AZLA Conference Day 1: Roy Tennant Speaks--we listen

I raced the 30-some odd miles from Glendale to Mesa to catch Roy Tennant's (The Google Guy) key note speech this morning. As I was listening to the radio I thought I heard them mention Google and then in the next breath discuss 600+ jobs coming to the valley and that the Governor would make an official statement later today. Did I have Google on the brain? Later at the Veicon booth I logged onto AZ Central and confirmed what I had heard on the radio. It appears they are moving their engineering operations here and already have a temporary office in downtown Phoenix. Very, very interesting and great for AZ economy! Oh, about Roy's speech. He looks just like his picture in American Libraries where his monthly column appears. He talked about MARC and OPACs and how they cannot handle the type of resources libraries have although there are some library automation systems that are finally getting it. Nice to hear Roy speak in person--he speaks as well as he writes--and that's a good thing!