It's Day 3 of conference, and you begin to see people grabbing their caffeine of choice with whiter knuckles than the first two days. The Starbucks has been a nice place to catch up on my internet-ing, and there's the nice relaxation station near Hall A, where you can get a short massage--and is conveniently located across from the bag check. A friend and I were discussing that the only other thing TLA needs to add now is a nap station!

If you think you can't get away to the Exhibits Hall... try to anyway! I didn't get to last year, and I had a blast this time. Lots of interesting products to see, and of course those prized advance reader copies, as well as a lot of gracious authors signing autographs. I got my copy of "American Born Chinese" (first graphic novel to win the Printz Award!) autographed by Gene Luen Yang this morning, and he was patient and gracious with all our fan questions.

So far today, I've been to:
-- Beyond Bytes and Books: Lee Rainie on the Role of Libraries in a Networked World
-- Wikipedia Smackdown!

Each link above will take you directly to my notes for each session. The powerpoint for Lee Rainie's session should be up on the TLA website tomorrow--if you're looking for any slides or handouts, keep checking this page:
http://www.txla.org/conference/Handouts08/handouts_08.html

I'm sloooowly getting my many conference photos uploaded (keep checking back--I should be finished with uploads by early next week).

Lastly, I hear that the Doo-Wop Sock Hop tonight is only $20, for a good cause, and most impressive of all, they opened for the Beatles back in the day. Sounds like it could be quite a romp!