Archive for 'Conference Blogging'
9 Out Of 10 Academic Librarians Surveyed Liked The Seattle Conference
Did you have the opportunity to attend both the 2007 Baltimore ACRL conference and the 2009 Seattle ACRL conference? If so, which did you like better? I did get to both and I really wouldn’t compare the two. I think each conference needs to stand on its own. You have different cities, a different crowd, [...]
Posted by StevenB on July 1st, 2009 under Conference Blogging.
Comments: 3
Tapping Your Inner Entrepreneur
Are you a Librarian Entrepreneur? You might be. Would you answer “yes” to these questions:
I am an opportunist.
I am a creative genius (or part of a creative work team)
I am persistent
I am customer focused
I connect the dots
I am passionate
I am a risk taker
According to my research in preparation for a talk at Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 24th, 2009 under Conference Blogging, Innovation, Uncategorized.
Comments: 6
Five Tips For A Better ALA Conference Experience
It’s now mid-June and the ALA annual conference will be upon us in no time at all. If you plan to be in Chicago now is the time to start thinking about your conference strategy. I hope you followed my advice on getting the hotel you want (see the third item) - and that you [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 16th, 2009 under Conference Blogging.
Comments: 8
Gone Camping
It’s summertime, so last week I packed my bag and headed off to camp: LibCampNYC, a library unconference held at Brooklyn College, CUNY.
This was the first unconference I’d ever attended, having narrowly missed out on signing up for Library Camp NYC in 2007. One of the defining features of an unconference is its loose structure. [...]
Posted by Maura Smale on June 13th, 2009 under Conference Blogging, Professional Development.
Comments: none
Green Conference Bag Is A Letdown
I’m all for a green conference - save energy, water, re-usable materials - but I have to say that the conference bag was just not up to past standards. In a way I feel bad for all those first-time attendees because they will never know the golden years of ACRL conference bags. Here’s what we [...]
Posted by StevenB on March 21st, 2009 under Conference Blogging.
Comments: 23