by Michelle McKinney and Kellie Tilton
UC Blue Ash librarians, Michelle McKinney and Kellie Tilton set off for Albuquerque, NM to attend and present at the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC). Continue reading
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UCBA Librarians in the Big Easy
by Michelle McKinney and Kellie Tilton
Michelle McKinney, Reference and Web Services Librarian
After a five year conference break, I was very excited to attend #ALAAC2018 in New Orleans! I spent the majority of the conference working with and for this year’s class of Spectrum Scholars. I had the honor of being named a Spectrum Scholar in 2005 and am currently serving as a member of Spectrum Advisory Committee. This year’s class of scholars networked, attended panels featuring Spectrum Alumni and took part in the greater conference, which included an Opening Session featuring Former First Lady Michelle Obama and Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.
Michelle (front row, second from right) with other scholars awaiting Michelle Obama
I had the chance to reconnect with many colleagues and library friends, including fellow Spectrum Scholars from my class, during the Spectrum Scholars Founders Reception.
Michelle and fellow 2005 Spectrum Scholars: Brenda Linares, Nancy Kirkpatrick and Nia Lam
When I wasn’t in sessions or meetings, I wandered around the Exhibit Hall and enjoyed some of the local cuisine, including the required serving of beignets.
Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian
Unfortunately, my #alaa18 trip was way too short. I flew in to attend my last official duty as a member of the Alex Award Committee, which presents an award to 10 books published for adults that has a unique appeal to young adults. (Check them out!) Luckily, the last event is also one of the best, as we honor the award winners with a program and book signing for anyone to attend.
I also was able to visit the exhibit hall to say hello to many vendors and publicists and check out the new products coming to libraries near you!
It was awesome to be in New Orleans for its 300th birthday and the best way to celebrate was a late night run to Cafe du Monde for their famous beignets!
It may have only been about 48 hours, but ALA is always a blast and a reminder how awesome the library profession is!
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Part II
by Kellie Tilton
Hi, again! Kellie Tilton, UCBA Librarian, back to give you part two of my Summer Vacation Library Adventures. If you miss the first one, it is available here!
Our very official EduLearn portrait.
In July, I was fortunate enough to travel to Barcelona, Spain to present at the 2017 EduLearn Conference with Becky Leporati, my colleague in the Langsam Library. We had submitted two presentations for consideration and both were accepted. The first, A Flipped Classroom is an Inclusive Classroom, was about incorporating Universal Design into eLearning projects and the second, Format Choices are Content Choices, involved selecting the right format to design eLearning projects.
The conference itself was an international, with 80 countries represented. I met educators from the UK, South Africa, Sweden, Australia and more and was able to learn so much about the similarities and differences in our approach to technology in education.
It was also my first trip to Spain and it was absolutely beautiful. I took a few days of vacation so I was able to visit Madrid and Toledo, as well. All three cities were awe-inspiring, the people were friendly and welcoming and taking in the culture and heritage of Spain there only made me want to go back again.
It was an amazing experience and I am so grateful I was able to present and attend!
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- Our badges not only identified our name and institution, but also what country we were from.
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- Conferring with our amazing Session Chair, Maria Susy Rogers, from the University of New South Wales.
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- Becky and I outside the conference hall! We made it!
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- Looking down a Barcelona street.
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- The Toledo Cathedral at night.
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- Outside Casa Batllo in Barcelona!
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- While I was in Barcelona, I had to grab the Catalan version of Harry Potter for my collection!
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- If you read, say you read!
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- I stumbled on a public library in Madrid!
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- My time coincided with World Pride 2017 in Madrid.
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- Inside the Royal Palace of Madrid.
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- Inside Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia!
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- The city of Toledo, where everything inside the wall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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- In Toledo, I climbed the Cathedral’s tower, which let me pose for this awesome photo with the largest bell in Spain.
What I Did on My Summer Vacation, Part 1
Kellie Tilton Attends the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference
by Kellie Tilton
Over the weekend of January 20th, UC Blue Ash Librarian traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2017 American Library Association’s MidWinter Conference. Although the purpose for attending was committee work on the Alex Awards, she had the chance to visit the exhibit halls, meet with other librarians (including the Librarian of Congress!), and visit local museums and restaurants.
Below are a few pictures she took on her travels.
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- Welcoming the 8,000+ librarians to Atlanta for the 2017 ALA MidWinter Conference.
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- The convention center was across the street from Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, commemorating the 1996 Olympic Games.
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- I had the opportunity to visit the World of Coke Taste It! exhibit, which had 100+ domestic and international beverages made by Coke-a-Cola. I tried every one. Seriously.
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- Total fangirl moment. By chance, some of my committee members and myself got to meet Dr. Carla Hayden, the current Librarian of Congress.
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- One of the banners around the convention center was timely – and made an important point.
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- I always try to find at least one museum or library to visit. In Atlanta, it had to be the Center for Puppetry Arts museum, which had a number of awesome interactive exhibits. I was pretty excited to see the Jim Henson exhibit, which included Big Bird!
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- The entire reason for my attendance at this conference was my involvement with the Alex Awards, which honors the Top 10 books written for adults that have appeal to young adults. This shot is from early Monday morning, when the awards are announced.
UCBA Librarians Attend ALA Annual Conference
by Heather Maloney and Kellie Tilton
UCBA Library Director, Heather Maloney and Instructional Technologies Librarian, Kellie Tilton headed to Orlando, Florida for the American Library Association Annual Conference.
Heather Maloney attended a pre-conference session on Transforming the Contributions of Student Employees in Your Library and thoroughly enjoyed listening to the passionate opening session speaker, Michael Eric Dyson. The exhibit floor was filled with the familiar and the new and probably a few too many giveaways…but how do you say no to a free book?!
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- Heather Maloney, UCBA Library Director
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- ALA celebrates it’s 140th birthday
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- ALA Annual Conference
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- Program for General Session speaker, Michael Eric Dyson
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- Heather’s conference swag.
Kellie Tilton spent a good chunk of time at ALA sitting in a, thankfully, air-conditioned hotel conference room for her super-secret Alex Committee meetings. She also managed to check out the fireworks at Epcot (sorry, IllumiNations) and had a blast wandering the exhibit hall. Swag she was most excited about? The Ruth Bader Ginsburg tote bag she will add to her collection.
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- Instructional Technologies Librarian, Kellie Tilton, at the American Library Association Conference. June 2016.
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- ALA in Orlando, FL
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- ALA Exhibits Hall
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- Library of Congress Exhibit Booth
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- Make Your Own Zine table
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- Disney Conference Ribbon
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- Librarians Step Guide
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- Fireworks at IllumiNations