Sunday at ALA Midwinter 2010

January 17, 2010

The fun and excitement continued on Sunday at ALA's Midwinter Meeting 2010. Some conference attendees spent the day shuttling between venues in relatively warm weather, while others browsed the exhibit hall visiting book signings. The ALA store and the Uncommons proved to be places that attendees like to spend time, and as always attendees enjoyed events featuring speakers

 

 

Chako Morgan (in green) talks with Sandy Schulman at the ProQuest booth prior the exhibit hall's opening on Sunday.
The early-morning Boston sky as seen from the Westin hotel.
Attendees of a program meant to educate librarians on building grassroots support applaud for an arriving guest.
Author Atul Gawande, M.D. tells a story as part of the Sunrise Speaker series.
Conference attendees take advantage of the Uncommons, which is an area in the convention center set aside for laptop charging and resting.
A statue of John Singleton Copley in Copley Square.
Author Lee Smith speaks during the Keeping It Short: The Best In Short Story Fiction program on Sunday Morning.
A TV in one of the shuttle buses. The buses are used to get from conference location to another.
Charlotte Glover listens to Sunrise Speaker author Atul Gawande, M.D.
The ALA store in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center as seen from above.
Author Ilie Ruby signs a galley of her book The Language of Trees for Leoma Dunn.
Traffic cones and balloons outside the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
Mary Boutet from Westford, MA discusses her favorite books of the year during YALSA's Best Book for Young Adults program.
Guests mingle at ALA president Camila Alire's reception on Sunday evening.

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