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 \n■ ALA Presidential CandidatesConnecticut is one of the few states tohost both candidates for president ofthe American Library Association.Martín Gómez,Brooklyn Public Li-brary (www.martingomez.com);andSarah Long,North Suburban LibrarySystem(www.sarahlong.org),willspeak briefly at the Business Meetingon Tuesday morning and meet withconference goers throughout the day.  \nAt this program,sponsored by ACLBand featuring the controversial DavidBurt with Carolyn Caywood fromALA's Intellectual Freedom RoundTable,you will see the sparks fly.Areactor panel of local talent will sumup the program.  \n## ■ Authors,Authors\n\nThis year's keynote speakers includeWally Lamb (of Oprah fame)and Jef-frey Steingarten(The Man Who AteEverything).Childrens'authors Peterand Cheryl Barnes are talking at a spe-cial luncheon on Tuesday.JamieCallan,Doug Florian,Anita Riggio,  \nAnd,as the infomercials say,\"much,much more...”  \nI joke about there being two kinds ofpeople in the world—those that di-Continued on page 6  \nApril 1998  \nNext Time,I'llCarry a HammerOr How I Got to Co-Chair the Conference  \nAlice Knapp  \nEditor's Note Alice Knapp,alongwith Michael Golrick,is co-chair ofthe 1998 CLA annual conference.Inher weekly column for the Bethel,Connecticut newspaper(datedMarch 9),she describes how thiscame to be.  \nDuring my off hours,I have beenworking on the Connecticut LibraryAssociation's conference,of which lam co-chair.This volunteer job isone that I vowed I would never take.Now that the crunch time is near (theconference is only five weeks away)Iam trying to figure out why levervolunteered.Of course,I didn't vol-unteer;I was drafted.  \nIn July 1996,I was attending a StateLibrary reception honoring PatOwens,director of library services,who was retiring.I had only one rea-son for attending—to present aplaque to Pat from the Fairfield Li-brary Administrators Group,of whichI was vice-president.Since Pat hadworked with the State Library fornearly twenty years,there was along line of people who wanted togive a gift or make a toast.  \nNow,someone else had purchasedthe plaque I was to present and hadmailed it to me.It was placed in aspecial protective envelope(youknow,the kind with the bubbles thatare so much fun to pop).I had left itin the envelope to make sure lContinued on page 3  \n## Every Reader His Book:Readers Advisoryand Information Technology\n\nAmy Terlaga\"We need to recommitto reader's advisory ser-vices,\"says CathleenTowey in the Decem-ber 1997 issue ofAmerican Libraries.Citing a recent Public  \nLibraries article (Jan/Feb 1997)th","cbCaieHJ5G3KHp6I","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieHJ5G3KHp6I","pdf",2733320,"English","# Annual Conference Highlights\n## Keynote Presentations\n## Time for Exhibits\n## State Library Updates\n## To Filter or Not to Filter: This Is the Question\n## ALA Presidential Candidates\n## Authors, Authors\n## Every Reader His Book: Readers Advisory and Information Technology","[{\"question\":\"When and where is the annual conference scheduled?\",\"answer\":\"The conference is scheduled for April 14-15 in Cromwell.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main activities planned around the exhibits?\",\"answer\":\"The opening hour on both days is reserved for visiting exhibits, with dessert served after lunch in the exhibit hall, and the ribbon cutting begins the conference.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document describe readers’ advisory tools and technology in libraries?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights that libraries use tools such as CARL’s NoveList to match readers with titles using subject headings and online access, and it discusses how online retailers’ recommendation systems relate to this approach.\"}]","Annual Conference Highlights - Keynote Presentations | PDF",1790686827,23]