Comments on: ALA Conference Survival Tips — 35 Conferences Later

By: Getting ready for ALA 2011 (Day 0) | Ink and Vellum

Getting ready for ALA 2011 (Day 0) | Ink and Vellum — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:09:07 +0000

[...] ALA Conference Survival Tips — 35 Conferences Later by K.G. Schneider [...]

By: Free Range Librarian › ALA: It’s Not Just an Adventure, It’s a Job

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:52:37 +0000

[...] By Day” Newman has a new post about surviving ALA conferences that links back to my own ALA survival post from last year as well as a few other useful conference posts. It’s worth re-reading those those posts, [...]

By: ALA Survival Tips, New & Improved for #ALA11 | Librarian by Day

ALA Survival Tips, New & Improved for #ALA11 | Librarian by Day — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:52:15 +0000

[...] Karen Schnieder has a great list I’ve grabbed a couple of my favorites, so as not to steal the whole thing but go read it. [...]

By: Tips and Suggestions to Get the Most Out of Internet Librarian #il2010 | Librarian by Day

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:01:57 +0000

[...] Karen Schnieder has a great list I’ve grabbed a couple of my favorites, so as not to steal the whole thing but go read it. [...]

By: Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts

Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:05:55 +0000

[...] to ALA you’ll find all sorts of “how to get the most out of the conference” tips being offered. Beyond the “carry a snack” tip I don’t see many [...]

By: Allison Angell

Allison Angell — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:15:50 +0000

After you get a business card from someone, take a second to jot down why you took it (“we chatted on the shuttle bus about programs for senior citizens”, “great ideas about shelving from this vendor”). It makes life much easier when you get back and start to contact all these people!

By: #ALA10 advice for ALA conference 2010 (or, take it from me, DC is HUMID) « not so quiet

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:48:47 +0000

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By: Things I hate about conferences « Venn Librarian

Things I hate about conferences « Venn Librarian — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:16:24 +0000

[...] going over the ALA schedules, and reading many “how to survive conference” posts (The Free Range Librarian‘s is excellent). Most of these are easy to follow, but this one Attend a program hosted by [...]

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:38:27 +0000

For those of you who do forget business cards: just tell people you gave them all out already. This only works after a couple of days of conferencing, however

By: Tim Hackman

Tim Hackman — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:34:41 +0000

Great tips! I’m packing up my conference stuff today and would have forgotten the business cards, so thanks!