The Anaheim Convention Center where the ALA Conference was held, June 26-July 2, 2008
The entrance to the ALA Registration and Exhibits
A small section of the exhibits
At the Fifth ALA Fourm on LIS Education, Joe Sanchez, University of Texas introducing Rae-Anne Montague (Illinois) and Clara Chu (UCLA)
Joe welcomes the audience
The program on Ph.D. programs in LIS sponsored by LIS schools with Ph.D. programs and ALA Diversity Section.
Some of the members of the ALA Committee on Education
Michael Gorman, past-President of ALA and incoming Chair of the Committee on Education.
The entrance to Knott's Berry Farm near Anaheim.
The famous Chicken Dinner Restaurant started by Mrs. Knott when in the 1930s the Berry Farm fell on hard economic times. Note the Roller Coaster behind the restaurant. The Berry Farm became a theme park nearly 20 years before the nearby Disneyland was established.
Terry and Danny Hale. Danny and Terry were active in the Public Library Association at the same time some twenty years ago.
Terry and Anne-Marie Bertrand from the French National Library School in Lyon, France.
Mary Maack, (UCLA) as Chair of the ALA Program on Library History, introduces Anne-Marie Bertrand.
Anne-Marie Bertrand delivers a paper comparing the development of public library services in France to those in the U.S.
Anne-Marie answers questions from the audience after her presentation.
Terry and Kurt McKay at the University of Illinois GSLIS Booth at the ALA Conference.
Kurt McKay at the Library School Alumni Association thanks the group for the award he received at the reception.
Terry at the Disneyland Hotel where meetings on Copyright issues were held. That is Mickey to Terry's right.
The copyright panel in the Disneyland Hotel at ALA
Patrick Newell (U of Ca-Davis) moderates the panel consisting of Carrie Russell (ALA), Janice Pilch (U of Illinois) Marc Gartler (Harrington College of Design).
Two of the panel members with Illinois connections, Janice Pilch and Marc Gartler
The Crystal Cathedral complex, one of the first "Mega-Churches" in the U.S. was very near the Conference Center (and Disneyland).
A view of the tower and the church behind it.
