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Leadership Preconference @ PLA 2010
Don’t miss this opportunity to fortify your leadership skills by attending “Changing Course: Leadership for Navigating the New Library” an application-only preconference that will be held prior to PLA 2010. This preconference program will be held on Tuesday, March 23, from 2 – 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 24, from 8:30 a.m. – Noon. The [...]
Internet Librarian 2009 – Meredith Hammons
The last section I attended was on adapting technical services for the digital age. The presenters were all from academic libraries, but I thought there would be many things that would translate to public libraries. The first presenter spent a lot of time discussing what had been the catalysts for change. The most important things [...]
Internet Librarian 2009 – Meredith Hammons
Marketing on the Cheap. I’ve become really fascinated with marketing efforts on the part of the library. I think this is an area that has traditionally been neglected, because of the assumption that everyone knows the library is there and what it has to offer. With the technological changes, and changes in perception of libraries, [...]
Internet Librarian 2009- Meredith Hammons
The second session was on how technology can either drive initiatives or result in information overload. The first part of the session was led by Lizzy Burns, author of Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect with Your Community. Lizzy defined pop culture as anything your community is interested in and uses. She [...]
Internet LIbrarian 2009- Meredith Hammons
This morning, I began my sessions with the awesome title “Selling Tech to Power”. It was a group of tech savvy decision makers advising people on how to persuade administration of the benefits of using new technologies. The first speaker, Danis Kreimeier, Director of the Napa City-County library, pointed out that directors have a large [...]
Internet Librarian 2009-Meredith Hammons
The last session I attended this afternoon was on Mobile Marketing. I went because the blurb in the catalog talked about how effective mobile marketing could be with Latino/Latina populations, as well as with teens. Two of our branches have large Latino/Latina populations and we’re always trying to reach teens. The presenter was Nancy Dowd [...]
Internet Librarian 2009- Meredith Hammons
I attended a session on Mobile Services, led by groups from two universities, Penn State and the University of Houston. Both of these libaries had done pilot programs with handheld devices. Penn State had sought to adjust to budget cuts and subsequent changing in staffing levels by experimenting with closing service points and having librarians [...]
Internet Librarian 2009-Meredith Hammons
I attended a Cybertour on Connecting with the Millennium Generation, led by Mary Ellen Bates, of Bates Information Services. This talk was a 15-minute presention on how the “digital generation” sees information. It was fascinating. Mary Ellen discussed the fact that the “digital generation” doesn’t e-mail and sees websites that aren’t collaborative as both boring [...]
Internet Librarian 2009 – Meredith Hammons
Day 2: I tried to vary it up a little more today. The first session I attended was the keynote presentation, in which Erik Boekesteijn interviewed Paul Holdengraber, the Director of Public Programs for the New York Public Library. This presentation was very exciting and engaging. Paul is the founder, curator and voice of “Live [...]
Internet Librarian’s Tuesday Morning Keynote Address – PC Sweeney
Today’s (Tuesday October 27, 2009) keynote address at Internet Librarian in Monterey was entitled “Library of Desire.” Unfortunately, they never really got to dive very deep into the subject matter specifically. They did float around the subject in a very interesting way and the number of amazing and thought provoking ideas that emerged was immense. [...]
