Archive for the 'Conferences' Category
On Conferences
November 27th, 2007Fred Oliveira - We need conferences by people who deeply care about other people, and not necessarily about the monetary outcome of the event (although I certainly understand conference organizers need to at the least, cover expenses). Finally, we need crafted conferences to overtake the crappy ones we have now.”
More Non-Librarians at Library Conferences
November 15th, 2007Brett Bonfield - “it’s time we use the pulling power of speaking to thousands of librarians (not to mention the larger budgets for the bigger events) to bring in people who are setting the tone for the non-library information community.”
Ellyssa Kroski has put together a dynamite session for CIL 2008 that is filled with professionals [...]
Griffey on Librar* Conferences
November 11th, 2007Jason Griffey - “After returning from Internet Librarian, I’ve been thinking a lot about conference models and how the ALA and library conferences in general need to change in order to survive the next 5-10 years.”
Praying for Unconferening
November 2nd, 2007Ryan Deschamps - “[M]y main motivation for attending conferences is to see the faces of the people who I have IM’d before.”
I find that most learning happens outside the presentations anyway. I learned during lunch, the exhibit hall, dinner appointments, receptions, luncheons, etc. And then I realized that sessions were going on in [...]
Conference Blogging
October 23rd, 2007J - “Blogging at a library conference is a great way to avoid going outside and seeing exciting new places.”
Conference Blogs
October 9th, 2007T. Scott - “I remember that just a few years ago, having a blog as part of the pre-conference preparations was a new and radical experiment, and they’re still not as common as I might expect.”