Ah, good ol’ Kansas! It’s cold, gray and rainy, just like October should be. The perfect weather to reflect upon my first professional, out of state, big-time conference. Not counting the keynote speech from J.A. Jance (which was interesting, funny and surreal), I started the conference off listening to Paul Miller from Talis talk about [...]
Karen G. Schneider wasn’t at Internet Librarian, so I still haven’t gotten a chance to meet her in person. That makes me sad. But she made a video and posted it on YouTube, sending a greeting to a bunch of IL bloggers, including myself! That makes me very happy.
I’m getting ready to check out of my motel and head off to the airport. My time here in Monterey has been fantastic. So many good conference sessions, so many good conversations, so many interesting and enthusiastic and clever people met. I changed my page on the IL2006 wiki to show what sessions I attended [...]
If nothing else, coming to Monterey for Internet Librarian was worth it to sit in a pub and hear Stephen Abram‘s story of attending a library conference in the same building as a porn convention. And to participate in an emotional, energetic, alcohol-fueled discussion with Stephen and some fellow young librarians about libraries, librarians, and [...]
My time here at Internet Librarian has been toetappingly fantastic. My head is all a’buzz with theories and practical things to do. Rather than long posts trying to sum everything up, I’ll be making shorter posts about the stuff I’ve heard and done and been thinking about. EDIT: Okay, so I changed my mind and [...]
Getting up at 5 in the morning to drive across the Greater Kansas City Metro Area to the airport is about as much fun as it sounds. It was a pleasant surprise to find that Liz, erstwhile NEKLS techie, was on the same flight as me, so I now had a travel buddy. Travelling is [...]
I’ve arrived safe and sound in Monterey. And my motel has free wireless! So, expect more blogging about my trip here and my experiences at my first Internet Librarian conference. But right now, I need a bit of a break. I’m tired!
In the dead of night, the signal goes out: “Calling all agents! Calling all agents!” Assuming that my sinuses don’t explode on the flight to Monterey (which would be scads of fun for everyone seated in my general vicinity), I should be arriving in California just after noon. If anyone would like to get in [...]
One week from today, I’ll be winging my way to Monterey for Internet Librarian. Boy, am I excited! And boy, am I glad today’s not the day I go, because a nasty cold has jumped on me like Jet Li. My head is stuffier than the 1926 graduating class of Harvard. Ugh. EDIT: You can [...]
Thanks to Jane Eyre 2.0, I now have a room reserved for IL06, at a fraction of what I had originally planned to pay. And it’s not even a mile away from the conference! I love it when a plan comes together…
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