Submitted by Tom Peters on June 26, 2006 - 8:09am
In other posts to this blog and elsewhere I have expressed my optimism about and appreciation for online conferences, workshops, and other online events, coupled with a growing sense that in-person conferences may gradually decline in frequency and importance as more librarians become acclimated to meeting online.
Personally, I find myself traveling less and meeting online more. Nevertheless, the joy of travel and attending large, energetic in-person conferences such as the ALA Annual Conference remains strong. There are certain aspects of in-person conferences that are difficult or impossible to replicate online.
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Submitted by Teresa Koltzenburg on June 26, 2006 - 3:37am
For the city in general, this is a big weekend for us, because ALA is our first major convention we're hosting since the storm. We've had little groups come in, but this is an 18,000 to 20,000 city-wide convention. We're receiving so much goodwill, and it couldn't be a better group than the librarians. The library has been the beneficiary of a lot of goodwill from a lot of libraries from around the country, and this is just another example of that. Read More »
Submitted by Michael Stephens on June 25, 2006 - 9:16am
Sadly, I didn't make it to ALA, so I am following along via blog posts and Flickr feeds. I hope everyone is having a wonderful conference!
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Submitted by Tom Peters on June 24, 2006 - 8:35am
The skies
were relatively clear—but hot and humid, of course--when I flew into New Orleans midday on Friday. Even from the air I could detect something
different about New Orleans. Quite a few of the homes and businesses still have bright blue tarps
covering part or all of the roofs. I
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Submitted by Karen G. Schneider on June 21, 2006 - 12:39pm
Submitted by Teresa Koltzenburg on June 19, 2006 - 11:17pm
 **UPDATE, June 20 @ 10:53 a.m., Chicago, IL**
Tom Wilson will also be a member of LITA's Top Technology Trends Panel on Sunday. He was mistakenly left off the list. Sorry, Tom!
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Submitted by Tom Peters on June 6, 2006 - 11:36am
About 250 years ago, soon after his dictionary of the English language had been published, Dr. Samuel Johnson was asked by a woman how the incorrect definition of a pastern had crept into the final, published product. According to James Boswell's biography of Johnson, "…instead of making an elaborate defence, as she expected, he at once answered, 'Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance.'"
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