Money..Tickets..Passport Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Heading North folks! Please say HI if you see me at McMaster or the Ontario Library Asssociation conference!
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http://www.internet-librarian.com/CallForSpeakers.shtml The Call for Speakers is out for Internet Librarian International, October 8-9, 2007 in London, England! I have attended, spoken at this conference, and worked on the advisory committee the past few years. This is one heck of a fun and informative meeting. Consider submitting a proposal. Take a look at some Flickr shots from last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/tags/ili2006/
I think the best part of conferences for me play out as conversations. I remember the threads of conversation at ALA 2005 very well. This year, at MidWinter, I was honored to be included in a lunch meeting hosted by the folks at Darien Library in Darien, CT. (They hosted Library Camp East last year.) In the 90 minutes I was there, on the 29th floor of the Grand Hyatt overlooking Elliot Bay and the Puget Sound, the conversation not only enlightened me but challenged me as well. Hosted by Louise & John Berry and Alan Gray, the lunch was […]
http://www.accessola.com/superconference2007/index.html Wednesday night I fly up to Toronto for a few days to present at the Ontarion Library Association Superconference. Thursday I’ll be at McMaster University to speak at their launch of their own Learning 2.0 series for staff and in Toronto, I have two sessions for OLA: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries on Friday and Top Technology Trends with John Blyberg & Amanda Etches-Johnson on Satiurday. If you are attending, please say Hi!
Timothy Grieg presents a short session on MMOs and Digital Libraries in one of his MLIS classes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/sets/72157594497271106/ “MMODLs, Traditional Digital Libraries, what can they both learn from Massively Multiplayer Online Games, World of Warcraft in particular. A short (5 minutes, with 10 minutes of discussion) presentation I gave in my MLIS Digital Libraries Class.”
2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting Originally uploaded by ALA staff. The hottest place to be is queued up for some DDR at the ALA TechSource/AL Booth. here Michael Golrick and Jenny Levine cut the proverbial rug. Click through to leave a comment on their snazzy style!
(That’s Terence Huwe in the screen grab!) http://www.dok.info/index.php?cat=home&video_id=33 Take a look at this video! Reporters Jaap van de Geer and Erik Boekesteijn have created a 10 minute overview of ILI2006. There are interviews, snippets of the sessions and many little glimpses of how this conference goes. Thanks Jaap and Erik!
Darren Chase Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian. Don’t miss: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/10/il_2006_wikis_f.html So sorry I missed these presentations but glad to have such excellent conference blogging from the LiB. I am very excited that my former employer SJCPL was represented by Maire Kruppa, who spoke about the SJCPL Subject Guides. Well done all! (Photo: Darren Chase wows the crowd)
MCLS Technology Leadership Institute Oct 20 2006 Imagine. Create. Innovate. Originally uploaded by rochesterlibrarian. The panel discussion was a HOOT yesterday, after our three presentations. There were also door prize drawings for brand new iPods for lucky attendees! Thanks to all the folks from Rochester who brought us in as well as to Stephen Abram and Ed Vielmetti. Here’s my set of images at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/sets/72157594339115808/
Sitting with the Superpatron Originally uploaded by mstephens7. …whilst Abram talks about libraries….