David Lee King asks if ALA could take a more SXSWi approach to conference programming, and base content on what people want to see.
This is a great idea, and I wonder how it might play out for ALA or other library conferences.
Here’s how it worked out for us with NLS2006, and this is pretty standard […]
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The art of conference programming
Published by May 31st, 2007 in Associations and Conferences. 4 CommentsOne of the articles I’m working on as a co-author at the moment is for ALA Annual 2008 (Alyson is also a co-author on this one - check out her awesome new blog!). The article was initiated by a wonderful colleague from NLS2006 - I’m so impressed with how he managed to get a paper […]
The future of associations
Published by March 26th, 2007 in General, Associations and Conferences. 2 CommentsWhen I first joined professional associations (ALIA at first, later ALA and others) ,before I volunteered for things, what I valued most were the publications. At the time I was working in a special library and had acesss to little professional literature.
Over time, as Open Access became more widespread, and volunteering became a more valuable member […]
I’m attending part of Information Online this week in Sydney. Today was a big day, starting out with the SLA breakfast at 7am where my good friend Alyson Dalby received her award for Australian and New Zealand Chapter Information Professional of the Year. I attended the conference from lunch and then met up with fellow […]
NLS2006 Audio now available
Published by December 15th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia and nls2006. 1 CommentEdit: All 19 recorded sessions from NLS2006 are now available as a podcast!
Add the NLS2006 podcast with enclosures to your RSS reader, iTunes or podcast software to get started.
This podcast is a first for NLS and a first for ALIA conferences. Thanks to the venue who made it possible, and the speakers for being willing […]
If you went to NLS2006, and you’re inspired, and you love being a librarian, what now? Strike while the iron’s hot, and get involved right now!
What I love about NLS, as I said to a few people over the weekend, is that I’ve been able to plot career milestones and decisions against it. At NLS1, […]
NLS2006 programme summary
Published by December 5th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia and nls2006. 1 CommentOne of the big goals we had with NLS2006 was to take all the great things about NLS2, like peer presentations, and see how far we could run with them. We ended up with 25 peer sessions, most by newgrads and many first-time presenters, three keynotes and three plenary sessions (the debate, leadership panel, and […]
NLS2006 wrapup
Published by December 4th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia, nls2006 and blogs. 10 CommentsI’m sure I will have many things to write about NLS2006 over the coming days but to start: thank you to everyone who was involved - to the co-convenors Alyson and Adrianne, fellow committee members, Liz Baker for assisting with programme, venue staff, ALIA national office, all the sponsors, Kate Sinclair, all the speakers, and […]
Australian Library 2.0 Unconference
Published by November 25th, 2006 in Conferences and Australia. 0 CommentsI really wish I could go to this: Library 2.0 Unconference in Melbourne [via LibrariesInteract], March 2 2007:
You would have come across the idea of Library 2.0 / Web 2.0 and
perhaps you are interested to know more about it and how it might be
applied to your library service. Now is your chance to not just […]
Life after NLS2006
Published by November 25th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia and nls2006. 3 CommentsIt seems a little perverse to be thinking about what I’ll be doing after NLS2006 when the conference doesn’t happen until next week, but it’s something that a few of us on the committee have been discussing.
The first step will be to write about our experience, in the hope that the work we’ve done in […]
