Techsource post: Let’s go camping!
// October 4th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Conferences, U2, librarians
I am very sad not to get to attend and speak at Internet Librarian this year. I will miss seeing all my library technology friends in beautiful Monterey. Perhaps most of all, I’ll miss the first unconference event at IL, which will be deftly and awesomely hosted by Amy Buckland and Jenica Rogers. Read more at ALA Techsource:
Internet Librarian and Computers in Libraries are two of my favorite library technology conferences. All of the programming focuses on the application of technology in libraries, they have great keynote speakers, and feature shorter “Cybertour” presentations in the exhibit hall–quick, 15-minute introductions to whet attendees’ appetites. This year, the organizers of Internet Librarian are trying something new and different: before the conference begins, attendees and anyone else who signs up on the wiki have a chance to attend LibCamp Monterey, a half-day “unconference” on library technology. I had the opportunity to catch up recently with organizer Amy Buckland about LibCamp and what attendees can expect. She and co-facilitator Jenica Rogers are very excited about the event.
On a personal note, the reason I’m not able to attend is that I’ll be attending and taking photos at the wedding of one of my best friends in the world, Ellen Fauver. Ellen and I met on a plane in 2001; I was on the way to San Antonio for SLA, and she was on her way to Florida to grade AP English exams. We each mistook the other one of our own: her things were stuffed into a canvas tote bag, and I was carrying Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. We’ve been fast friends ever since. (Didn’t hurt that she was wearing a U2 shirt; also on that weekend, we’ll see U2 in LA, our fifth show together.)
