Midwest Tape's ALA New Orleans Video Recap

Check out our brief video recap of ALA 2011 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. In it, we highlight our focuses for this year's show as well as our booth and Customer Appreciation Reception.


ALA New Orleans Recap from Midwest Tape on Vimeo.

Do you see yourself or any librarians you know in our video? Have you ever been to New Orleans before? What did you think of the city and your ALA 2011 experience?

Hot This Week: July 18

Beyonce diva’d her way to the top of the CD chart; Sucker Punch and Beastly debuted on the DVD list; and while the Nonfiction list saw little change, James Patterson dethroned Janet Evanovich after only one week at the top of Fiction.

DVD

1. Season of the Witch
2. The Adjustment Bureau
3. Unknown
4. Sucker Punch
5. Beastly
6. Battle: Los Angeles
7. Hall Pass
8. Just Go With It
9. The Eagle
10. True Grit

CD

1. Beyonce, 4
2. Adele, 21
3. Big Sean, Finally Famous
4. Selena Gomez and the Scene, When the Sun Goes Down
5. Jill Scott, The Light of the Sun
6. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
7. David Cook, This Loud Morning
8. Jackie Evancho, Dream with Me
9. Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The Sequel (EP)
10. Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Scotty McCreery (EP) (digital only)

Fiction Books

1. Now You See Her, James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
2. Smokin' Seventeen, Janet Evanovich
3. State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
4. Against All Enemies, Tom Clancy
5. One Summer, David Baldacci
6. The Devil Colony, James Rollins
7. Silver Girl, Elin Hilderbrand
8. Folly Beach, Dorothea Benton Frank
9. Maine, J. Courtney Sullivan
10. Carte Blanche, Jeffery Deaver

Nonfiction Books

1. Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
2. In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson
3. Bossypants, Tina Fey
4. The Greater Journey, David McCullough
5. Miracle of Freedom, Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
6. Demonic, Ann Coulter
7. Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
8. Seal Team Six, Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
9. Lost in Shangri-La, Mitchell Zuckoff
10. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker

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Hot This Week: July 4

Matt Damon's Adjustment Bureau lands at the top of the DVD chart. Meanwhile, Adele and Gaga both tumble down the CD list in lieu of new releases; Laura Hillenbrand reclaims Nonfiction's number one spot; and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum snags the top seed in Fiction.

DVD

1. The Adjustment Bureau
2. Unknown
3. Battle: Los Angeles
4. Just Go With It
5. Hall Pass
6. True Grit
7. The Eagle
8. Red Riding Hood
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
10. I Am Number Four

CD

1. Jill Scott, The Light of the Sun
2. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
3. Adele, 21
4. Jackie Evancho, Dream with Me
5. Justin Moore, Outlaws Like Me
6. Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The Sequel (EP)
7. Pitbull, Planet Pit
8. Lady Gaga, Born This Way
9. Weird Al Yankovic, Alpocalypse
10. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party

Fiction Books

1. Smokin' Seventeen, Janet Evanovich
2. Against All Enemies, Tom Clancy
3. The Devil Colony, James Rollins
4. State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
5. One Summer, David Baldacci
6. Silver Girl, Elin Hilderbrand
7. Carte Blanche, Jeffery Deaver
8. Folly Beach, Dorothea Benton Frank
9. Fallen, Karin Slaughter
10. Sisterhood Everlasting, Ann Brashares

Nonfiction Books

1. Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
2. In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson
3. The Greater Journey, David McCullough
4. Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
5. Bossypants, Tina Fey
6. Demonic, Ann Coulter
7. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker
8. Seal Team Six, Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
9. Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me, Chelsea Handler
10. Those Guys Have All the Fun, James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales

Happy Fourth of July from Midwest Tape!

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We'd love to hear how your library is celebrating this patriotic holiday! Share your library's Independence Day memories and plans in the comments section below.

Happy Fourth of July!