If you're an OLA member, you might have received a copy of the 2007 SuperConference program in the mail today. If not, FIMS alum, Jennifer Cyr (aka Canuck Librarian) has a link to the conference program on her blog as well as some thoughts (Jen's on the conference planning committee.)I was able to attend for […]
Our genealogy class got out early today so that people could either work on assignments, do research or come down to LPL to vist the “London Room”, the library's local history room. I'd seen the room briefly during our LPL tour in Public Libraries class but had a couple hours to kill before I had […]
LPL recently, and without much fanfare, switched from sending out overdue notices a week (!) after a book came due to sending a notice two days in advance of your books coming due. It's a small change, very easy to do with ILS software these days apparently, but one that shows that even in a […]
If you haven't come across the book, “Revolting Librarians Redux” yet, you really owe it to yourself to pick up a copy. It's got a huge range of essays (plus poems, cartoons and more) on all manner of library-related topics. If nothing else, the Appendix linking different types of librarians to their star signs is […]
Just reading the CLA Bulletin and it sounds like they'll post speaker's presentations as they receive them (although that's currently a non-existent link so who knows?) But anyhow, if something shows up there, one of my complaints will have been unfounded (though I'd still love to see full video streams of all the sessions – […]
These are my notes from probably the best session I attended at CLA (okay, it tied with Michael Geist's session on copyright but those were two totally different things. Or were they?) To put it in perspective, I wrote maybe a page in my notebook at most sessions I attended. I took six pages at […]
[2008-03-21 – Holly is a classmate who I think posted her impressions on our class's private Yahoo! group and who gave me permission to reprint them here.] The good:Sessions – “Is one stop shopping all we dreamed it would be? The Single search interface in action”This was great, it was a LAC librarian and two […]
Access Copyright's “Captain Copyright” campaign raised some hackles at CLA and had a few of us subverting the promotional materials that Access Copyright had at their booth by modifying the stickers they were giving out… For anyone who doesn't know, Captain Copyright is a character created by Access Copyright to promote copyright to students and […]
Bloglines Search Result for “Canadian Library Association” A couple favourites from the above list of results…Summary of Stephen and Avi Lewis Opening Keynote Presentation(via the Green Kangaroo) Dumb Things I Have Done So Far at CLA(via Inspyration) Why The CLA Should Have Their 2010 Conference in Whitehorse(via Laurie the Librarian) …and the CLA conference in […]
Am I ever going to do a post where I'm happy about something instead of suggesting how to change and improve it? (Probably not…) Obviously these suggestions come heavily from the perspective of a student and a first-time CLA attendee. Twelve Ways To Improve The CLA Conference1. Don't charge students to attend 2. Don't have […]
