The New York Library Association (NYLA) is meeting in Buffalo this week, from October 17 to 20. The 1,000 plus librarians will be staying at area hotels, with the Hyatt being their headquarter hotel, and attending daily activities at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.
Alerting us to the convention, Sally Snow, a UB alumna and librarian wrote:
Librarians from all over the state will be roaming downtown to meet and greet, network and learn. It’s not only interesting to see herds of librarians wandering around your fair city, (so many jumpers, so many sensible shoes!) they will also be spending tourist $$$ and taking their impressions back to their own cities. Librarians dispense a lot of travel information to their customers.
That having been said, I think it’s our duty to make the librarians feel welcome. They can start by checking BRO for late night events and checking YUM! for restaurant news…but commenters, wouldn’t it be great to amass a little ‘best of’ list with our library scientists in mind?
NYLA has made up a list of cultural centers, and page 42 of their online conference program booklet tells about different offerings around town, including the fact that our bars don’t close until 4AM! Throw that stereotype away…
Snow said the librarians, about 3 to 1, female to male, will be kept busy for the duration, and added that the swag is a huge draw, “You can outfit your desktop for a year at this convention!” She also shared this video with us, a librarian take-off on March of the Penguins.
Snow also mentioned how the cuts in Erie County affected the rest of NYLA. “It scared the heck out of us,” she said. “We’re at the mercy of the government. A lot of politicians are not readers–they think everything is on the Internet. But really good information is generally not free. And there’s some interesting stuff, but it’s not all true. Look at Wikipedia–people like playing jokes.”
All joking aside, please leave comments about where the librarians should visit when they venture out of the Convention Center to mix with civilians.
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