NELA Conference

Hi All:
Tuesday Laura and I attended NELA. it had been a long time since I had attended NELA. Back in the day I went every year when I was a Children"s Librarian. The first program we both attended was called Help! The teen Librarian Has Left the Building!. The two speakers gave useful tips on how to service YA's when the YA Librarian is not in the building emphasizing that all librarians need to help out ( which I think we all do). We left with many great lists of books and ideas to share....I have a copy of the info if anyone is interested.
The luncheon speaker was Michael Palmer. He is a local author who writes medical mysteries. He began his career as a surgeon at MGH and currently works part time for the Mass Medical Society. His most recent work is entitled First Patient. I am not a fan of medical mysteries and the last and only one I read was Coma by Robin Cook! I plan to read one of Palmer's books soon. I will let you know how I am doing!!!!!
the afternoon session included an excellent presentation by Amy Pattee from Simmons College GSLIS entitled Hot Teen Titles: Sexuality and Teen Fiction. She suggested ways to help librarians decide whether or not to include some of these titles. As many of you know there was an ongoing "gaming" demo and from what I could see many librarians enjoyed trying out the various games. I can't say I am a fan of DDR but I think I could really get into the ski jump and of
course bowling is right up my alley!
All in all it was a fun day leaving one with lots to think about....PC