Lee Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project Tom Hogan opened... 2393 people participating in CIL this year (most ever) Lee said "I adore librarians." Showed an Ask a Ninja video on "What is podcasting?" Starting Point: September … [Continue reading]
Kansas Tri-Conference 2007: Day 2 – Library Instruction 2.0
A few different things here: 1. Second Life - Bill and Dianna Sowers Intro'd the Second Life Library Project Also introduced basics of using Second Life Discussed what Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library is doing in Second Life … [Continue reading]
Kansas Tri-Conference 2007: Day 2 – Technology in Practice
Andrew Pace Allowed the audience to pick his topic! How cool is that? Question - "Do you have a really enlightened dean?" We do... their dean convinced NCSU's faculty to give their yearly pay raise to the library... amazing! "The second … [Continue reading]
Kansas Tri-Conference 2007: Day 2 – Libraries, Vendors, and the Future of Search
Andrew Pace Showed a timeline of library automation (that started on 1936!) Where are we? the rfp has not evolved the traditional ILS system is a legacy system new innovation requires new technology Discussed the current state of … [Continue reading]
More thoughts on speaking at state association conferences
I just sat through a good presentation at this year's Kansas Tri-Conference on creating online storytimes for libraries. The presenters are doing cool things at their library to the best of their ability, so that's cool. They could also do it better … [Continue reading]
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