Email Roundup for Monday, June 9, 2014

Getting a lot more notices from the various roundtables I subscribe to, including New Member Round Table (which, if you haven't joined, has been priceless in terms of information for newbies like myself).  ALA 2014 is the big topic of conversation here, so I'm going to start summarizing the notices I get regarding the round tables and their offerings for the conference:

Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) posted their schedule of meetings at ALA 2014

New Members Round Table sent out a notice that ANMIG will have a chat forum on navigating ALA 2014 on June 16th from 2-3pm EST.  Please be mindful that you need to be registered for both ALA Connect and the ANMIG (ALCTS New Member Interest Group, in case you were wondering) in order to participate.

OIF blog reports that there will be a Banned Books Week booth at ALA 2014 where you can read from your favorite banned book (BYOB is suggested) on either Saturday or Sunday from 9-5pm, which will be recorded and then put on the official Banned Books Week YouTube Channel and provides a link where you can beat the rush and register for this project early.  I plan on reading from The Catcher in the Rye, one of my favorite coming-of-age books in the whole world.

ASCLA is supporting some Exclusive and Valuable Programs at ALA 2014 which you can view here.

UPDATE:  ACRL has two newb sessions:

ACRL 101 - June 17

Start Time:          06/17/2014 12:00 PM Central

Duration:             01:00 hour

URL:       http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r8f49xp8f2y/

Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room

Passcode Protection:     No

ACRL 101 - June 19          

Start Time:          05/19/2014 12:00 PM Central

Duration:             01:00 hour

URL:       http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r8mk979vse5/

Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room

Passcode Protection:     No

Your Unofficial Guide to Fun at #alaac14

This might be considered a don't...

Haha, actually it's an article on INALJ today entitled, "Your Unofficial Guide to Socializing at the ALA Annual Conference 2014."  But "socializing" equals fun, right?  It's a great list of every social function on the ALA Schedule, where and when it's happening.  Check it out - I know which functions I'll be attending, how about you?

Also, this article also links to a handy-dandy do's and don'ts guide for ALA specifically geared for #alaac14. I was planning on walking around in my bathing suit the whole time, but the guide suggests that I do bring a sweater!  And don't forget to keep rockin' out!

One last thing, the do's guide suggests that if you Tweet you can meet your followers, but also don't forget to use #alaac14 so people can find you!

15 best buffets in Vegas (ALA)

American Libraries Direct has an article in this week's issue regarding where to stuff oneself silly when you get to the land of never-ending shrimp cocktails and prime rib.  So it redirects to another site where it reviews 15 of the best buffets in Las Vegas, which is pretty great except for the fact that they only reviewed nine.  Did a Google Map showing the location of the all the buffets.