Inside ZSR
Opening Session Info (Frank Prochaska) Theme: Building Connections 8th UNC TLT conference largest yet, close to 500 registered attendees large number of private, community college, and K-12 folks here (in addition to UNC system folks) ed tech no longer an add-on, it’s a mission critical component for learning in 21st century Pointed out UNC Online... more ›
This Monday is shaping up to be pretty busy! I attended the LITA Town Meeting. It was great! They’re starting their own strategic planning process, so it was interesting to see what they had to say in relation to what we’ve been doing. I blogged about it for the LITA Blog. (I’ll add the link... more ›
After the breakfast I attended my WSS instruction committee meeting. It looks good. I was successful in arguing that we don’t need a blog or wiki for internal communication. We’re going to focus our energy this semester on rewriting the Information Literacy Standards with a WSS focus for WSS librarians and faculty. My role in... more ›
Today I attended my first breakfast with Alexander Street Press, and it was amazing. First: I love ASP. I think they offer a lot of interesting and innovative products in interesting and emerging fields, so I feel they are future minded. This became more evident as they discussed the evolution of a new architecture for... more ›
My last meeting of the day was the Women’s Studies Section general membership meeting. This is really a chance to share what’s going on at different institutions, in the WSS committees, and the work that is going on towards the annual program. This year’s annual program will be about technologies in instruction and next year’s... more ›
It’s my dirty little secret. I’m scared of the exhibit halls. They’re big, crowded, loud, and I’m not ever sure exactly what I’m supposed to do. I normally just make time to do a quick run through, see what’s going on (so that when people are talking about Google, I know what they’re doing), and... more ›
LITA works a little bit differently than other groups. Where some ALA divisions have committees (by appointment), LITA has Interest Groups (of interested folks). When I’m at ALA meetings, I like to sit in on the distance learning ones, just to see what they’re up to. They’re generally just facilitated discussions on issues related to... more ›
COSWL met at 8:00 this morning. (I’m like Mary, I like the West coast time!) It was a really good and productive meeting. In general, we’re focusing on our blog as a marketing and communication tool to reach out to a larger audience. At annual, we’re going to participate in the vendor area to talk... more ›
This is the sign that welcomes folks to the conference! more ›
Yesterday was a day of ups and downs: One of the planes took a sharp decent way before we were near the airport. Luckily, the pilots were there. They came on the intercom and announced the autopilot caused the descent, so they took over to correct it. We left the airport terminal only to see... more ›