{"id":31075,"date":"2024-06-28T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=31075"},"modified":"2024-06-28T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:11:12","slug":"registration-alaac24-and-a-nice-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2024\/06\/registration-alaac24-and-a-nice-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration #ALAAC24 and a Nice Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adjusting to the time difference between New York and San Diego has been a bit of an adventure. I keep forgetting to call my family to let them know things are okay. When I look at my watch and see 8:00 pm and then reach for my phone I realize it is 11:00 in NY, I promise to call first thing in the morning. The time change is kind of cool though. Waking up 7:00 in the morning San Diego time when your body thinks it is 10 is just heavenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Enough talk about the time difference though. I headed to the Conference center this morning thinking I would get my badges and tickets, write a blog post and figure out my day. While I was standing online, I glance over to my right and who do I see\u2026 none other than Mychal<\/a>. That\u2019s right, THE <\/strong>Mychal Threets looking at the swag wall. Did I fan girl? Yes, yes I did. Was he as wonderful? He was just as he portrays himself on his social media accounts. We chatted for a few minutes. I am so grateful that our profession is filled with people like him.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Arlene Laverde, Mychal Threets, and Diana Mahecha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Registration is complete. Fangirling is complete, Blog post is complete. Now to tackle which sessions I am going to attend and get ready to fan girl some more over Trevor Noah\u2019s opening. I need to make sure I am there extra early because I am sure the line will be long. ALA annual is starting out to be a fantastic conference and so far, all I did was register. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conference Blogger Arlene Laverde <\/strong>(she\/her\/hers) is a very recent (July 1, 2024) NYCPS retiree. She has been the school librarian at Townsend Harris High School<\/a> in Queens NY for ten years and worked in various high schools and elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens. When in school she never considered librarianship as a career. She started as an elementary school teacher and accidentally fell into the role as a school librarian. She hasn\u2019t looked back since. She is currently serving as co-chair for the AASL 2025 National Conference<\/a> in St. Louis and will be attending the Morris Seminar in Denver, Colorado this September. She\u2019s looking forward to the Newbery-Caldecott-Legacy Banquet, as well as not only reconnecting with friends from around the country, but meeting new ones throughout the conference. Now that she is a retiree, all things are possible and looks forward to exploring her many interests, as well as the continued fight for library advocacy. Twitter handle: @THHSLibrary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.<\/em>
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