Category Archives for Conferences
What I Learned at PLA 2008: Part 1
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 … Continue reading
More ALA Annual program notes
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 … Continue reading
aadl.org and drupal
ALA Annual 2007 – Sunday Building the Next Generation Public Library Website with Drupal John Blyberg, Darien Library, CT Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library, MI John Blyberg Drupal in engineering terms and what is a public library supposed to … Continue reading
Transformers, more than meets the eye
ALA Annual 2007 – Saturday I went to a great session this morning. It was the first of five programs in Leslie Burger’s Transformation Track and it featured George Needham, Joan Frye Williams, and Karen Hyman. Needham and Frye started … Continue reading
Start your day with food poisoning!
ALA Annual 2007 – Friday Well, I made it all the way across the country to D.C. for the ALA Annual Conference and started my first morning off with a nice case of food poisoning! This morning I woke up … Continue reading