Check out the program for Internet Librarian, October 23-5, Monterey CA. J.A. Jance kicks off the conference as per my last blog. Clifford Lynch of the Coalition for Networked Information, speaks on Tuesday October 24th about the Challenges of Cyberinfrastructure & Choices for Libraries. And on Wednesday October 25th there are two keynotes, one to [...]
Information professionals and mystery readers will have an exciting treat at Information Today’s Internet Librarian. Mystery writer J.A. Jance, creator of the J. P. Beaumont & Joanna Brady mystery series, among other works, gives the opening keynote for the conference with a talk about, Grabbing Attention: Keeping Pace with Readers & Technology. As a former [...]
Steve Rubel, a global thought leader on social media who has been with PR firm Edelman for 2 months, writes the popular blog, Micro Persuasion, which is listed in the top 100 at Technorati. He participated in a great keynote conversation at Mesh06 this morning. His top tips for using blogs for PR:1. Find out [...]
Om Malik, a journalist and blogger for more than five years says that the most important thing he has learned is how to say, “I’m sorry”. The self-correcting nature of blogging has certainly been humbling. Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0 talked about bloggers as news gatherers and context makers. Michael Geist talked about new voices [...]
Mesh 2006 in Toronto started today with close to 400 attendees. Organized in 9 weeks by five guys to “connect, share, inspire” it has definitely started that way — networking over breakfast, first keynote a conversation with Om Malik and then a short presentation by Michael Geist followed by more converstaion aournd copyright in Canada.mesh06
I’m so pleased that we chose mashups months ago as the theme for Information Today’s Internet Librarian, October 23-5, 2006 in Monterey CA. The official theme is Integrated Experiences: Compelling Content Combinations, or mashups! John Musser’s site, programmable web, chronicles the mashup phenomenon and includes: the latest on mashups, mashup listing for ideas, mashup of [...]
A great list from Bill Ives and Stan Garfield.
Studying personas of our communities helps to get a deep understanding of their goals, values, and lifestyles so that we can design and deliver products and services that match what they need. Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation, SirsiDynix spoke today to the Education Institute about personas and knowing your library community. He talked about what personas [...]
In my web travels recently I found a couple of good sites for web designers by experts in the field. I’m sure there are lots more but here are a couple: Graphic design, search engine marketing, banners and web site design tipsFrom Shari Thurow, Webmaster & Director of Marketing, Grantastic Design & Author, Search Engine [...]
Patricia Brusha, Co-Founder, A Couple of Chicks Marketing, talked about measuring success last week at the Search Engine Strategies event in Toronto by the principals of Search Engine Watch. Loved her quote, “If you focus on results you don’t get change; if you focus on change, you get results.”