PSLA 2019
Conference History
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Caldecott Winners
MARC Records
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The theme of PSLA 2019 Conference is:

What is Diversity by Design?

100

LAST year's (2018) Conference theme was...

What was "Limitless Learning"?

100

The meaning of ROFL.

What is Rolling on the Floor Laughing?

100

A family of water fowl must find a safe location for their nest, far away from traffic and predators in this 1942 Caldecott winner.

What is Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey?

100

The acronym MARC stands for:

What is MAchine-Readable Cataloging record?

200

The Keynote Author and Recipient of the 2016 Newbery Award is:

Who is Matt de la Peña?

200

During the 1986 luncheon, conference attendees were treated to a talk by this author/illustrator of such wonderful books as "Streganona" and "Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile".

Who was Tomi DePaola?

200

The meaning of 86.

What is It Is Over?

200

Illustrated with beautiful woodcuts, this 1999 Caldecott winner describes a scientist's perseverance as he studies the Vermont winters.

What is Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Woodson?

200

The author of a work is entered into this MARC field.

What is 100?

300

PSLA 2019 Keynote Speaker, Blogger & Tweeter is:

Who is John Schumacher, Mr. Schu Reads?

300

During the 2009 conference held at Penn State, the guest speaker at the luncheon was this author of a wildly popular series of books based on Greek mythology.

Who was Rick Riordan?

300

The meaning of CYAL8R.

What is See You Later?

300

This three time Caldecott winner brings vivid imagination and whimsy to his illustrations with virtually no text.

David Wiesner

300

The Call Number is entered into this MARC record field:

What is 082 or 900 (Library of Congress)?

400

The PSLA Conference website is powered by this free, easy-to-use website building app.

What is Weebly?

400

The theme for the 2011 PSLA Conference included these three "R's" of Library innovation.

What are Retool, Renew, Refresh @ your Library?

400

The meaning of MBS?

What is Mom Behind Shoulder?

400

The 1980 Caldecott medal winner depicts the rhythm of a self-sustaining farm in New England during the 19th century.

What is Ox Cart Man ? (by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney)

400

These fields are used for genre categories.

What are the 600s?

500

This year at PSLA 2019 the session is called Librarian's Playground. Previously, it was called this.

What is Makerspace?

500

For several years in the 70's and 80's, the conference was held at this alliterative Mountain Resort.

What is Seven Springs Mountain Resort?

500

The meaning of NSFW.

What is Not Safe For Work?

500

A young boy searches for his father in this retelling of a Pueblo Indian tale, a 1975 Caldecott winner written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.

What is Arrow to the Sun : A Pueblo Indian tale?

500

Physical description including extent (number of pages) and dimensions are in this MARC record field.

What is 300s?

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