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Brief session notes
Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data Nicole Engard unfortunately was in the hospital and unable to present this program. David Lee King from Topeka and Shawnee County Library filled in. Right away, he proved a point about technology by whipping out his iPhone to film a short “get well” greeting for Nicole [...]
Libraries beyond Portland
Before the rain returned, we managed to see some of Oregon’s natural beauty on a drive out to the coast. After an hour and a half of windy mountain roads, we came to Tillamook, where the GPS kept telling us to turn left. We did, and the next thing we knew, there we were at [...]
Playing spot the librarian
When traveling to library conferences, I always like to get warmed up by guessing who else on the plane is a librarian. On this trip, I traveled with two colleagues from Kingston, Ontario, and they pointed out that the game isn’t as easy as it used to be. Or as my mother (also a librarian [...]
