{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Barb Langridge","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/barb-langridge\/","title":"Live blogging ALA Midwinter 2015... does your branch manager know?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HwGe8XPSoF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/live-blogging-ala-midwinter-2015-branch-manager-know\/\">Live blogging ALA Midwinter 2015&#8230; does your branch manager know?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/live-blogging-ala-midwinter-2015-branch-manager-know\/embed\/#?secret=HwGe8XPSoF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Live blogging ALA Midwinter 2015&#8230; does your branch manager know?&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"HwGe8XPSoF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"#alamw15 I have been riding the shuttles between convention events and sitting at breakfasts and lunches and chatting with wonderful librarians from all over the country. \u00a0It&#8217;s so interesting to learn what a day in a life of a librarian looks like in Jackson Hole, Wyoming or outside of Rapid City, South Dakota or in a middle school in New Jersey. It&#8217;s been interesting to ask these wonderful people if they are looking forward to the ALA Youth Media Awards. Now I have a question for you. \u00a0Does the staff at your library know that the ALA Youth Media Awards will be announced on Monday, Feb. 2? \u00a0Do the customers or students in your library know that the awards will be announced? What I&#8217;m getting at here is just how large do our awards loom on the national stage? \u00a0How much are they a part of the national conversation? \u00a0How..."}