deeply into math, but could be a companion to discussion on web evaluation ("fake news") as well as basic math literacy.

Here are the ten easy rules ... but I strongly recommend reading the book:

1. Search your feelings
2. Ponder your personal experience
3. Avoid premature enumeration
4. Step back and enjoy the view
5. Get the backstory
6. Ask who is missing
7. Demand transparency when the computer says no
8. Don't take statistical bedrock for granted
9. Remember that misinformation can be beautiful, too
10. Keep an open mind

And ... the golden rule: Be curious

And while he has a web site [https://timharford.com/] in my initial wandering around, it does not say much about this work on statistics [although you can readily purchase the book on his site] ... he has moved on to other topics.

Books Read - 2023

This year had no real pattern ... no plan ... I just pulled books from the pile. I was given a few books by a sister-in-law who had read them in her neighborhood book group, so couldn't just leave them in the community center. (I figured that if I didn't want to read them, I would give them to my public library book sale!) Here's the 2023 list:

At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier [Book discussion book from a sister-in-law]

From Prison Cells to PhD: It is never too late to do good by Stanley Andrisse

Red Harvest: A graphic novel of the Terror Famine in 1930s Soviet Ukraine by Michael Cherkas [GN=Graphic Non-fiction]; ARC @work

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng [Book discussion book from a sister-in-law]

How Far the Light Reaches: A life in ten sea creatures by Sabrina Imbler

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender YA - LTRC

First-Hand: A Memoir of Life in 1950's Mandeville LA by J. Vernon "Butch" Smith

Let's Talk About It: The teen's guide to sex, relationships, and being a human by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan [GN=Graphic Non-fiction]

Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter [GN=Graphic Novel; LYRTC @work]

Museums & Women and other stories by John Updike

Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo [YA, ARC]

Glengarry Geln Ross: A play by David Mamet [@work]

My Selma by Willie May Brown [ARC, YA - intro speaker at ALA LibLearnX 2023]

Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont by Nick Brooks [ARC, YA, signed by the author]

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson [@work]

Jikji, light from the East III published by Cheongju Early Printing Museum

Note that prior year reading lists are linked from this page:

https://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/p/previously-read.html

ALA Annual Conference - Chicago!

Updated 6/12:  Calendar synch completed ... and photo from Midwinter added for visual interest.

 Here is my tentative schedule for ALA Annual -- in Chicago! Note that it is still tentative! There are Thursday events for me ... I have events in the official ALA Scheduler which have yet to migrate to my Google calendar -- but they will!

If you have previously viewed this, you may want to refresh to be sure that you have the latest version of my calendar.

(Note: I have figured out how to make "Agenda" the default view.) Clicking on any event will show details. I have also mastered having the time zone correct, but this time I am again living in the Conference time zone! 

ALA Midwinter ... Ooops, LibLearnX 2023

Here is my tentative schedule for LibLearnX (formerly known as ALA Midwinter). Note that it is still tentative!

I am driving to New Orleans on Friday, and will be leaving (perhaps with an airport stop) after the closing ceremony on Monday (Note: I have figured out how to make "Agenda" the default view," I think.) Clicking on any event will show details. I think I have the time zone correct, but this time I am living in the Conference time zone! 

Of particular note, I am the "moderator" for Willie Mae Brown who will be talking about her new book My Selma. I am nervously looking forward to that event. (Saturday at 4.)