On Friday I attended the U of MN ‘Friends of the Library Dinner.’ Normally this is not an event that I attend, but one of my student workers Kim won the ‘Friends of the Libraries 2010 Outstanding Library Student Employee Award’! It was wonderful that Kim won. Del, Emily (my fellow co-workers) and I had to write a letter and nominate Kim. And she won!
So the event included the awards ceremony, a dinner, and a talk and book signing by Jim Lehrer. Lehrer is best known for hosting the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, but he has also written over 20 works of fiction. He was a fantastic speaker and after the talk Kim and I both had books signed.
