Conference reports and more from ZSR Librarians
This morning began with a long run into spearfish canyon which ended in a driving cold rain. The terrain here is pretty dramatic and although I was soaked and freezing by the time I got back to the hotel, running between the rising limestone walls of the canyon was well worth it! The conference picked... more ›
Lynn and I are almost at the end of our big south adventure. We’ve been reporting our daily activities on the course wiki/blog. Instead of detailing it separately here, I’m linking to my “daily journal” from the other site. My entries can’t even begin to cover the entire experience, it’s been a once in a... more ›
ELUNA is much smaller than the old Endeavor conferences and lacks coffee at the breaks but otherwise is very similar in content. The first afternoon session focused on the common ‘future of the ILS’ theme as seen through Ex-Libris eyes. The main concept discussed was the idea of the decoupling of a user interface from... more ›
Hi all from Spearfish, SD. This morning saw the opening presentation at the ExLibris Users group for North America. The opening session included presentations by Matti Shem Tov (President & CEO), Robert Mercer (North American President), and Don Muccino (NA Customer Support). Much of what we have heard already has been reiterated, an emphasis on... more ›
I really enjoyed SOLINET! For me, it was one of those conferences where the call for presentations proposal looked interesting, but I didn’t actually know what to expect from the conference. What I found was that SOLINET was very different from other conferences I’d been to. For one, it’s compact. There were four general sessions... more ›
The final program of SOLINET was “Is MyLibrary Going Down the YouTube? Reflections on the Information Landscape” from Diane Kresh. It was an interesting presentation, if, for nothing else, it reiterated what I had been hearing in the other sessions. This was the most on-message conference I’ve ever been to. And, since I like that... more ›
I missed the second session in order to have more time to review for our presentation this afternoon. I don’t know that you ever feel totally ready to give a presentation to strangers, but I’m as ready as I can be. Here are the notes I took from the third session, “Libraries and the Changing... more ›
Social Networking, Libraries, and Privacy by George Needham, OCLC Caroline and I attended this one together. I’m attending primarily due to our privacy audit, so I’ll focus my notes on the privacy issue. There is about to be a new OCLC report on this topic next month! Libraries set up for time when information scarce... more ›
There are a few ZSR folks typing as Roy Tennant gives the keynote address, so I’m just going to hit a few point that I think are particularly interesting on “Envisioning Our Future: Critical Issues for Libraries.” The points in his talk aren’t really about the future, it’s now. Google makes decisions differently from libraries.... more ›
On Friday, May 4th I attended a one day conference at North Carolina Central University on Digital Libraries. The morning sessions included two presentations on the digital divide and included a discussion on the differences between technical factors (lack of availability, connectivity, expertise) and social factors (lack of community focus, lack of training, difference in... more ›