I’m amazed! I started a group on Facebook yesterday morning for Computers in Libraries 2008, April 7-9, Crystal City Hyatt whose theme is Innovative Change: Integrating High Tech with High Touch. The group is for anyone on Facebook who:* uses technolgy in libraries or information services* loves to create innovative products & services for information [...]
The theme for Computers in Libraries 2008 is Innovative Change: Integrating High Tech with High Touch . Information Today’s CIL conference will be held April 7-9, with workshops on April 6th & 10th, at the Crystal City Hyatt in Arlington VA, a stone’s throw from Regan National Airport. The call for speakers is now available [...]
An interesting post describing an ALA session discussing what will happen when digital natives, those who have grown up immersed in technology, go to the university library and recommending that the librarians play more video games. We’ve been talking about gaming and libraries for a few years at Information Today conferences. And this year at [...]
Congratulations to Caroline Werle, a long-time friend & colleague, for receiving ARMA’s Canadian Region Recognition Award for Leadership to the records & information profession. Caroline works tirelessly advancing the competencies, strengths & services of the information profession. She mentors numerous librarians & records managers, is a progressive memeber of both SLA & ARMA, teaches at [...]
Interesting YouTube video of Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google at the Paley Center for Media’s World Economic Forum which was hosted at the Google facilities. Thanks to Steve Rubel, SVP, Edelman and his twitter feed for this video.
Patricia Martin, President of Litlamp Communications is a wonderful speaker, writer and advocate for libraries. I have heard her speak at Internet Librarian about making deals and partnerships between libraries and clients, funders, and colleagues. Her book at the time was Made Possible By: Succeeding with Sponsorships – lots of tips! She has a new [...]
Articulate, funny, and compelling! Al Gore was a great opening keynote at SLA this year. Having worked closely with SLA CEO Janice LaChance, Al was quite aware of the role of information and information professionals and played to the audience with his support of their activities. He talked about the information gathering skills learned as [...]