{"id":31246,"date":"2024-07-02T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=31246"},"modified":"2024-07-02T19:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T23:51:41","slug":"the-post-ala-annual-conference-tbr-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/the-post-ala-annual-conference-tbr-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"The Post-ALA Annual Conference TBR Pile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting authors and illustrators is an exciting part of attending #alaac24. I feel very lucky to have been able to attend the conference this year. While I didn\u2019t have time to meet everyone I wanted to, I was able to pick up several advance reading copies to take home. Here\u2019s what I\u2019m most excited to read. If you picked up any great ARCs at #alaac24 or elsewhere, I&#8217;d love to know what&#8217;s on your list!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31247\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8686-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">TBR pile. (Photo courtesy of C. Rhoads)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conference Blogger <strong>Celeste Rhoads<\/strong>\u00a0(she\/her\/hers) is originally from John Steinbeck\u2019s hometown of Salinas, California, where she read on the beach, in trees, on road trips, and everywhere in between. She moved to Paris in 2005, and immediately found a home at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanlibraryinparis.org\/\">American Library in Paris<\/a>. As the Children\u2019s and Teens\u2019 Services Manager, she oversees the Library\u2019s collections, policies, and programs for ages 0\u201318. Celeste has a master\u2019s degree in Library Science from Rutgers University, where she focused on digital libraries, and children\u2019s literature. Celeste enjoys connecting people of all ages with great reads\u2014especially contemporary titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting authors and illustrators is an exciting part of attending #alaac24. I feel very lucky to have been able to attend the conference this year. While I didn\u2019t have time to meet everyone I wanted to, I was able to pick up several advance reading copies to take home. Here\u2019s what I\u2019m most excited to read. If you picked up any great ARCs at #alaac24 or elsewhere, I&#8217;d love to know what&#8217;s on your list! Conference Blogger Celeste Rhoads\u00a0(she\/her\/hers) is originally from John Steinbeck\u2019s hometown of Salinas, California, where she read on the beach, in trees, on road trips, and everywhere in between. She moved to Paris in 2005, and immediately found a home at the\u00a0American Library in Paris. As the Children\u2019s and Teens\u2019 Services Manager, she oversees the Library\u2019s collections, policies, and programs for ages 0\u201318. Celeste has a master\u2019s degree in Library Science from Rutgers University, where she&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[2746,134,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala-annual-2024","category-guest-blogger","category-live-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}