Reminder Transliteracy Conference 9 Feb 2010 Call for Papers Dec 1st Deadline

November 25, 2009 · Posted in Conferences, Transliteracy · View Comments

Call for Presentations : Transliteracy Conference : Tuesday 9 February, 2010, 9:30 – 17:30

Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre Leicester, UK

In association with the Institute of Creative Technologies & the NLab Small Business Network, De Montfort University

http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/conference2010.html

Deadline for Abstracts: 1 December, 2009

Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. Since 2005, when Professor Sue Thomas introduced this concept in the UK, transliteracy has been taken up and explored by a broad range of academics and practitioners, from information scientists to literary theorists, artists and writers.

The first Transliteracy Conference will take place at Leicester’s new Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, on 9 Feb 2010. This one-day event offers an opportunity for academics, artists, business people and practitioners to share discoveries, ideas, and creative works that amplify and augment transliteracy research.

This Call for Presentations invites 250 word abstracts. Presentations should be 10-15 minutes in duration, and can be used to show work or deliver a short paper. The Conference Panel will group presentations together thematically in sessions scheduled to include time to explore the issues and ideas raised through discussion. Phoenix Square is well equipped with the latest technology, so presenters will be able to show work on screen and via the internet.

Themes to be explored include:

transliteracy and libraries
transliteracy and the arts
transliteracy in education
transliteracy in communications
transliteracy in the workplace
transliteracy and transdisciplinarity
transliteracy in action – examples of transliterate works, like digital fiction, networked arts projects, or library resources

Abstracts should be submitted in the body of an email totransliteracy@googlemail.com Please include a 100-word bio and contact email address.

Deadline for abstracts is 1 December, 2009; notification of acceptance by 18 December, 2009.

Further information can be obtained from Louisa Allen attransliteracy@googlemail.com

We expect to charge a modest delegate fee to cover costs.

Selected materials from the conference will be published online athttp://www.transliteracy.com

For more about The Transliteracy Research Group (TRG) seehttp://www.transliteracy.com

To discuss Transliteracy visit http://transliteracy.ning.com/

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Internet Librarian Wrap Up

November 2, 2009 · Posted in Conferences, Internet Librarian 2009 · View Comments

As always conferences are amazing, stimulating, intense and tiring, but worth every second of it. I was able to talk with so many amazing people, and yet there were so many others I wanted to connect with and didn’t manage to. *More reflection at the end, but for those who want the nitty gritty….

Pulled from notes and tweets – some of my favorite quotes/idea and what I’m thinking about.

If you could tell the world 1 thing about libraries in 30 secs or less what would it be?
Good enough is the new perfect
Lean into your discomfort – change doesn’t happen without discomfort.
Be clear where your lines are drawn.
Your librarianly obsession with Star Wars will not endear you to your patrons.
The future is here its just not evenly distributed.
Privacy is dead, get over it
“If I’d asked them what they wanted they would have said a faster horse” – Henry Ford
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” Gen. Eric Shinseki
If we keep identifying with books – libraries are dead.
We should reward success and failure, punish inaction
We have more autonomy as college students that we do as adults
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” – John Cage
Assume everyone is going to be an ally
Understand what your org hidden org chart is
Ask for the sale
When people see something new they think you’re taking away the old, so start with what is staying the same
70% of patron interaction occurs remotely.
Quest to Teen: Are you ever bullied online? Teen: Nope, I’m private, but sometimes my friends annoy me
70% overlap btwn teens & boomers. Volunteer 4 xs more & engaged in the issues

Books I’ll be reading -

Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific
The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – this one has been sitting on my to-read shelf for months

Jason Griffey created a wordle from the tweets, take a look at it full-sized it’s awesome.

Griffey's Wordle from IL 2009 Tweets

*I was fortunate on my travels home, I did make it home with only minor delays (comparatively) and missing one bag which showed up 24 hours later, intact. I am grateful I was able to attend and extremely grateful for all the people who talked with me in hallway, coffee shop, sessions halls, exhibit halls, at dinner & coffee, and on the street. I wish we’d had more time to talk. I wish I’d had the nerve to approach more people I only know by name, I’m a little socially awkward. (Once I get to know you, you can’t shut me up) I vow to do better next time. Until then, ciao!

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