Top Ten Tweets—Sunday (Day 3)

By Julie Cai | June 29, 2015

It’s day three of conference already?

As conference edges closer to its end, reflections on the weekend hit the Twitterverse.

Librarians @ Pride. #alaac15 #Pride #PrideSF pic.twitter.com/8ElNxAtptS

— Elizabeth (@estephan) June 28, 2015

Out of the stacks + into the streets. @alaannual #Pride2015 @SFPublicLibrary #libraries pic.twitter.com/zFepgtnHh7

— Sharon E. Farb (@FarbThink) June 28, 2015

What's your queery? @alaannual #Pride2015 #librarians #diversity #equity pic.twitter.com/zrFj8Hohk5

— Sharon E. Farb (@FarbThink) June 28, 2015

Omg! So happy to see @alaannual @GLBTRT & @Wicholas at #SFPride2015 #alaac15 pic.twitter.com/0eC7AcIBAx

— Lydia Willoughby (@Willoughbrarian) June 28, 2015

25% of American librarians are seriously sleep deprived after trying to keep up with the tweets of their friends at #alaac15

— Fake Library Stats (@FakeLibStats) June 29, 2015

My feet are killing me and I just had some wine. I hope I didn't accidentally buy a bookmobile or new ILS. #alaac15

— Mary Kelly (@librarymary40) June 28, 2015

The day was packed with award ceremonies and great speeches.

Wow. It's like they pick Newbery & Caldecott winners by psychically knowing who will give awesome acceptance speeches. #alaac15

— Destinee Sutton (@destsutton) June 29, 2015

Write a poem that makes you want to marry it – or at least remember it's name in the morning. @kwamealexander #alaac15 #newbery

— Mary K (@daisycakes) June 29, 2015

Jacqueline Woodson just accepted her newbery honor in a Black Lives Matter t-shirt and again proves why she is a HERO. #alaac15

— Preeti Chhibber (@runwithskizzers) June 29, 2015

"What we did has been done before, and what we did will be done again… because that's what libraries do." Scott Bonner, Ferguson #alaac15

— Library Journal (@LibraryJournal) June 29, 2015

We love you, #alaleftbehind!

FOMOing so hard right now I need a support group #alaleftbehind

— ♥ kelly ♥ (@kellykietur) June 29, 2015

Eating cherry pie because #alaleftbehind and also my thumb hurts and also #allergies and also #pie.

— Pamela Penza (@PamelaJean0) June 29, 2015

This guy just figured out he's #alaleftbehind #alaac15 pic.twitter.com/BFQvblA77D

— YALSA (@yalsa) June 28, 2015

Keep up with Annual news with #alaac15!

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