Cool Seattle, Cool SLA

Seth and I are in Seattle for the SLA conference. 60-something-degree weather in Seattle is a nice change from 90+ in NY metro area last week. The Homewood Suites hotel is very nice -- great to have a fridge, too. Some construction, so no pool for this trip. )-:

I've been doing a lot of blogging for NJSLA and even trying Twitter instead of here.

Posted 'LinkedIn a Box' module on this blog's sidebar. Let me know if it works/makes sense.

Seeing Seth's family later this week in Seattle/Carnation, and my mom's cousin next weekend in Portland, Oregon.

Tech Tools (a plug for the NJSLA blog)

Check out the NJSLA's blog, where I've posted a list of three tools for info pros: one offered by SLA, one e-learning site, and one site with lots more e-learning opportunities.

Lucie in Phillie

Photos from our trip to see Lucie, and other pictures from Phillie, are here.

Girl Singers Galore

Seth and I have the next two Sundays blocked off for our (well, my) Girl Singers:

Lucie Arnaz with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops (in Philadelphia, of course): Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m.

Everything Is Rosie (a tribute to Rosemary Clooney), in Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.: Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m.

If you're a friend or just a fan, hope to see you there.

Lucy's Cow Tureen

I waited more than a month to start posting about Lucy, which might surprise those who think of me as a Lucy nut ...

Lucille Ball had really nice taste in her kitchenware. Her son and daughter-in-law are auctioning a cow soup tureen to raise money for their nonprofit Boulder City Ballet Company.

(Photo credit: Arnaz Family via eBay and Lucyfan.com.)

Read about the tureen or see more photos and bid. Unfortunately, I don't have the space to properly display this lovely item, so I won't bid on it.

You can see another example of Lucy's taste in home furnishings in Tom Watson's article about the "wrap event" for Universal City Studio's "Lucy: A Tribute" in Hollywood.

Keep the Knowledge Coming, says Star-Ledger

Originally posted Jan. 30, 2008
Updated Feb. 9, 2008

The Star-Ledger wrote Jan. 30 about the battle to retain funding for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative, and offers its editorial support. Funding for the Knowledge Initiative, which funds JerseyClicks.org, will end Feb. 29 for want of $1 million.

Patricia Tumulty, the NJLA's executive director, posted the Star-Ledger articles on the NJLA blog. (Go to the entry for Jan. 30.)

The State Librarian, Norma Blake, spoke Jan. 30 to Rutgers MLIS students, and NJKI funding was a hot topic. Ms. Blake noted that being named as as Librarian of the Year by Library Journal gives her more visibility, and a bully pulpit (in the best sense of the phrase) to keep NJKI going. (Video of the dinner honoring Ms. Blake, from ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia, is on the Library Journal site.)

Photos from the SLA Leadership Summit

I've posted my photos from the SLA Leadership Summit, held Jan. 23-26, 2008, in Louisville, Kentucky.

I took pictures of our table at our Friday night dinner, plus a few others of Barbara and me.

I got lots of pictures of exhibits and signs at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, partly because I wanted to share the photos with my baseball-fan brother.

And if you want to see the odds-and-ends, there are a few of the outside of the Louisville Science Museum, and of a paint-can sign.