I left on the morning of April 8th and headed for Boise. What a way to celebrate my anniversary. I stopped at Boise Public Library on my way to Nampa (location of my hotel). Boise Public is a great library, I took pictures and gave myself a tour. Jim, my former boss, now works here, so guess who was working on the reference desk... It was interesting to talk to him, he's always been ahead of the curve where innovation is concerned. I now wish I had spent more time asking him to forcast the future of academic libraries.
The next day was the SWILA (Southwest Idaho Library Association) conference. I really enjoyed the keynote speaker from White Cloud Coffee, the presentation on the history of libraries and the lunch speaker Azam Houle “Dare to Read!” Brochure: http://www.idaholibraries.org/node/108
Flickr set (not mine): http://www.flickr.com/photos/m3mo/sets/72157604550007420/
I was able to present about my sabbatical. It was really useful to have to do an assessment of what I had learned before and the presentation was well received.
Thursday April 10th I got up at 6:00 a.m. and drove back to Boise through a lot of traffic. Thank heavens I left early enough to have time to regroup before going in for the interview process. Boise has some of my favorite librarians working there. They recently hired a couple of new ones and they are FUN! I think we'll be able to do some great collaborations. When I finished I got back in my car and headed for Pendleton WA.
After all, Boise is close enough to Seattle that I certainly needed to drop in and visit my friend Raven...
Idaho State University photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157604519171935/
Boise Public Library photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157604519309911/
Boise State University photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157604519583547/
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