It’s not too early to start thinking about getting involved with the PLA 2010 Conference in Portland, Oregon! The website for the next PLA National Conference is now up and people can submit program proposals online. The Public Library Association (PLA) is now planning the 2010 PLA National Conference, which will be held in Portland, [...]
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Okay, wrapping things up here (btw, these have not been in order of attendance): A few key points from the “Need to Lead” program sponsored by the Urban Libraries Council and its Executive Leadership Initiative: ELI is based on action learning – learning is most effective when involved in a real-tim, actual project learning how [...]
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More notes lessons, inspiration, ideas, questions from PLA 2008… From George and Joan‘s presentation, “It Ain’t Necessarily So: Challenging the Assumptions of Legacy Librarianship” librarians have never been the first or second choice to get information how does the library add value to an open information economy? enhanced discoverability – engines, not opacs, crawl-able databases, [...]
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Just spent 5 days in Minneapolis for the Public Library Association conference and came back with a renewed sense of confidence that there are a lot of smart, passionate, innovative, good-natured, and hard-working people working to improve public libraries and serve communities everywhere. It’s good to step outside of what’s happening in Skokie and learn [...]
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Two quick links to program notes…courtesy of the PLA Blog: Transforming your library and your library’s future with technology Wiking the Blog and Walking the Dog: Social Software, Virtual Reality, and Authority Everywhere There’s a lot more ALA Annual coverage on the PLA Blog, so check it out if you didn’t get to D.C., or [...]
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