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PLA - Last Day
March 31, 2008 08:37 AM | General, Professional OrganizationsJill Veerkamp - SELCO-PLA Scholarship Recipient
Lanesboro Public Library
For my last day at PLA, I attended the two morning programs. First, I went to “The Memoir: The Readers’ Advisor’s Dream or Nightmare.” While this program wasn’t as interesting as I thought it was going to be, the presenters did make some interesting points about what a memoir exactly is and how librarians should treat them in their libraries. The speakers were sure to point out that memoirs are very different from autobiographies. While autobiographies are linear accounts and chronicles verifiable aspects of a (usually famous) person’s life, memoirs more often deal with memories, feelings, emotions, impressions, perceptions, and interpretations of the memoirist. As a whole, memoirs are very subjective. The presenters of the program also went through the different types of memoirs that exist and recommended some books in each category. Finally, for the last program of PLA, I went to “Superheroes to Serial Killers: Librarians in Literature.” The presenter, Michael Gannon, took a humorous look at the different stereotypes of librarians found in popular culture and how librarians are portrayed in literature. Finally, Gannon ended the program with a quiz for the audience about whether a picture on the screen was of a serial killer or a librarian. This hilarious program was a great way to end the conference.
