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PLA Day #1
March 26, 2008 08:15 PM | Professional OrganizationsMilly Halverson, SELCO-PLA Scholarship Recipient
Spring Grove Public Library
One of the most exciting things today was meeting one of my favorite authors, Leif Enger. His new book, "So Brave, Young, and Handsome" is to be released in May of 2008. He signed uncorrected proof copies of his new book. He wrote "Peace Like A River," a great book, it was Amazon's book of the year in either 2002 or 2003.
John Wood, the Opening General Session speaker, left an executive career track at Microsoft Corp to form an organization Room to Read, a non-profit organization that is building libraries, educating girls and donating books to 3rd world countries. One of his most interesting points for success is: engaging the community. Poor parents helped build schools and libraries and gave money they did not have to help pay for the libraries. "Education drives economic growth, and education improves lives" is his message in this fantastic story of how one man is working to change the world. He recounts his experience in his book, "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World."
