New Year, New Conference

Posted January 8, 2016 by Tara Pealer

Happy 2016! I hope everyone had a good break and is ready to face the New Year!

I spent my break back home for a couple weeks, chilling with my family and my puppy, catching up on netflix shows, and generally destressing after my first semester as a grad student. My friend and I went to a local art museum/historic house, and I ended up antiquing with my father and sister, both of which were interesting and fun. My family and I also went to see Star Wars together. I didn’t do much beyond, well, relax.

With the close of 2015 being rounded out with a game of Heads Up and a Taylor Swift music video (and wine), the start of 2016 is pretty packed. I picked up a friend from the airport, met her cat, cleaned my apartment, and started to round up scholarships to apply for. Boston itself is prepping for the influx of librarians and information professionals for ALA midwinter this weekend, which is beyond exciting. The official conference runs Friday to Sunday, and while it’s not a big or impressive as the Annual ALA conference, there’s a lot going on to be excited about. There’s going to be author meetings, campaign tables, the announcing of who won the Caldecott, the Printz, the Newbury and the Coretta Scott King Book Awards–I’m basically geeking out 24/7 at this point. The chance to go to a national conference that’s so local is amazing and exciting (and also pretty cheap, which is great!) because the ALA conferences aren’t coming this far north after this for a few more years.

I’ll get you the inside scoop after the conference next week!