Press Release from Plymouth State University: Making Libraries Relevant in an Internet-Based Society PSU’s Casey Bisson wins Mellon Award for innovative search software for libraries PLYMOUTH, N.H. — You can’t trip over what’s not there. Every day millions of Internet users search online for information about millions of topics. And none of their search results include resources from the countless libraries around the world. Until now. Casey Bisson, information architect for Plymouth State University’s Lamson Library, has received the prestigious Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration for his ground-breaking software application known as WPopac. The Wpopac software will revolutionize the online […]
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First of the original ten cohort members to finish the degree! Well done!
Just 2 more talks this December: Tuesday December 12, 2006 Top Technology Trends for Librarians, Education Institute Registration & Information for Teleconference Here Thursday, December 14, 2006, Maricopa County Public Library Staff Technology Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. 2007:(More details forthcoming) January, OCLC Symposium, “Who’s Watching Your Space?”, Moderator, ALA Midwinter. January, OCLC’s Raising the Next Gen Sharing Librarian presentation & panel, ALA Midwinter. February, Ontario Library Association Top Tech Trends & best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Toronto, Ontario. March, Library 2.0, Nassau County Library System, New York.
http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2006/11/27/new-job-news/ A big congrats to Michael Porter, AKA Libraryman who has accepted a job at WebJunction in Seattle! Wohoo! Michael has been doing some outstanding talks and presentations up and down the West Coast and here and there, including Hawaii and SRO crowds in California! Michael, who I admire greatly for his caring nature and passion for all things libs and libs, wrote this at his blog: I’d also like to thank the member libraries and librarians who have made it possible for me to pursue the tools and ideas that have such potential to fuel our vitality and growth. […]
SIRLS Symposium Reception 2006 Originally uploaded by coni_sue. What a great time! It was warm, the sunset was lovely and the conversation most enagaging. Thanks to my hosts at UA SIRLS! Thanks to everyone who chatted with me and asked questions. For more pics, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/sirlssymposium2006/
Today, I’m in sunny, warm Tucson Arizona to keynote at the University of Arizona’s School of Information Resources and Library Science Library Student Organization Graduate Student Symposium The Information Landscape: Emerging Perspectives. http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/symposium06/index.htm Last night, I got to sit in on the Library Student Organization”s meeting and chat with some of the students. Today I’ll attend the Symposium, have lunch and talk about Library 2.0. Then, we’ll head to a reception!
http://www.state.sc.us/jobs/positions/P000019014.html The individual we seek will: Have strong budgeting skills, the ability to reach out to a diverse community, be comfortable with challenging situations and emerging technologies, and the ability to communicate effectively with the staff, the community, and the media. I like the emerging technologies part. From what I’ve seen of the State Library Portal, their new IM reference service, their blogs and from meeting the folks who make it all happen in person, this is one plugged in, 2.0 state library. Dr. Curtis Rogers even Flickr’ed the job!
It always gives me a thrill to see “Dominican University” on my nametag. 🙂
I’ll be speaking Saturday at the California Library Association conference in Sacramento, CA. If you are attending, please say Hi! I also get to spend some time with none other than Libraryman, Mr. Michael Porter. Here’s the conference program: http://www.cla-net.org/included/docs/FinalProgram.pdf
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2006/11/news_from_sirsi.html HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 6, 2006 – The SirsiDynix Institute, a forum for professional development in the library community, announced today that Stephen Abram, vice president of Innovation at SirsiDynix, was recently named chief strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute. Abram will continue in his role as vice president of Innovation at SirsiDynix.