WA Secretary of State Blogs

WSL Updates for November 24, 2010

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 Posted in For Libraries, Grants and Funding, News, Training and Continuing Education, Updates | Comments Off on WSL Updates for November 24, 2010


Volume 6, November 24, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FACT SHEETS RELEASED

2) MISSING NEWSPAPER ISSUES

3) STEPHEN ABRAMS – LIBRARIES AT THE TIPPING POINT

4) LAURA BUSH GRANT PROVIDES BOOKS FOR K-12 LIBRARIES

5) GETTING READY IN INDIAN COUNTRY

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Read the rest of this entry »

Internet Librarian, Day 4 – Wednesday, Oct 28 2009 – #IL2009

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Articles, For Libraries, Technology and Resources, Training and Continuing Education | Comments Off on Internet Librarian, Day 4 – Wednesday, Oct 28 2009 – #IL2009


image Day 4 of the conference started with another great keynote: a panel of two high school students and one college student talking about how they view technology, education, and their own research habits. Some of my favorite sessions happened on the last day. I loved some of the comments that the teen panel made, particularly when the guy from high school said that in the future technology will make our leaves easier [and better], but ONLY if we use it in the right way. I got to attend my first Pecha Kucha session, too, which was neat (20 slides per presenter, 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present).

  • Keynote: Growing and Grown-Up Digital: Net-Gen Speaks
    Facilitated by Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix
  • Mashups for Library Data
    Nicole Engard, Director of Open Source Solutions, ByWater Solutions
  • Technology: The Engine Driving Pop Culture-Savvy Libraries or Source of Overload?
    Elizabeth Burns, Pop Goes the Library ; Sarah Houghton-Jan, LibrarianInBlack.net
  • Pecha Kucha: Innovative Practices
    Amy Affelt, Nicole Hennig, Steve Harris, Matt Hamilton

Other IL posts: Index | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

Full session notes available after the cut.

Read the rest of this entry »