Against all odds, I made it to DC for the 2009 Computers in Libraries meeting. I hope to do some posts about the sessions I attend. Wish me luck with my good intentions! And if […]
Category: Conferences
Cover It Live – live blogging made easy
Coveritlive.com is a pretty nifty (& free) tool to let’s you provide live commentary from an event. (Live blogging. blogcasting?) You type your notes into a browser based interface and your commentary is streamed out […]
A Dozen Back to School Uses for Big Huge Labs Trading Card Generator
In a class last week, someone suggested using the the free trading cards generator at bighugelabs.com as a ‘get to know you’ sort of exercise at the beginning of the school year. That got me […]
Social Software Showcase 2008 – ALA
Not heading to Anaheim for ALA? That doesn’t mean you have to miss out on everything. LITA’s BIGWIG Social Software Showcase web page already has a number of videos and screencasts of presentations posted to […]
Computers in Libraries 2008
I’m in Arlington, Virginia this week for the 2008 Computers in Libraries conference. I had really good intentions of blogging about the sessions I’d been too. But at the end of the day, I’ve just […]
CIL Gaming night
Jenny Levine and Aaron Schmidt put on a great night of gaming at the Computers in Libraries 2008 conference. What a great way to start the conference. There were wii’s and ddr and guitar hero […]
PLA talk on Web 2.0
Michael Stephens, John Blyberg and Jen Maney gave a terrific presentation at PLA last week:  The Cutting Edge: The Latest Information on Web 2.0. I wasn’t there, but I watched and listened to the […]
WAMC interview on Syracuse library camp!
Thanks to Jill Hurst-Wahl for the heads up on the WAMC radio interview about the Library Camp/Unconference held in Syracuse last week. Great interview with Penelope Klein and Jean Sheviak.
Upstate New York Library Camp was a great success
The Upstate New York Library Camp was held yesterday and today. Despite bad weather that threatened to nix my trip, I did get to attend most of the first day. And what a great day […]
LibraryCamp – Upstate NY March 4-5
Registration is now open for the first library unconference in upstate NY, being held in Syracuse on March 4-5. March 4 – Unconference on the Future of Libraries March 5 – Collection Development Conference So […]
Computers in Libraries 2008 – NYLINK discout
NYLINK is once again providing discounted registration to their members. Info on the NYLINK web site.
“It’s ok to be beta.” – Joyce Valenza workshop
“It’s ok to be beta. You’re not going to be perfect out of the box. Try it anyway.†Wise and encouraging words from a presentation this morning by Joyce Valenza. Joyce was in Saratoga Springs, […]