Category Archives for Conferences
ALA Midwinter 2007 – Monday recap
Today is my last day at the conference. Up until now, I haven’t had the time to visit the exhibit hall so I reserved the entire morning to do that. It never ceases to amaze me how many companies have … Continue reading
ALA Midwinter 2007 – Sunday recap
Today was another full day of meetings and discussions. I started things off by going to the RUSA-MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Services) All Committee meeting. Accorinding to their pamphlet, there are 11 committees in MARS and the members refer to … Continue reading
ALA Midwinter 2007 – Tech in public libraries and hanging with APALA
After the OCLC event ended, I attended an open meeting for the PLA Technology Committee. I’m not a member yet, but they were very nice in allowing me to sit in and participate. The chair is Bill Ptacek, director of … Continue reading
ALA Midwinter 2007 – social networking – best practices for libraries
After breakfast, I went over to the OCLC-sponsored event, “Social Networking–Best Practices for Libraries. The speaker panel included Jenny Levine and David Lee King, the authors of two blogs I’ve been visiting for awhile now. It also included Lisa Janicke-Hinchliffe … Continue reading
ALA Midwinter 2007 – no iPod for me
I got an early start today with a 7am breakfast given by H.W. Wilson. I appreciate the free breakfast, but I wish it didn’t have to require me to get up before sunrise! H.W. Wilson gave a short 15 minute … Continue reading