Inside ZSR
Erik, Susan, and I are sitting in the Salt Lake City airport, writing up our final blog posts after getting a meal at the food court. If you’re interested in the detailed notes from the last two sessions I attended, here they are: Next-Gen Catalogs are Only Part of the Solution Technical/Tangible/Social AND Picture the... more ›
Today was the longest day of the conference. If you’re interested in the detailed notes, here they are: David Weinberger’s keynote Lightning Talks The Future of Libraries is IT Academic Libraries’ Strategic Planning in the 21st Century: The Role of IT The day started with the main reason I wanted to attend this year’s LITA:... more ›
Susan did a great job of writing up yesterday! After touching down, and getting acquainted with the area, I was able to do a little work on my presentation and finished it up this morning. When I felt I had a good handle on the material, I went downstairs to the Keynote and found Susan... more ›
A hurt neck kept me from lugging my laptop around combined with a lack of reasonably priced internet anywhere near my hotel kept me off the “real” internet for much of the conference. This was the first ALA I have attended where there were days that I didn’t carry a computer, and it made for... more ›
ALA snuck up on me this year, despite falling later on the calendar. This year is also a big one for me, as I had both a pre-conference and a book-signing on my calendar. Kaeley and I flew in and are rooming together. We ran into Elisabeth Leonard and Beth Bernhardt at the GSO airport,... more ›
I was very fortunate to spend Friday at the Duke CIT Showcase. I attended a bunch of interesting sessions on the Duke Digital Initiatives, video feedback on assignments, alumni readers/critiques, a student’s perspectives of blogs in the classroom, iTunes University, and the physical arrangement of classroom space. James Groom, of the EduPunk movement gave the... more ›
Last week I attended TRI-IT, representing the library. Tri-IT is an informal group of people who work with instructional technology in Triangle and Triad universities. It’s a mix of people, from IS departments, from teaching and learning centers, and from libraries. Several of the Wake Forest University ITGs attended as well. Blogs, wikis, and podcasting... more ›
Saturday and Sunday were busy enough that I’m just now getting down to posting about them! Officially, here are the notes posts: Extending the Impact of Online Library Instructional Tools through Collaborative Development ACRL Focus Group Assessment to Innovation: Creating a Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Online If Fish Markets Can Do it,... more ›
Whew! It’s been a great day. As always, detailed notes are in my blog, and you’re getting the conversational perspective. If you want details, here they are: Scholarship Breakfast: The Millennial Driven Library Innovation Imperative Reconnect, Reflect, Recharge (Peer Evaluation of Teaching) Fishing for Information: Using Focus Group Research to Discover Student Perceptions of Library... more ›
Yesterday was a long day of travel, and introduction to ACRL, and a bit of exploring for me. I left the Greensboro airport at 6:30 to get into Seattle around 1:00ish. I found a friend from the NCLA Leadership Institute at the Houston airport, so she, her husband, and I all took the bus into... more ›