American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Exhibit Hall: Authors:
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Description of Pictures: Saturday folks:
Jerry Abendroth, Torben Kuhlmann, Sean Dietrich, Kwei Quartey, Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Neal Porter, Eric Velasquez, Rick Robinson (iHeart radio), Dave Eggers, Christophe Ferreira, Flavia Biondi, Sanford Greene, Shawn Pryor, Thom Zahler, Emily Whitten, Chris Mariano, Mark Mariano, Randy Tischler, Franco Aureliani, Julia Billet, Wilfred Lupano, Bob Carden, Alison Thoet, Barbara Noe Kennedy (the last three were the authors of Fudor's Washington DC), Gareth Hinds, Ann Patchett, Erin Teagan, Nancy Churnin, Matthew Cordell, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Elizabeth Patridge, Jarod Rosello, Art Baltazar, Karim Friha, Typex, and J.R. Krause.
Sunday Folks:
Mac Barnett, Leo Espinosa, Kate DiCamillo, Shannon Hale, Cece Bell, J. Robert Deans, Amy Chu, Gene Ha, Jesse Oliveros, Dana Wulfekotte, K-Fai Steele, Minh Le, Dan Santat, Carla Hayden, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker, Art Baltazar, Michael Cherkas, Larry Hancock, Mariko Tamaki, Jonathan Roth, Joanna Karpowicz, Miguel "Gol" Gomez, Lorena Alvarez, Melanie Burgess ("Stinky Owl"), Kim Wilson, Ashley Belote, Alexandra Bracken, Deborah Kalb, Kacen Callender, Bryn Blankinship, Lisa Naffziger, Typex, John Gallagher, Rafer Roberts, and Carly Usdin.
Monday Folks:
Alexandra Villasante ("The Grief Keeper"), James Brandon ("Ziggy, Stardust & Me"), Laura Sibson ("Breaking Things"), Deb Caletti ("A Heart in a Body in the World"), Colleen AF Venable ("Kiss Number 8"), Sophie Blackall ("Hello Lighthouse"), Laura Gehl ("Dibs!"), Meg Medina ("Merci Saurez Changes Gears"), Shae Beagle ("MoonStruck"), Marcie Atkins ("Wait, Rest, Pause"), Travis Dandro ("King of King Court"), Brian Lies ("The Rough Patch"), Wendy Xu ("Mooncakes"), Christophe Ferreira ("Milo's World"), Joanna Karpowicz ("Anastasia"), Miguel "Gol" Gomez ("Cervantes"), and Esther Kim (bookseller).
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Wikipedia Description: American Library Association
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The American Library Association (ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with approximately 64,600 members. Founded in 1876 in Philadelphia and chartered in 1879 in Massachusetts, its head office is now in Chicago. Since 2002, Keith Michael Fiels has been the ALA executive director (CEO).
The stated mission of the ALA is "to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all." ALA membership is open to any person or organization, though most of its members are libraries or librarians. As well, most members live and work in the United States, with international members comprising 3.5% of total membership.
The ALA is governed by an elected council and an executive board. Policies and programs are administered by various committees and round tables. One of the organization's most visible tasks is overseen by the Office for Accreditation, which formally reviews and authorizes American and Canadian academic institutions that offer degree programs in library and information science.
Members may join one or more of eleven membership divisions that deal with specialized topics such as academic, school, or public libraries, technical or reference services, and library administration. Members may also join any of seventeen round tables that are grouped around more specific interests and issues than the broader set of ALA divisions.
The ALA is affiliated with regional, state, and student chapters across the country. It also organizes conferences, participates in library standards development, and publishes a number of books and periodicals. The ALA annually confers numerous notable book and media awards, includin ...More...
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2019 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
a four-day jaunt to Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experience rain in another state,
Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie,
four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), and
my 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah).
Number of photos taken this year: about 582,000.