While I’ll miss this one, lots of folks from Florida will be attending. Bobby Parker (from UF) is on the conference planning committee and this should be a great conference for everyone working on ETDs. Conference Announcement The USETDA 2011 Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce registration is now open at the ultra-low...
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HASTAC 2011 International Conference
Announcement Below: The HASTAC 2011 International Conference has been rescheduled. It will now be held December 2-3, 2011. Our HASTAC network at the University of Michigan, led by our Steering Committee member Daniel Herwitz, and with regional assistance from SC member Julie Klein (Wayne State), has been meeting to plan for next year’s HASTAC...
Electronic Literature Organization Conference
Normally, I try not to editorialize much on news releases, but ELO folks are doing great research in a great scholarly community. Not only is the research cutting edge, theoretically exciting, and critically needed, the ELO community is vibrant and friendly. Sadly, I always seem to have conflicts with ELO Conferences. I wish I...
ALA Midwinter
Along with thousands of other folks working in or around libraries and information services, I’ll be in Denver this weekend of the ALA Midwinter conference. ALA will have lots of great presentations and great folks who have lots to information to share! Jan. 25, update: I came down with the flu the flu on...
CFP: World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Council
CALL FOR PAPERS: World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Council “Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage” 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy Deadline Extended to 15 January 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS The IFLA annual congress provides an opportunity to present library research and outcomes in Information Technology and Innovation in...
Collection Development/Resource Sharing Conference (CDRS) March 26-27, 2009 in Tallahassee
Collection Development/Resource Sharing (CDRS) Conference, March 26-27, 2009 Florida State University Alumni Center; Tallahassee, Florida Information about the CDRS conference is available online and below. Call for Proposals Florida State University and the Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN) are co-sponsoring a two day event that is based on the Janus Challenges. The Steering Committee...
ALA, Bioactive, and More!
On Monday morning, Val Davis (from the University of Florida Marston Science Library) and I presented on “Bioactive: A Library Game” (currently online here) that several UF librarians made as an alternative to the standard 40 minute library intro tutorial to increase student engagement with the actual work of learning about using library resources....
OCLC Microfilm to Digitization Roadshow
I’m at ALA (still today and through some of tomorrow before a red eye flight home) and this morning I attended and presented within the OCLC Sponsored “Microfilm to Digitization Roadshow.” This included presentations from Kelly Barrall and Joan DaShiel on the ins and outs of their microfilm and microfilm digitization processing and Katherine...
Print on Demand (POD) for Libraries, from ALA/ALCTS/PARS
“Staying Alive: Books through Print on Demand Technology,” an ALA/ALCTS/PARS Program (Saturday, June 29, 2008, ACC Room 304a-b) Presenters include: Brian from Bridgeport National Bindery Lynne Terhune, Wiley & Sons, Print on Demand Beth, New York Public Library, head of access, espresso book machine University Conservator from the University of Iowa, and that will...
ALA Annual Conference 2008
The ALA Annual Conference begins tomorrow in Anaheim. I’ve been too busy to put together my schedule thus far, but I’ll soon have my days planned out and I’ll add them here. In case anyone else is still reading and re-reading the schedules (and for my own quick reference), LITA has a quick list...