Beth Davis and Patricia McCormick

This morning I had a wonderful opportunity at Berne-Knox-Westerlo HS. Patricia McCormick, author of Cut and Sold! spoke in the HS auditorium and I was invited. Most students had read at least one of Ms. McCormick’s works and they had great questions and comments for the author.
After the large group presentation, she worked with small groups in the school library. They discussed the difficult subject matter of her books, as well as the writing process (including all the research!).
Besides being a great opportunity for the students, it was also a great opportunity for me! Thanks Beth!

Stephen Abrams @ Metro in NYC

On this sunny day in March, Dee Portzer, Michele Hausmann, Cheryll O’Connor
and I traveled to New York City by train to see Stephen Abrams, Vice President
of SirisDynix.

(Cheryll and Michele didn’t want pose for this photo!)

We were also fortunate to have Mr. Abrams join us for lunch. Here we are on our way back into the Metro Library Council offices – after lunch.

We enjoyed his message about the future of libraries and OPACS and social networking.

A long day!