Illinois Librarians, and Nation-Wide Libraries

The first day of ILLA--the Illinois Library Association--ended today.  The ILLA librarians are great, very motivated to find new books, and very interested in a lot of titles.  I had a great conversation about YA literature with one librarian, and another about picture books with a second.  Everyone seems eager to find the best new book they can, which is awesome.  What's also awesome is that these ILLA librarians seem of a new age:  If there isn't one of the many long haired, chic-dressed male librarians walking by, there's undoubtedly a chic-dressed tattooed female librarian in eyesight.  These librarians make me feel so much less cool, which really would hurt the psyche of a middle-school-aged me, but for now, I just sort of love it.

For those of us who are not yet librarians, CNN.com had a great article about "15 Jobs that pay $50, ooo--and Might be Hiring."  Guess what was smack in the middle of the list....

Looks like that Library Science Degree is more valuable than anyone thought!