Oct 20th, 2007
by pollyalida.
The New York Library Association’s Ethnic Services Roundtable held a Diversity Fair today. Organized by Zahra Baird, there were poster sessions highlighting library services to diverse communities. My poster was on using 2.0 tools to reach out to communities online. I had a steady stream of visitors and some great conversations. Links to everything (and [...]
Oct 20th, 2007
by pollyalida.
NYLA 2007 is almost over. One more day of programs. It’s been a terrific conference. Lots of good programs and events. Met tons of interesting people, met up with lots of friends, enjoyed some good food (alas, no wings). Next week, I’ll add more info on the sessions I attended.
Oct 18th, 2007
by pollyalida.
Just did a quick “nyla 2007″ search for presentations, blog posts, photos, links – anything about the conference. I was pleased to find some of the presentation slides already posted to SlideShare.net Currently there are slides for: Developing Consumer Health Information Services in Public Libraries (Christine McDonald, Guinevere Forshey) Tag it! Social Bookmarking and Tagging [...]
Oct 18th, 2007
by pollyalida.
Jill Hurst-Wahl presented a full day session on social networking tools at the New York Library Association meeting. She filled presented all sorts of terrific ideas for using social networking tools in libraries and answered many interesting questions from the participants. She encouraged everyone to experiment with the tools and consider how they might help [...]
Oct 16th, 2007
by pollyalida.
The New York Library Association annual meeting begins tomorrow in Buffalo. The schedule is full of interesting meeting topics this year. Tomorrow I’ll be attending Jill Hurst-Wahl’s full day workshop on social networking tools. She’s a great speaker, so I know that will be a terrific day. Other programs I hope to get to include: [...]