I’m flying out today to speak at Silicon Valley Library System. If you’re attending the morning or afternoon session, please say hi!
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New Mexico, originally uploaded by Wolfgang Staudt. I head west again tomorrow for the New Mexico Library Association meeting. I’ll be keynoting Friday morning. Please say hi if you are attending. It’s so nice to use one of my all time favorite Partridge Family songs as a post title. 🙂
From an ALA Press Release: CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) is now providing members a common virtual space to engage in ALA business and network with other members around issues and interests relevant to the profession. ALA Connect (http://connect.ala.org) has launched its first phase of operation, in which every ALA group will have the ability to utilize the following tools: • Posts (which are like blog posts) • Online docs (which are like collaborative, wiki-like pages or Google Docs) • Group calendar (for listing meetings, deadlines, etc.) • Surveys (for asking multiple questions at once) • Polls (for […]
With Warren after the Talk, originally uploaded by mstephens7. Just one more note about the CAVAL research project. I’ll be working with Townsville Libraries’ Warren Cheetham on this project. I was glad to meet him in Brisbane last year and now we actually get to work together! Our contact at CAVAL is Richard Sayers. We’ve emailed, Skyped and chatted on the phone but we have never met in person! This fall for sure. 🙂
I’ve been sitting on this news for sometime as we got everything in order. I’m happy to announce this project and that this fall I’ll be in Asutralia for over a month working on this research. I will also be keynoting the Australian School Library Association conference and the Queensland Public Library Association conference. I really appreciate this opportunity and look forward to working with my colleagues Down Under again. – MS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: US LEARNING 2.0 RESEARCHER DR MICHAEL STEPHENS APPOINTED 2009 CAVAL VISITING SCHOLAR Melbourne, 30 March 2009 – Internationally recognised US Web 2.0 commentator, writer and […]
I travel to Houston tomorrow for the 2009 Texas Library Association conference. This will be my third one and I must say they treat speakers the best! Jenny Levine and I are heading down tomorrow morning for 3 days. Here are my talks: April 1, 2009: “Michael Stephens Talks Hyperlinked Libraries, April 2, 2009: Top 10 Technologies & Ideas to Improve Library Productivity Please say hi if you are attending!
Cooper’s 2nd Day!, originally uploaded by mstephens7. A brief personal note here on TTW. School has been super busy and blogging and such has taken a back seat but we’ve also added a new family member. Meet Cooper! He’s from the Central Indiana Labrador Rescue & Adoption group. He’s a year and a half old and full – I mean FULL – of puppy energy! Thanks for all of the nice comments at Flickr.
 Two Days at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix Arizona, originally uploaded by mstephens7. We’re leaving tomorrow for eight days in Arizona, starting with 3 days at the Grand Canyon. Next week, we’ll be in Phoenix for my presentations on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you’re attending “The Hyperlinked Library” on Tuesday or the databases discussion on Wednesday, please say hi. March 10, 2009. The Hyperlinked Library: Trends, Tools, Transparency. Maricopa County Library Council Continuing Education Committee Program, Phoenix, Arizona March 11, 2009: “Managing Electronic Information Resources in a 2.0 World” Workshop for the Arizona State Library. I can’t believe it’s spring break […]
I realized I hadn’t blogged this, but my article “The Pragmatic Biblioblogger: Examining the Motivations and Observations of Early Adopter Librarian Bloggers” is in Internet Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 13, Issue 4, p311-345. It’s been a long time since November 2005 when 238 hearty bibliobloggers took my survey. The changes since then are incredible. Â
A brief pause from the usual TTW content to send heartfelt thoughts and well wishes to all of our Australian colleagues and friends touched by the fires in Victoria and the flooding in Queensland.