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How to Attend a Conference

So yes, attending professional conferences is an excellent way to meet your peers, learn new techniques, and network, and these are all wonderful reasons to attend. The question is not really should you attend (of course you should!) but how?

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Providing Healthcare Information Services in Small and Rural Libraries

Public LIbraries Sept/Oct 2019 Feature Article

PLA Leadership Development Programs Offer Lessons for a Lifetime

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Gordon Chang on the Amazing Accomplishments of the Ghosts of Gold Mountain

May/June 2019 Cover of Public Libraries Magazine

A Fresh Approach to Job Rotation

PUBLIC LIBRARES JANFEB 2019 FEATURE ARTICLE

The Mission-Informed Library–Internal Marketing to Improve the Organizational Climate in the Public Library

PUBLIC LIBRARIES MARCH APRIL 2019 FEATURE ARTICLE

If You Want to Figure Out What America Is Go To a Library – An Interview with Jose Antonio Vargas

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We Are All Welcome in Libraries – A Conversation with Eric Klinenberg

PUBLIC LIBRARIES MARCH APRIL 2019 FEATURE ARTICLE

Librarians Respond to Humanitarian Crisis at the Border

ALA Annual Conference: Welcome to Washington, DC!

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Mean Girls

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Go Make Something Great Happen: Jason Barron on How Doodling Helped Get His MBA

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Readers’ Advisory Survey Now Open

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Esther Wojcicki on Parenting, Teaching, and Why It’s Okay to Smile Before Christmas

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Rage Programming: Anger as Program Inspiration

FYI Podcast: Libraries Connecting You to Coverage

FYI Podcast: Embedded Librarianship

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5 Tips for Teaching Tech to Seniors

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Making Changes as a New Library Employee

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Embedded Librarianship: From Laundromats to Zumba Class

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Incident Report Writing: A Person-in-Incident Approach

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Winter Reading Programs For Adults

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Defining the “Relevance Narrative” in Library Media Coverage

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Working Alongside Robots at the Library

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The Cost of Museum Passes

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