Inside ZSR
On Thursday, I attended the 2011 NC Serials Conference, along with Chris, Linda Z. and Bradley. They’ll probably talk about other sessions, but I thought I’d give a brief re-cap of a presentation called “The Future of the Catalog,” by Tim Bucknall of UNC-Greensboro and Margaretta Yarborough of UNC-Chapel Hill, since that’s right in my... more ›
On Thursday, March 10, Audra and Craig presented to the Forsyth County United Way Executive Council at the Red Cross on Colosseum Road. The United Way Executive Council is composed of over 20 local organizations and they are interested in both preservation and digitization. Our presentation was an abbreviated version of the talks we gave... more ›
On Monday, I went to the LAUNC-CH Conference at the lovely Friday Center on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Lauren discussed Lee Rainie’s keynote address, “Networked Individuals, Networked Libraries,” but I’d like to hit the things I found interesting in his presentation. I found it very interesting that smart cell phones are the most commonly... more ›
Last week I attended the 2011 Electronic Resources & Libraries conference in Austin, TX. I can’t say I learned anything really earth-shaking; one Twitter comment said the presentations were long on “descript-o’-problem” but short on solutions. But there was lots going on; Monday & Tuesday each had 4 sets of concurrent sessions in the afternoon... more ›
Speaking of conferences that have a lasting impact: I had the good fortune to attend THATCamp over the weekend. THATCamp stands for The Humanities and Technology Camp which essentially means the topics focus on digital humanities. The event is an unconference. The unconference is a really neat format if you’re comfortable with ambiguity. Participants had... more ›
On Monday I went to my first LAUNC-CH. It’s a conference put on by the librarians’ association at UNC-CH, and it’s a really good local, one-day conference. They keynote was Lee Rainie, who I have followed from afar for years. He’s at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project, which as he emphasized,... more ›
2010-11 CDWL Class During this academic year, I have had the privilege of being in the 3rd class of the Career Development for Women Leaders (CDWL) Program. Presented by the Women’s Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education (WHCOE), it is modeled after national programs for women in academic medicine. This program is cross-campus... more ›