http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/ A bibliophile's musings on books, libraries, the world, life, and anything else that comes to mind Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-15333 Sarah Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:57:49 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-15333 Yes, but then the riffraff (i.e. front line library staff) could participate! And they'd take all of this talk about CHANGE to heart and buy into it . . . Yes, but then the riffraff (i.e. front line library staff) could participate! And they’d take all of this talk about CHANGE to heart and buy into it . . .

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-15331 WendyD Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:30:56 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-15331 Absolutely. In this supposed "high tech" profession based on communication and the dissemination of ideas, it's amazing that ALA not have a virtual meeting. And please, if/when this ever happens, make it ACCESSIBLE for all. Translation: low-bandwidth, friendly, cheap. Far worse than schlepping to an expensive conference for days is the idea of floating around with other people's avatars in Second Life. Ick. Absolutely. In this supposed “high tech” profession based on communication and the dissemination of ideas, it’s amazing that ALA not have a virtual meeting. And please, if/when this ever happens, make it ACCESSIBLE for all. Translation: low-bandwidth, friendly, cheap. Far worse than schlepping to an expensive conference for days is the idea of floating around with other people’s avatars in Second Life. Ick.

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14822 Adventures in Librarianship » Blog Archive » Of Internet Librarian and Conferences Virtual and Physical Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:40:18 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14822 [...] written 3 times on this subject recently, posts to be found here, here, and here), Meredith Farkas, Michelle Boule, and the other folks2 who have weighed in on the idea of virtual conferences (particularly in the [...] [...] written 3 times on this subject recently, posts to be found here, here, and here), Meredith Farkas, Michelle Boule, and the other folks2 who have weighed in on the idea of virtual conferences (particularly in the [...]

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14683 Walt Lessun Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:11:59 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14683 This old fart endorses the virtual conference idea. If ALA can't pull it off, the TCC folks at http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2008/tcc/welcome.html can (they hold a global conference every year at a reasonable cost) This old fart endorses the virtual conference idea. If ALA can’t pull it off, the TCC folks at http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2008/tcc/welcome.html can (they hold a global conference every year at a reasonable cost)

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14632 K.G. Schneider Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:42:18 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14632 Sent to delicious with the new improveala tag. Sent to delicious with the new improveala tag.

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14590 Pattern Recognition » Blog Archive » Michelle chimes in Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:21:47 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/11/14/ala-you-now-have-no-excuses/#comment-14590 [...] a follow up to my much-too-long post, Michelle lays it out for ALA: Bless your heart ALA, we love you, but you really need to consider these things. Seriously. And [...] [...] a follow up to my much-too-long post, Michelle lays it out for ALA: Bless your heart ALA, we love you, but you really need to consider these things. Seriously. And [...]

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