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June 18, 2009 by Travis Jonker

21 Days to ALA Annual: Gettin’ Down to Business

June 18, 2009 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

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Since the upcoming American Library Association Annual Conference will be my first, I want to let everyone know I mean business. The programs, the meetings, the exhibits, the people – I’m intending to dabble in every arena. While I briefly toyed with the idea of rolling into Chicago sporting an all tweed suit with leather elbow and knee patches (for durability), I settled on the decidedly more practical business card:

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Abby says

    June 18, 2009 at 7:58 am

    Hahah… we are such geeks*! I, too, ordered bloggity business cards to hand out at ALA…

    *I, of course, say this with love.

  2. jim says

    June 18, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Sweet!

  3. Karen says

    June 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    The cards look fabulous — you are sure to be a hit!!!

  4. Scope Notes says

    June 18, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Thanks – I’m looking forward to it. Will you be attending?

  5. Karen says

    June 20, 2009 at 9:37 am

    No, I won’t be at this one, though it does sound fabulous. I am dipping my toes into the national conference thing by attending NCTE in November. Will you be at that one?

    Have a wonderful time in Chicago (one of my all-time favorite cities)!!

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