Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Enjoy!

Kristina: ALA Midwinter is just around the corner. If you are attending and this is your first conference, check out Amanda Yother’s advice on How to Conference Like a Champ.

Annie:  Shout out to any fellow bookbinders! The New York Times recently published an article about Donald Vass, the last full-time employee in his library’s “mendery.”

And in the feel-good news department: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was visited this week by precocious reader and aspiring librarian, Daliyah Marie Arana, and made the 4 year old “Librarian For The Day.”

Cover photo from JSMetcalf Photos on Flickr Commons.  Licensed under CC 2.0.