Programming Librarian

November 2008

Shopping for Authors: Book Festivals
Chris Watkins | November 03, 2008
Booking authors for programs is trickier than ordering their books because you’re looking for a good reader, besides a good read. You may occasionally decide to book a less than great speaker that thrills your audience with their very presence, but you at least want to know what you’re getting into if at all possible.

Picturing America
Nancy Davenport | November 03, 2008
Picturing America presents 40 images of paintings, sculptures, buildings, photographs, drawings, silver, quilts and baskets that reflect American art from pre-colonial to contemporary day. Last Spring ALA and NEH invited me to present ideas at the ALA Conference on how public libraries could use these images in programming. That started my personal journey with most of the images.

Two of a Kind: Author Pairings
Chris Watkins | November 03, 2008
This is one of those too-good-to-be-true things. If you think it would be impossible to book one of you favorite authors for a reading at your library, what would you think if it became possible to get not only one, but two?