Posted in Conferences, People, tagged IL2007 on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m playing a game of “spot the library big-wigs”. Tally so far:
John Blyberg (we came on the same flight)
Steven Abram
Karen G. Schneider
Sarah Houghton-Jan
Michael Stephens
Amanda Etches-Johnson
Posted in Conferences, People, tagged IL2007 on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
The vendors lured people in to see their exhibits with free finger food and alcohol. A great place to mingle, which I did. I talked a little with some vendors, nibbled on cheese and dried fruit. Had a very satisfactory conversation with a librarian from Berry College (Mount Berry, GA).
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After lunch, I listened to a presentation on The Library 2.0 Process Toolkit. I’m sorry to say this talk was too rambling. Dean Frey (Director, Red Deer Public Library, Alberta, Canada) had a very important point, though: involving the community, and not just on lip-service level. Their PDD program (Persons with Developmental Disabilities) sounds especially [...]
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Yesterday’s keynote speaker, Lee Rainie from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, spoke animately and engagingly on 2.0 & the Internet World. Just perfect balance of humor, general principles, and information without being overwhelming.
After that, I faced a tough choice: Mary Ellen Bates, a searcher guru, on 30 search tips; David King on making [...]
Posted in Conferences, Travel, tagged IL2007 on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m in lovely Monterey, CA, for the Internet Librarian 2007 conference. It’s my very first conference as a librarian! (My very first conference ever, in fact, in any field, for I don’t count smaller departmental or local chapter meetings. Boy do I feel like a virgin… 
I took my brand new, squeeky-clean laptop, mostly to take [...]
Posted in Career, Conferences, People, Scary, Travel on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Like the author of Chronicles of Bean, I have a hard time mingling fluently. Two days ago, I decided to stop worrying and registered for the Internet Librarian 2007 conference in Monterey, CA in October. I’m excited: the program has almost too many interesting panels and talks, I’ll get to hear some people whose blogs [...]
Posted in Conferences, Library 2.0, Web 2.0 on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Note to self: remember to check out the Social Software Showcase presentations [wiki].
“The Social Software Showcase is an online unconference occuring around and during the time of ALA Annual 2007.”
Posted in Career, Cataloging, Conferences, Studies on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | No Comments »
After taking an excellent cataloging class this spring, I’m uncertain where I’ll want to take my career. I’m wavering between reference (previous favorite) and technical services (new love). I should find an internship for the fall semester soon. This uncertainty is making is doubly hard. The choice shouldn’t really be this difficult; after all, librarianship [...]
