Tomorrow I’m keynoting virtually for the Edgy Librarian conference. I have come back from ALA with my head full of interesting things–augmented reality, mobility, the cloud, and web-scale library management will be high on my list–but what I’m trying to do now is…
1. cluster these thoughts into actual trends (a neat new tool is not a trend, it’s generally a stimulus or outcome of a trend) and also…
2. Identify WANING trends
And get this all together my first day back at work after Midwinter and before I pick up SAndy and the cats from the airport tonight. (I’m not back yet, either, because I didn’t make my SLC-OAK connection due to mechanical problems… though I recommend the Comfort Inn, should you ever find yourself in that situation…)
Posted on this day, other years:
- Ok, all the cool, innovative, creative people leave the room.... - 2008
- A Picture Share! - 2006
- Getting Ready for Webcred - 2005
- ALA Technology Peeve #2: The Council Transcripts - 2004
- Jim Casey's ALA Council Report - 2004
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Oh yaay. The Sandy and the cats are coming. Is this IT, move accomplished??
Sandy’s coming!!! Yay!! We’re thinking of showing up in the pews on Feb 7th, if we can get out of our choir seats!
What you said about turning conference presentations into practical applications really resonated with me. I went to my first professional conference this year and came back with stacks of handouts and conference notes and handbooks! It took awhile for me to process all of that and figure out how I could apply it to what I do as a librarian and as a teacher.
I’m hoping to go to the ALA Annual Conference this year – would love to be there for the technology track. Still waiting for the funds to be approved. We’ll see!