ALA 2010: LJ's Pick of Sunday's Top Tweets
By Candice Herman Jun 28, 2010A heat wave dominated DC on day three of the ALA's annual conference with tweets about the weather, YA authors ruling the day, standing room only, Boopsie buzz, and keeping up with the World Cup...
marcelaphane NO, TWITTER, I WILL NOT ENGAGE MY CALM. LIBRARIAN SMASH! #ala10 #ratelimited
juliaakarr RT @KateMessner: Rebecca Stead looks gorgeous (and a little overwhelmed) accepting Newbery Medal for WHEN YOU REACH ME. #ala10
illustratr4kids RT @mitaliperkins: Yes, that's Jerry Pinckney accepting the Caldecott. And yes, I'm far away. http://twitpic.com/20lfry #ALA10
DogearedCarrie RT @Alsatia: Heard this lots @ #ala10: RT @librarysleuth Yes RT @antibrarian @ALATotebag The profession can start 2 change with the ancient ones RETIRING
illustratr4kids RT @mitaliperkins: Phillip Hoose wins Newbery Honor for CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARDS JUSTICE. #ala10
pambachorz Rebecca Stead used to tell ppl she wanted to be an actress instead of a writer--because that's far more practical! #ala10
literaticat I feel like I am AT the Calde-bery banquet. So cool to see all y'alls tweets! :D #ala10
JandyNelson RT @wsstephens: Julie Ann Peters' take on bullying hands-down fave. Other must-buys: Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen, The Sky is Everywhere #yalsa #bfya #ala10
jmetzger1010 #ala10 I just saw Jim Breuer do 25 mins of stand-up/ discussing his new book. Being married to a librarian certainly has its perks!!
amieroserotruck leaving ALA. Sob. Thanks to the WotC crew for an amazing 1st ALA expeience!!! #ala2010
sophiewackles \ Melon is certainly the color of the day. #caiala2010rda #ala2010
inked2ways The sign says No Rolling Suitcases. Unless u have a handicap or injury, abide by the rules! #ala10
pushmyfoot #worldcup #live #ala10 24' : Messi defending on his own.
hmccormack Technology is ridiculous: It gives me 60% of what I want 40% of the time. But it makes for one helluva panel #ala10
carolcdt Friend at #ala2010 says "Humidity abt 4 million %. If fish escaped from nat'l aquarium they could swim down the streets to the Potomac"
jlbayne New @galecengage algorthiums are amazing #ala2010 #ala10
michellehudson RT @mojo_girl: Boopsie allows u to search through library tweets [nice] #mobile #ala10
stratfordsj RT @lbgilbert: Current speaker's jewish mother'disappointed when after med school he wrote book called "Becoming a Doctor" instead of becoming one. #ala10
halseanderson Speed-dating with librarians was fast, fun & furious ... In the best possible way!! Thanks YALSA!!! #ala10 #yalsa
pcsweeney RT @tiffanylora: "You never know who is going to be the censor in your community." ~Kathleen de la Pena McCook #ala10
epalive Where do you go for environmental info? #epalibraries are a great place to start! Visit booth 4031 #ala2010
eclasper RT @rodneylippard: ALA Conference attendees to date - 18,886 personal + 6,558 exhibitors = 25,444 attendees. #ala10
WileyLibrary Spike Mendelsohn will be at the Wiley booth #3925 at 10 am! There's already a line forming... #ala10
cransell ALA, it's kind of ridiculous that there isn't an exhibits map posted online. Esp. since u also aren't giving them out when u register #ala10
jlbayne Anyone know which booth running press is? I want #hellokitty tote #ala10 #ala2010
ynde We're losing users of the catalog/library interface because we're not using their language #ala2010
pilsks Looking at user needs - but not with the "library" language - because library = books in most people minds! #ala10 #ala2010 #alcts
nataliebinder More men come to the library online than in person. #ala10
mindi_r reading all of the tweets about #ala10 makes me wish 2 things: 1)I were a librarian and 2) that I was at ALA in DC! Sounds like a blast.
jlbayne Brian Selznick was awesome! Thanks scholastic!! #ala10 #ala2010
notthecar @arbdc I'm very much enjoying the #ala10 tweets. They are putting other conferences to shame.
jmalphy RT @sljournal: ALA 2010: Privacy in the School Library http://bit.ly/ct7fUJ #ALA10
HopeBaugh RT @hood_and_hat Award-winning author David Small talks about the amazing Stitches and Alex Award today! (10:30am WCC 150) #yalsa #ala10
nexttotheblues Liz burns is a pretty great speaker. Love this panel #ala10
ncschistory NC's first female governor, Bev Purdue, communicates via all tools - a preservation challenge #ala10
linkedlibrary In the cataloging research szession and it is PACKED. Standing room only at five after. #ala10
ynde Grr - forgot that metro doesn't run until 7:00 so missing 1st session #ala2010
winelibrarian I am going to dry out and detox for a week after this conference #ala10
ayucht RT @kishizuka: Forecast for DC: 99. Given air quality, Weather Chan says "stay inside." Luckily, that's our plan. #ALA10
Visit ALA Annual Conference News for ongoing coverage of the conference by the editors of Library Journal and School Library Journal. Find shots of various ALA 2010 conference happenings on LJ's Flickr page.
