RDA Toolkit (Resource Description & Access Toolkit)

The link to the RDA Toolkit (Resource Description & Access Toolkit) is available here. Enjoy free open access through August 31, 2010.

ALA Conference 2010 (Washington, DC)

This year I attended the ALA (American Library Association) Annual Conference in Washington, DC for the first time. I was a student volunteer in the ALA Student-to-Staff Program where I volunteered in exchange for travel awards to help defer the cost of attending the conference.

I was assigned to the PLA (Public Library Association) where Linda Bostrom is the Manager. My role as a student volunteer was to attend PLA Programs and help the speakers with their needs. I provided assistance with the program evaluations that attendees completed at the end of each program. I also acted as a liaison between the speakers and the convention center in case audio/visual problems occurred.

When my volunteer duties were finished, I had an opportunity to tour the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Library.

Night of the Living Librarians (a better version)

Congratulations to my friends and library classmates at the University of Pittsburgh for bringing home the gold book cart and first place in the 6th Annual ALA Book Cart Drill Team Competition. Special thanks to Sherri Griscavage for organizing the routine. Hail Pitt!

Night of the Living Librarians