Some of you may not know this but I lived in Las Vegas from 1995 to 1997. While I was there I got to watch the demolition of the Sands on New Years Eve (1995-6 I believe). I recall that the adds for the event said something like “In New York they drop a ball. In Las Vegas we drop a building!” Anyway, I share this because I just stumbled over a video of the demolition of the Stardust. It’s not your typical demolition. Only in Vegas…
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Bye Bye Stardust”
The first time I went to a NvLA Annual Conference it was at the Stardust! I remember trying to use my cell phone in the room and getting no signal because of the overall building’s construction.
The first time I went to a NvLA Annual Conference it was at the Stardust! I remember trying to use my cell phone in the room and getting no signal because of the overall building’s construction.