Thanks Donnie, The Planning Committee is working hard to make our 2021 Virtual conference equally wonderful.
I too attended the ALA Midwinter and was unimpressed, typing notes in the chat is not the same as even a virtual room. Except for our AJL Schmooze & BYO Nosh, where we actually got to interact with people. Thank you so much for your kind words. Kathy B. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:21 AM Daniel Stuhlman via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > I attended the ALA Midwinter Conference virtually. They had 7,012 > attendees. 7,698 attended in Philadelphia in 2020, and 6,347 attended in > Seattle in 2019. Without the need to travel they had significantly fewer > attendees. I missed the excitement of being there in person and I missed > learning from multiple sessions. Many of the guest speakers were just > saying how great libraries are in the community. > > I think AJL's conference was much better. We had more people attending > virtually than the last in-person conference. We learned and socialized. > We got to know some fellow librarians who were once just names on > Hasafran. This is just another round of thanks for a job well done. > > Donnie > > -- > Daniel D. Stuhlman > Chicago, IL > dstuhlman at gmail.com > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://gmail.com__;!!KGKeukY!kqtuORPMpmXkpacDm8SKEh3SELDHFfAfL-6k_IQpiTL3UONwZQMdx_-Z9if5t-sbRgs$> > > Blog: Kol Safran > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/__;!!KGKeukY!kqtuORPMpmXkpacDm8SKEh3SELDHFfAfL-6k_IQpiTL3UONwZQMdx_-Z9if5pa3E-aA$> > > LinkedIn > profile.https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-stuhlman-b49a187/__;!!KGKeukY!jr4rDie6-J1uFYWmAWcjuXD5PMiVZfCorc7idc9PugLe6fXgFV6tPNFhPGwdI5ki4VI$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-stuhlman-b49a187/__;!!KGKeukY!kqtuORPMpmXkpacDm8SKEh3SELDHFfAfL-6k_IQpiTL3UONwZQMdx_-Z9if5oahLagk$> > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!jr4rDie6-J1uFYWmAWcjuXD5PMiVZfCorc7idc9PugLe6fXgFV6tPNFhPGwdjCGgD4c$ > > Earlier Listserver: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!jr4rDie6-J1uFYWmAWcjuXD5PMiVZfCorc7idc9PugLe6fXgFV6tPNFhPGwdgaPJAv8$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!jr4rDie6-J1uFYWmAWcjuXD5PMiVZfCorc7idc9PugLe6fXgFV6tPNFhPGwd91RS0NE$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > -- Kathleen M. Bloomfield President, Association of Jewish Libraries: The Leading Authority on Judaic Librarianship https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/__;!!KGKeukY!jr4rDie6-J1uFYWmAWcjuXD5PMiVZfCorc7idc9PugLe6fXgFV6tPNFhPGwdEjWT2aI$ Find me! Website: forwordsbooks: kids books that matter. <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forwordsbooks.com/__;!!KGKeukY!jr4rDie6-J1uFYWmAWcjuXD5PMiVZfCorc7idc9PugLe6fXgFV6tPNFhPGwdQfhxjS4$ > Instagram: *therealkathybloomfield* Twitter: @forwordsbooks "Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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