Work in Savannah

Several colleagues and I traveled to Savannah a couple weekends ago to attend an Information Literacy conference. It was sponsored by Georgia Southern and here is a picture of the view from the conference center.

This is the Talmadge Memorial cable-stayed bridge.

As my sister's roommate said, "Oh, it's a librarian conference? That's got to be boring!" He was right. It was nice to get away from the office for a couple days but I didn't really learn anything. Basically, we attended several sessions and they all pretty much said the same thing; 1. The one-shot library visit cannot possibly teach students how to properly conduct research, yet no one could offer a working solution and, 2. Statistics may seem interesting on paper but spouted out during a presentation they have the same affect (effect?) as sleeping gas. The food was bad too. Also, I realized that I do not like your typical librarian. They are very pompous and rude. I didn't get their jokes and they asked questions they already knew the answer to in an effort to make the presenter look stupid. I hope that won't be me in a few years and I really hope that's not me now.

I did get to hang with my sister for a couple days so that was nice. She let me crash at her place and I had my own personal tour guide of the city. She bought some cupcakes from a local bakery called Back in the Day Bakery. I think the owner was on Paula Deen's FoodNetwork show once.



They looked very pretty but the cake part was very bland. My sister, who is an accomplished cook and baker, could have done way better. The icing was fantastic though (except the chocolate--way too intense). In conclusion, I'd rather skip the conference next year and hang out with my sister instead.