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After a lovely road trip from Winston-Salem to DC in the library’s new Quest van, we delivered everyone to their respective hotels, got checked in and went directly into *conference* mode. Carolyn, Erik and I are staying at the Washington Hilton which is one of the headquarters hotels. It is where many LITA activities are... more ›
Join me in congratulating Susan on the debut of the 3rd edition of her book Web based instruction. We found the book at the ALA bookstore this morning! Although I understand the biggest change is the content inside I have to admit that I really liked the cover. 🙂 more ›
Saturday morning found Susan and I heading down to the convention center on the shuttle bus. After a short detour on the bus and some quick steps we found ourselves setting up for my session on cloud computing in libraries. We had an enthusiastic crowd for 8 am and I was happy to see all... more ›
I left for ALA Thursday, a day earlier than most, primarily because Friday is the key meeting day for the Black Caucus. We began the morning with a new board members orientation. During the orientation I lead a discussion on the duties and responsibilities of an Executive Board member. The session continued with other segments... more ›
Day Three of the ATLA Annual Conference was a short one. After checking out of the hotel, I got on a shuttle to Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Another unique thing about the ATLA conference is that they have a day on the host campuses, which among other things, gives attendees a chance to poke around... more ›
Friday at the ATLA Annual Conference began with the second plenary speaker, Dr. Susan Garrett, Professor of New Testament at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She discussed, “Biblical Studies and Real World Hermeneutics,” which advocated a shift from “integral hermeneutics” to “differential hermeneutics.” Hermeneutics, in biblical studies, is the field of interpretation of biblical and extra-biblical... more ›
On Wednesday I attended a PDC event on teambuilding. The second part of a three part series, this workshop focused on differentiating a team from a group, went through the stages of team building (Form, Storm, Norm, Perform), and included an interesting discussion on the benefits and perils of generalizing behaviors by generation. As a... more ›
From Thursday, June 17-Saturday, June 19, I attended the 2010 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, held in Louisville, KY. This was my first time attending this conference since 2003, and it was nice to be back in a place where terms like ontology, hermeneutics and exegesis were used with the same frequency as FRBR,... more ›
Metrolina 5th Annual Information Literacy Conference 17 June 2010, Charlotte, NC This was the first Metrolina Information Literacy Conference I’ve attended, with a program that prompted some dithering over which sessions to choose-always a positive sign. “Information Literacy Examined in Multicultural Context,” presented by keynote speaker Dr. Clara Chu of the Department of Library and... more ›
At the beginning of June, I flew out to Palm Springs, California for the 25th Annual North American Serials Interest Group Conference. As a member-at-large of the NASIG Executive Board, I had to head out on Tuesday, June 1, so I could attend an all-day strategic planning session on the following day. Then on Thursday,... more ›