Archive for the tag "ALA"
Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts
Clearinghouse Makes It Easy To Track All The Rankings When I last wrote about rankings I mentioned the growing number of different higher education rankings, everything from the top green campus institutions to the best party schools. I actually had no idea how many different rankings there were, but now I can find out much [...]
Posted: 24 October, 2008 in Higher Education, Just Thinking, Professional Development.
Tags: ALA, college_rankings, library_budgets
Comments: 2
A Hybrid ALA For 2015
Like many ALA members I focus most of my participative energy on my division and section. Prior to the Annual Meeting in Anaheim I paid little attention to ALA’s exploration of e-participation. What I did learn at the conference is that an official Task Force on E-Participation has produced a report that makes recommendations to [...]
Posted: 30 July, 2008 in Conference Blogging, Professional Development.
Tags: ALA, e-participation, hybrid_association
Comments: 25
Attempt at Midwinter
In youthful naiveté, I assumed being a new member of the profession (and ALA) that I would just go to Midwinter, attend some stuff, get involved, etc. My brother moved to Philadelphia a few months ago so it sounded like a great time to make a visit to him and attend my first ALA conference [...]
Posted: 28 November, 2007 in ACRL Chapters, Professional Development.
Tags: ALA, Midwinter
Comments: 20
