A Wandering Eyre

(I said Friday for big news, but I suppose I am unable to read calendars. This is the big announcement. Enjoy.)
People fear and worry about the unknown.
The PTB, Powers That Be, in most organizations perpetuate fear by having closed meetings, by distributing meeting minutes that have no substance, hiding or disguising the way decisions are [...]

The not so good bits being two things I did not see but heard a lot about about one thing for which I was present and accounted for.
Most of my complaints about ALA Midwinter are about things having to do with the division in which I spend most of my time: LITA. As we say [...]

Lauren Pressley is LITA’s new Emerging Leader. Hooray. I hope the second crop does some fun and exciting things.
–Jane, counts herself as fully emerged

The Future is Not Out of Reach: Change, Library 2.0, and Emerging Trends
Change affects each of us in different ways. Sometimes libraries change like turtles. We are the lucky ones. LITA, the techno geeks.
Social networking has been taking off in the last 2 years. Our patrons are using things like YouTube, but not all [...]

Today started a string of travel for me. I am in Denver until Sunday to attend LITA Forum. I will be giving two talks:
David and Goliath take on Social Tools and Learning 2.0 on a Dime.
Monday, I leave Denver for Virginia Beach to talk to the public library there about Web 2.0 and how [...]

I am on an ALA LITA Committee that is trying to design a better technology conference. We want to know what you liked, did not like, or would like to see at a technology conference in the future.
If you have ever attended a technology preconference, session, conference, or you simply have an opinion, please take [...]

Window of Books

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This Annual can be summarized by two things for me: not enough sleep and meetings. Not enough sleep is my own fault for enjoying the company I keep overmuch, but I am not too sad about that. I was [...]

My ALA posts are coming in late because I was so happy to be home with Mr. Rochester and my slobbery puppy, that I ignored all else for a few days. It was heaven.
The big buzz at Annual was a little program that could, The Social Software Showcase. My goal for this new program was [...]

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Jason and Karen have already posted their thoughts on why we, BIGWIG leadership, chose to plan a program for ALA Annual outside of the normal operating procedure. It all started over pizza and beer the last night of ALA Midwinter.
Program planning that requires a topic set a year in advance automatically ensures [...]

Memorial Day Weekend was very soggy in Texas. Fortunately for me, most of my planned activities translated well to the covered porch at the family lakehouse. I was not able to get sunburned or swim, but that can be savored another time.
Last week, after completing my third meeting over chat, I came to the conclusion [...]