Inside ZSR
Most of my day was spent away from the convention center, but now that I’m in the COSWL booth in the exhibit hall, I have a few minutes to go online! This morning I started out early to go to the Alexander Street Press Breakfast. I love that company. They have a few new products... more ›
Good news for someone who checked out of her hotel and decided to drive into town this morning: street parking is available at 7:30 am on a Sunday and is free all day. My commute went from over an hour to 15 minutes this morning. A much more relaxed way to get an early start.... more ›
Change, serendipity…that’s what ALA is all about. Choosing from the dozens of programs available, I finally decided to go hear Khaled Hosseini, author of the The Kite Runner (required reading for all Americans) and the new A Thousand Splendid Suns at the Convention Center.After standing in line for about 10 minutes, word spread through the... more ›
The majority of the afternoon was spent in my committee meeting. The Instructional Technologies Committee produced two “Tips and Trends” pieces since ALA Midwinter: one on YouTube and one on Whiteboards. We designed a new “template” for doing these pieces – coming up with the section designations was one of my assignments. Designating specific discussion... more ›
I had a very early start this morning. I delivered Ron to my sister’s place in Springfield, got to hug my granddaughter (who is coincidentally up north to meet relatives this weekend), rushed back, caught the yellow-line Metro and was only 10 minutes late for my first session: Leading Technology-Driven Change: Theory & Practice. You... more ›
Okay, is it saying something when a shy person says the best part of her day was spent in the exhibit hall? Today I had my first interest group meeting as a co-chair. We had had some drama setting up the meeting of the Distance Learning Interest Group, thought we had fixed the issue, then... more ›
This is where we really got down to the nitty-gritty of LITA Interest Groups. IGs are to LITA what committees are to ACRL. The difference is that you can just show up to an interest group and participate. To join a committee on ACRL you need to go through an appointment process. This was much... more ›
I am the incoming co-chair for the LITA Distance Learning Interest Group. I know, I know… you’re asking, “why would you be involved with Distance Learning when we don’t do it at WFU?” Really, the DLIG focuses on using technology to reach students on and off campus and how to use technology in education, so... more ›
Well, the ALA adventure began badly when our direct flight from Greensboro was CANCELED and Bill and I (along with Sarah) were re-routed through Charlotte (nothing like flying southwest to go northeast) before arriving several hours late. That meant Bill had to scramble to set up the Alibris booth at the convention center and I... more ›
Written at 10:30pm last night. The following isn’t about any meetings, lectures, or vendor talks, it’s just a recount of my l-o-n-g trip to Washington. If you’re a fan of Twitter, I kept that updated most of the time… The day started with a 7:20am walk to the Amtrak pickup point in Winston-Salem. I thought... more ›