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ALA 2009 wrap up

July 16, 2009
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ALA 2009 wrap up

I survived my first ALA! It was intense and exhilorating and tiring, but worth every minute of it.   When I return from conferences there are always a lot of thoughts rolling around and it takes me about  a week to solidify everything.  But here are the things that really stuck with me and what I’m thinking about.  Expect to see at least some of these as full blog posts when I’ve got my thoughts in line. You may not have signed up for this job but it’s the job you have deal with it admins and managers let your staff go, the worse that could happen is that you have a failed project you learn something from these technologies are not a magic wand, you shouldn’t just have a blog to have a blog, you need to do what your community needs, have a plan a strategy, don’t just jump in without knowing where you’re going how long have we had computers? Why do you still have staff who are intimidated by computers, why did you hire them? Why are they still working there? we don’t have any problem doing what we’ve always done, but if we don’t do anything

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My First ALA! Advice Tips and Tricks

July 8, 2009
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My First ALA! Advice Tips and Tricks

Tomorrow I’m off for my first ALA conference, it was a bit of a last minute deal but I’m pleased to be attending!  I will be blogging the sessions I attend both here and on LITA’s blog. When I found out I was going I sent out a call for tips on Twitter and got a some great responses on FriendFeed and Twitter. I’ve blogged conference tips before and thought I’d recap and add some new ones as a reminder to myself. Give people your name, wear your name badge up near your face rather than on a lanyard so it’s easy for people to glance at it while talking to.  Introduce yourself, even if you’ve already met the person.  Some of us have hard time with names and there are a LOT of people to remember. Don’t hang out with the people you came with – Go to different sessions, maximize your time at the conference you can share with each other what you learned. Meet new people – you’re probably not going to meet new people if you’re hanging out wtih the people you came with.  Get out of your comfort zone, ask people what they want to

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Why I’m over people Twittering Conferences, Meetings

June 11, 2009
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Why I’m over people Twittering Conferences, Meetings

and anywhere else two Twitter users happen to run into each other. Its seems like a day doesn’t go by without signing into my Twitter account to see a stream of tweets from someone going by with a #hashtag I don’t recognize. I’m not talking about a couple of tweets, I mean the full-on stream. I’m begging you, please stop! I’m all for the idea of sending a Tweet when you hear something remarkable, moving, or innovative, but based on the number of Tweets I see flying by every other sentence is worth exclaiming over, somehow I doubt this. What it really looks like is too many people are using Twitter as their personal note taking system.  Get a notebook, a netbook, or a pen and paper, whatever, just stop Tweeting! If you’re Twittering: You’re not paying attention – mulitasking is a myth – you can not text as fast as you type, so whatever you are texting likely happened 30 seconds or more ago, meaning you are not paying attention to what is being said now.  Stop texting and pay attention, its what you’re there for. Even if you’re tweeting from a computer… You’re not contributing.  Yes, I know

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Fee based Workshops should the presenter get paid?

March 17, 2009
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Fee based Workshops should the presenter get paid?

I got into a conversation with Joshua Neff of  Library Society of the World fame (among many other things), about this topic and he said – you should blog about it.  Who am I to ignore a direct order Here is the jist.  There are a lot of ways to present in libraryland. You can submit to a conference, which may or may not waive the registration fee and depending on the circumstances offer other compensations including but not limited to travel, hotel & meal expenses.  This ranges widely from conference to conference and person to person.  Ok I accept that situation.  I know there are opinions on which conferences do what, but I’m not addressing that now. Then there are the other presentations/workshops where you’re asked/invited to come talk/teach/train about something.  Some of these are free to attendees (never mind membership dues) and some are fee based. Here is my issue – if attendees are charged a fee the presenter should expect to be compensated.  I’m not saying don’t present without compensation.  I agree with Josh, I’m all for sharing information for free.  But you should ask up front if attendees be charged a fee.   If you’re going to

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I’m going to Malaysia!

November 6, 2008
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I’m going to Malaysia!

I know I’ve shared this story with many of you in person, so forgive me if you’ve already heard it. It seems like ages ago that I got invited to attend the International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society, but it was only in June that I got a Facebook message asking me if I would consider attending. Yes that’s right a Facebook message, about 90% of the communication, planning and details for this visit, were done though Facebook. It seems like I’ve been planning and preparing for it for ages. I know some of you wondered where I’ve been over the last month or so. But the time has finally come. I’ll leave next week! I’ll be presenting at the conference and giving a post conference workshop, but there will be time for sightseeing too! Summer Storm over Kuala Lumpur, originally uploaded by Stuck in Customs. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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