A month from now, we’ll be in Monterey at the Conference Center, attending workshops, and getting ready for the opening day of Internet Librarian 2007! We’ll be visiting the Monterey Public Library which is graciously hosting an event for us called, “What’s Happening in IL Space?”. The Monterey Public Library has also been answering lots [...]
Stephen Abram, VP Innovation, SirsiDynix introduced me to a niche event for academic libraries, e-Info Global Symposium, which is sponsored by the University of Alabama and covers topics related to Information Delivery & E-Access in Academic Libraries. Stephen is this year’s conference chair and there is a great line up of speakers.
Amazing to think that Google is 9 years old and Yahoo is 12 years old. When Yahoo burst onto the search stage eveyone thought it was a crazy name but a great product. Today, it’s graphics no longer look fresh to me like Google’s does — google has fun with their logo and I love [...]
Can you believe it? After years in the works, Intranets for Info Pros is being published by Information Today. Mary Lee Kennedy and I edited the book. Mary Lee wrote a big chunck too, as did authors Deb Wallace, Craig St. Clair, Jose Claudio Terra, Cindy Ross Pedersen, Avi Rappoport, Mike Crandall, Eric Hards, Ian [...]
Author of The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, James Surowiecki, opens KMWorld & Intranets 2007 in San Jose on Tuesday, November 6th.
Talking about change, this year’s KMWorld & Intranets conference in San Jose, CA is an interesting, interactive program which features many top knowledge management (KM) gurus and practitioners: Dave Snowden, Dave Pollard, Cindy Gordon, David Gurteen, Hubert Saint Onge, Verna Allee, Steve Denning, Stacy Land, Ted Graham, Tony Sheehan, Richard McDermott, Seth Earley, along with [...]
I always love the business thinking and wonderful flow charts of Dave Pollard, consultant and former Chief Knowledge Officer with E&Y Canada, which is why I link to his blog, How to Save the World (look to the right under check these out). His most recent posting, How Change Happens, has a great chart on [...]
Make sure if you are in California in October that you don’t miss the Tuesday evening program at Internet Librarian. It begins with our very popular Gadgets presentation by Barbara Fullerton, Aaron Schmidt, and Sabrina Pacifici. We always learn something new, something funny, and something we want immediately! To highlight the evening is a documentary [...]
Popular Information Today conference speaker, Aaron Schmidt, is quoted today in the Chicago Tribune’s story –Libraries using IMs to attract young clientsBranches in suburbs turning to Internet as a way to help, as well as attract, young clientsBy Robert Channick | Special to the Tribune September 13, 2007 The article mentions a number of area [...]
The ability to manage projects in libraries is one of the keys to success in the information world. Mary Auckland — consultant, former Director of Library and Learning Resources at University of the Arts London in the UK, and recipient of the Order of the British Empire, teaches a great course on project management. She [...]