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Saturday was day 2 of the ASIS&T pre-conferences for me. Friday morning contained an interesting overview of DSpace and Saturday was a workshop on Classification Research. Presentations in the morning discussed tagging, building of communities through user-based categorization, and systems that support knowledge creation/SenseMaking. The discussions that grew out of the presentations focused on the... more ›
Internet being somewhat hard to come by at this conference, I took a few notes off line over the last few days & have summarized them for posting. The ASIS&T confernce kicked off sunday afternoon with a full slate of sessions. I attended a session that presented work on informaiton/service management systems. In this session... more ›
Is Library 1.0 Ready for Web 2.0: Library 2.0 ca 2007 Technology and Trends Roundtable Robert H. McDonald, UC San Diego, Director Strategic Data Alliances Supercomputer Center Met another Twitter friend! He’s the presenter. This is fun! Hired by Supercomputer Center because a large part of that is working with cultural heritage centers like libraries... more ›
Poet Mark Smith-Soto spoke and read poetry. Various NCLA folks talked about the state of NCLA. Attendance at this conference is over 1000. A number of awards were announced. GladysAnn Wells, director and state librarian of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Full text will be included in conference edition of (I think)... more ›
Trust, the Glue of Effective Libraries Community and Junior College Libraries Crystal Baird (Associate Dean, Library and Planning Services, Davidson County Community College) I’m attending this session because a lot of Library 2.0 is about trust: libraries trusting their users (to leave comments in the catalog, to tag, to write on a graffiti wall, etc)... more ›
Using Technology to Enhance Instruction College and University Section – Bibliographic Instruction Group Angela Whitehurst (ECU), Lisa Williams (UNC-W), and Angela Bardeen (UNC-Ch) Angela Bardeen on Facebook Discussed “Friends Wheel” where you can see the physical network of your friends Letting students advertise for you Shows you who is in what group, can contact president... more ›
Yesterday I went to the “Yes, You Can Be a Leader!” program. The program was designed to share information about the NCLA Leadership Institute. The presentation was really short. The idea for the program was to create an environment for past participants to meet potential participants and tell them about their experience. I had a... more ›
How Do We Get From Here to There: Coping with Future Changes in Technology and Service Delivery NC Public Library Trustee Association Rob McGee, RMG Consultants, Inc. Three important questions What are some new technologies for libraries? What new technologies should my library implement? Should my library partner with other libraries to share new technologies?... more ›
Heather and I are sitting in the main conference room of the Hickory Convention Center, getting ready to listen to the kick-off session. Here are my notes: First time since 1953 to meet west of US-77! Theme: “Telling our story” Several awards, names, involved people, were named. North Carolina Poet Laureate Katherine Stripling Byer Read... more ›
Today the conference went until noon but you could see that many people had already headed for the airport. However, there was still a good deal of information conveyed to those of us who stuck it out (also door prizes at the final general session, must be present to win – no, I didn’t….) Things... more ›