I had a safe and unenventful trip and now I’m camped in the bar at the Hilton waiting for my room. Checking my aggregator, I see folks are posting about the conference. It is good to be here! (and it amazes me this is my sixth CIL!) See you in the workshops, sessions, exhibits and around Dupont Circle!
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Lead by Example: Work, Change, Self & Others Al Gini, Loyola University Chicago, author of “The Importance of Being Lazy” spent a lively session discussing how to better manage our lives: on and off the job beacuse so few of us are happy with work. He illustrated points with numerous Dilbert cartoonms featuring the evil head of Human Resources and the unfortunate employees who encounter “Catbert.” Gini pointed out that happy staff must experience the four Rs of working: Recognition, Respect, Relationship and Rewards from supervisors and colleagues. Dealing with change is a concern, he stressed. Librarians sometimes resist change […]
Wow! I just got to thinking about 5 trips to CIL and 3 to IL, as well as ALA annual, ILI and PLA… you can really collect a lot of bags!
PLA Symposioum images by MS
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=6183320&size=s Note from MS: I have distributed copies of “Born With the Chip” to the managers and admin on retreat at SJCPL, discussed it with my classes at IUSB as well as with the cohorty at UNT. This talk expanded the concepts, made a room full of people think about their services and provided some great conversation over dinner last night! Download the Article Here! Or display the article at Library Journal here. Millennial Users: Different? You Bet! Stephen Abram, March 8, 2005, Palmer House Hotel – PLA Symposium “We are looking for leadership outside of librarianship when we should […]
Slides will be on Abram’s Web site at SIRSI where he will also be launching a blog! Stephen Abram, Monday March 7, Palmer House Hilton Intro: “Favorite thing is to figure out where users, libraries and our communities are going to be…” Some building blocks of info: Florida study from Midwinter: ROI on library services in the state Free=Unfettered Access: http://arl.cni.org/sparc/meetings/ala05mw Shame on us for not allowing walk in users Why are we using these technologies? How do we transform our users with them? How does one person persuade many? Charts? Rational Argument? Dialogue? Storytelling? = HIGH efficacy For more: […]
Greetings from PLA Symposium! I have no connection in the meeting rooms but I am making notes to post here. Yesterday I spent 3 hours with 200 librarians listening to Stephen Abram’s talk “Finding Oz.” It was incredible. Jenny wrote: Also, I’ve decided that Stephen Abram is the library world?s Jeff Jarvis. He ?gets? everything – the whole enchilada ? and he?s incredibly good?at articulating it! When Stephen talks, you?d better listen! I wholeheartedly agree. I wrote on my evaluation that every PLA member should hear Abram’s message. This is the future folks…get ready!
Couldn’t make it to Monterey? Guess what — many of the presentations and handouts are here: http://www.infotoday.com/il2004/presentations/default.shtml
..of Internet Librarian 2004 was presenting with Jamie Wilson from Tower Hill School in Wilmington, DE. It was his first presentation ata conference and he was smashing! Scott told the audience and they erupted with applause… it was most cool. It made me remember my first time at CIL 2000… how exhilirating it is to get up in front of peers and have something to say…and have them listen!