So What’s the Deal With Wi-fi?
March 15th, 2005There is free wifi in the hotel in the lobby of the Hilton, so I want to see all of the librarians with their laptops open. Remember, this is the COMPUTERS in Libraries conference:
+ Karen Coombs mentions that there is also free Wi-fi at Tryst:
“[W]hich is just south of the intersection of 18th and Columbia Road. Basically take a right out of the Hyatt and follow Columbia Road until 18th St. This cafe has great coffee, food”
More news:
+ It seems that GWB will be speaking in the International Ballroom today. I’m not sure if I want to be as far away from here as possible or close enough to snap a few pictures (maybe my press pass will help out). Nothing like a bunch of librarians in the same hotel as a GWB speech.
+ My preconference workshop went well this morning. A great group filled with lively discussions about weblog policies, ethics, and advanced RSS strategies. Two questions came up that I figured I’d throw out there. I’ve gotten permission from the attendees to publish their names and contact information/
1) Alan Kirk Gray (akgray [at] darienlibrary [dot] org) was asking about comment guidelines. He was wondering if it would be a good idea to put comments that were deleted from library weblogs (due to policy) into a “holding cell” (my words), so that people can read the comments that were deleted. I mentioned that this just didn’t sit well with me, but figured I’d ask my users. Why bother deleting comments if you are going to provide access them. What do you think?
2) Chris Rippel (crippel [at] ckls [dot] org) wanted to see examples of a library running a community weblog. He figured that the library was the center of the community, so why not the library weblog. He figures that the non-profits in the area can e-mail the library with any new news items for posting. Has anyone ever seen/done this?