American Library Associal Annual Conference

The 2007 ALA Annual Conference is being held in Washington, DC June 21-27.  I'll be there with a camera and some tote bags.  I can't tell you how excited I am.

If you're in need of some real excitement, your daily rock of crystallized epinephrine, then visit the special exhibit at Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library: "Caterers General to the Literary World: The House of Harper." 

"[T]his exhibition will highlight the Harper & Brothers Archive at Columbia. The archive contains a wealth of material relating to all aspects of the history of the firm, including correspondence with authors such as the Brontë sisters, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Queen Victoria."

The exhibition closes June 30th.  If you're unable to make it in time, the library's website is interesting in its own right.