Well, day one of CLA 2010 is winding down and all I can say (besides I am tired as hell!) is that today, we *brought it*. Rancho Cucamonga is now on the California library map in capital letters! You can see from Michelle and Margaret's posts that the booth looked awesome. And there was just a ton of interest from a lot of different people.
Among others, our State Librarian was loving the PALs. (This was the first time she actually saw them in person. She funded these and it was absolutely apparently that she knew she got her money's worth.) The Infopeople manager also stopped by our booth and asked if we would be interested in working with Infopeople and Califa on the next Virtual Library conference in January. We were asked to present on the PALs and our local history project as examples of two great things we are doing in our Library.
And finally, a *huge* thanks to staff here who have been working tirelessly since 5am this morning. It has been a long day, but so rewarding. Just an amazing team effort from not only those up here but everyone who got us to this point.
I am just so privileged to be able to captain this ship.
Hey there,
ReplyDeleteSounds like the RCPL booth is quite the hit and will walk away with the Grand Prize! Anything remotely comparable at the other booths?
Sure wish my co-workers and friends could experience for themselves the amazing reality of RCPL! Hope the high continues till close of CLA.
Safe trip home to all,
Vinita
Thanks for the terrific pictures and great commentary from CLA!! We can feel the enthusiasm and energy from the conference all the way down here. I truly appreciate the effort everyone is taking to blog and bring the conference virtually down to Rancho - especially after looong days and lots of hard work!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a *beautiful* fall day here and it's been a full one as well with Founder's Day, America Recycles Day, 8 passports, etc. I know staff here are trying to catch up on reading the blog in between all that.
I hope the two programs today went well and there were lots of attendees. I am sooo impressed with the photos of the booth and how professional it all looks. I see this as a really proud moment for RCPL and it just seems so natural that you all are up there "selling" our wares as it were. It's no wonder other vendors are surprised that you are a public library - this brings it on as Robert said.