Inside ZSR
I was invited to two receptions last evening and luckily both were in close proximity at the Seattle Center. The Center is on a big campus that was built for the 1962 World’s Fair and was a pleasant mile walk from my hotel. ALA Editons hosts a reception each ALA Conference for authors and their... more ›
After lunch I went to the exhibit hall with three main goals: to talk with Syndetic Solutions, to stop and say “hey” to Bill Kane and to find some free chocolates to satisfy my sweet tooth! I am pleased to report I met all three goals. Syndetic was the toughest. I could not see them... more ›
As I said, there are thousands of librarians here, spread out all over the city in multiple hotels. Meetings are stretched out all over also, so it’s not surprising that I haven’t laid eyes on Lauren, Mary or Sarah (I did run into Lynn on the street yesterday as we hurried to go to different... more ›
The second session I attended this morning was a demonstration of Primo by ExLibris. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is a new resource discovery and delivery product that is coming to the market. Its competition includes AquaBrowser and Grokker. Its purpose is to provide an interface that incorporates the varied information users... more ›
I got off to an earlier business start today with an 8 am meeting to listen to the LITA’s Top Technology Trends Committee meeting. At each ALA conference, several technology experts gather to predict the most important technology trends in the current library environment. Four of the current experts (Clifford Lynch, Marshall Breeding, Karen Schneider... more ›
Endeavor customers were invited to attend this meeting last evening with the EndUser Board and ExLibris Management. The late hour of the meeting may have affected the attendance because only about 20 of us showed up (in addition to the meeting participants). It was scheduled to go for an hour and a half. An hour... more ›
My first session of the day was a panel presentation titled “Not your Dad’s Interface: Next Generation OPACs and Search Engines.” Our old friends from NCSU were there to talk about their Endeca project. King County Public Library System presented on their implementation of AquaBrowser. AquaBrowser is a stand-alone product that supposedly is ILS independent... more ›
I ended up making two separate trips to the library because the building is so big, I couldn’t do it justice in just one visit. It is very impressive simply because of its massiveness. The interior design theme was carried out throughout, but to me it was a very stark futuristic industrial look. The furniture... more ›
I’m still on east coast time, so was awake at 3:30 am. I worked on finishing up a review of a manuscript submission to the Journal of Web Librarianship (I’m on the editorial board). The first session I’m attending this morning will have the editor as one of the speakers so I wanted to be... more ›
After hours of being airborne, I arrived safe and sound right before noon (Seattle time). I hitched a ride on a shuttle bus to the downtown Hilton, settled in and went to the Convention & Trade Center to pick up the conference schedule. It is amazing the number of sessions and meetings that are taking... more ›