Comments on: Getting to ALA, Keeping a hand in–or not

By: walt

walt — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:49:06 +0000

Stephen: Thanks…and I’m aware some book purchases were by individuals.

Will: Yes, I’m the only one who can answer the question–but I really don’t plan to retire from the community of library people (and particularly not the community best-represented by the Library Society of the World), because that is part of what fulfills me. So it’s complicated, and will probably remain so for quite a while.

By: Stephen Michael Kellat

Stephen Michael Kellat — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:29 +0000

I bought one of the books! I’m not a library building, a mineral, or a vegetable either.

By: will manley

will manley — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:03:41 +0000

Walt…you’re the only one who can answer the question posed. If you’re heading into full time retirement then you need to follow your bliss. Forget about other people in this equation (other than family members). Do what fulfills you. This is your time. Good luck.

By: walt

walt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:29:57 +0000

Bob: Thanks, and that’s an interesting way of putting it. I suspect that, after 2011 (when I’d like to attend ALA and Midwinter if finances, etc. work out–admittedly partly because of great locations), I might cut back in any case–but there’s something about physical attendance and F2F discussions that’s still less than ideally replaced by virtual means, much as those have worked well for me. (What a sentence!)

By: Bob Watson

Bob Watson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:22:58 +0000

Good luck, Walt.

As far as “keeping a hand in” it’s rather more, I think, a case of deciding whether or not to stay at the racetrack … watching the horses run. There are winners and there are losers, but the track itself hasn’t necessarily gone anywhere.

You do a far better job than most at describing the action.