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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on June 5th, 2009 I totally disagree with this statement (see below for the full context) — “The word ‘conference’ is synonymous with bad food, hard chairs and boring speakers. At least it is for many of us.” But then, maybe I’m spoiled by the organizations I work with as a conference planner (Information Today is a great conference producer), or some of the conferences I attend (FastForward ’09), or maybe I just make my own interesting experiences by networking with speakers and colleagues, choosing good restaurants to frequent with stimulating people who share their insights and ideas, and finding nuggets from most speakers. Speakers always seem to spark thoughts and ideas in my mind; colleagues never fail to intrigue me with their experiences and practices. Yes, I’m curious.
That said, here are some links to a program on the future of conferences at SxSW which discusses issues relating to use of blogging and twittering at conferences. Both of these technologies are heavily used by conferences I attend, many having top trending tweets!
The future of conferences
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The word ‘conference’ is synonymous with bad food, hard chairs and boring speakers. At least it is for many of us. But it doesn’t have to be that way and, in fact, it’s already changing. We speak with three conferencing professionals about conferences past and future and the way the industry is adapting to meet changing consumer expectations.
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on June 1st, 2009 Wish I had been at the first Twitter conference “focused on Twitter as a business platform: how to use Twitter to reach and engage customers, influence opinions and activate markets.” Great speakers, a number of whom I am already following, and including the fellow who created the Twitterverse pic in my last post. Live tweeting, which is still going on while people are commenting on the post-conference buzz in blogs — I really liked this post by Frederic Paul which included the author’s 5 tips from the sold-out one day conference along with his stream of tweets in chrono order.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on May 20th, 2009 Oct 26-8, Monterey CA
The program for Internet Librarian 2009, the 13th annual IL conference, is getting ready to go to print and be uploaded to the conference site. There is a terrific faculty of speakers which you will see soon but I thought I’d give you a sneak preview of the wonderful keynote sessions and networking events we have planned. Conference theme: Net Initiatives for Tough Times: Digital Publishing, Preservation & Practices.
Saturday Oct 24 — Library Camp Monterey @ Monterey PL, 9.30-12.30 — a new free interactive discussion about people, technology, and libraries. There are a range of workshops in the afternoon too.
Sunday Oct 25 — full and half day workshops including the popular Searchers Academy & Web Managers Academy. At the end of the day network, play, and have fun at the Gaming & Gadgets Petting Zoo.
Monday Oct 26 — The day begins with an insightful keynote interview with Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer and VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google focused on Digital Publishing, Preservation & Practices. Four tracks of sessions during the day are following by the opening reception in the exhibit hall, always goodies there.
Tuesday Oct 27 — Paul Holdengraber, Director, Public Programs, New York Public Library & former Founder & Director, Institute for Art and Cultures at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is interviewed about Libraries of the Future: Places of Desire. He believes that public conversations are a fundamental way to make libraries irresistible, ensuring their everlasting
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on May 20th, 2009 I’ve been working with ITI’s techie wizard JD Thomas on a new Internet Libraian wiki.
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on April 8th, 2009 Wishing I was there.
Unfortunately it has been a few years since I have been able to attend the Mesh conference in Toronto with key themes: conntect, share, inspire. I decided to check in with the conference via Twitter today and found it was a top trending Twitter topic, just as Computers in Libraries 2009 was last week! And I discovered an interesting presentation by Bonin Bough, Global Director, Digital & Social Media, Pepsico. I thought I’d share what I learned from watching other people’s comments and see if I could blog about the session even though I wasn’t there.
Bough emphasized that “It is all about the story telling” whatever the medium — the best will succeed. “You can no longer stand on a hill & talk to people, you have to come into their homes and share.” You can’t be disruptive, you need to add to the experience — be an enabler. “If you drive passion, interest in the product follows.” “Have a digital strategy board and be focused in a digital direction.” “We are shifting from impressions/perceptions to connections –listening, understanding, conversing.”
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences, Learning on April 8th, 2009 Great conference!
I hope all the 2000+ attendees, speakers, and exhibitors enjoyed Computers in Libraries 2009 as much as I did. Three terrific keynotes: Lee Rainie, Paul Holdengraber interviewed by Erik Boekesteijn, Michael Edson. Almost 200 terrific speakers. A fabulous Dead & Innovative Tech evening. Follow the coverage by Information staff and other bloggers at the conference. And, of course, the Twitter feed (#CIL2009) which was a top trending topic for several days of the conference as well as the hundreds of pictures on Flickr which are still being loaded. And I just got the link to Michael Sauers’ highlight video — 4 days of CIL in 11.5 minutes. Thanks everyone for making it such a great experience — filled with learning, laughing, conversations, networking, and so much more.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on April 2nd, 2009 The other day Rebecca got excited about cloud computing as you can see form the previous post. Today got excited about mining conversations and showingvisually. See the interesting ways the Computers in Libraries conference are visualized.
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Rebecca Jones posted this in Conferences on March 30th, 2009 I finally get it – I think. There’s nobody better to learn from about cloud computing than Roy Tennant and Andrew Pace. At their session at CIL 2009 today they explained that cloud computing is a “style of computing in which dynamically scalable & often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Net” (thx Wikipedia), but really it means that someone else, somewhere, is running the servers and the operating software so you – or your library or organization – doesn’t have to. Phew!
Why would you want to do this? Seems obvious —- you don’t have to know how to install things, or keep the servers cool, or suffer all the other headaches caused by server hardward and software. Of course the downside is that you also lose some control over these operations. Oh well.Life is one long trade-off.
What was even more interesting was how WorldCat is using cloud computing to enable libraries to do some innovative things — like the fact that you can look for a book on your cell or pda and the search results will show you the nearest Borders with the book (I’m in the US remember), AND the nearest library with the book — and map the locations for you. Cool
Roy also talked about the WorldCat Hackathon – not a coughing contest, but rather where coders (I love that term) gather to develop new codes to keep pushing
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on March 27th, 2009 Congratulations to Donna Scheeder on her new appointment as Acting Law Librarian of Congress. The Law Library of Congress is the largest law library in the world with over 50% of its collection in languages other than English. The Legal Reseearch Directorate advises the US Congress on foreign and comparative law. Here’s a recent interview with Donna that Mary Dee Ojala did about the Global Legal Information Network, GLIN, an international co-operative that is headquartered in the Law Library of Congress. The Law Library is the content owner of THOMAS, the database of congressional bills, documents and laws. Staff of the Law Library reading room remain available to Congress whenever they are in session.
Donna is also very active in her Capital Hill community and is currently the Chair of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee. The market will be moving back to its historic building in July following rehabilitation after a devastating fire in 2007. Donna will be receiving the Capitol Hill Achievement Award at a dinner benefiting the Capitol Hill Community Foundation on April 22, 2009.
Donna is very active in the library community. She is a past president of the Special Libraries Association, a former member of the Governing Board of International Federation of Libary Association and Institutions (IFLA), and on the advisory committees for Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on March 16th, 2009 I feel like I have at least some influence into Library Journal‘s annual Movers & Shakers list of top library leaders since many of their choices come from the ranks for Information Today conference alumni. We find and feature them and LJ honors them. Great! Congratulations to this year’s movers and shakers.
Erik Boekesteijn & his colleagues Jaap & Geert are three new “mover & shaker” inductees and will be seen again at Computers in Libraries 2009 at the Gaming & Gadget Petting Zoo evening on Sunday March 29th, and when Erik interviews New York Public Library’s Paul Holdengraber on Tuesday morning, March 31st.
Stephen Abram was one of the first “movers and shakers” and he is leading the Dead & Innovative Technology:Moving & Shaking in the Information World, the popular & fun panel on Tuesday evening, 7.30-9pm, at Computers in Libraries 2009. There are several previous inductees on this panel too — Aaron Schmidt & Amanda Etches-Johnson. In addition, there will be many other current and former LJ “movers and shakers” [including Lori Bell, Michael Porter, Sara Houghton-Jan, Karen Coombs, as well as Erik, Jaap & Geert from the new crop!] , as well as some “shovers & makers” (I guess that’s me) at this evening event. So join us for lots of fun!
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