Comments on: Hope for ALA pt 2/3 (or: Why I love ALA Connect) http://laurenpressley.com/library/2009/03/hope-for-ala-pt-23-or-why-i-love-ala-connect/ reading, thinking, and experimenting with the future of libraries, education, and information Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:40:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lauren pressley http://laurenpressley.com/library/2009/03/hope-for-ala-pt-23-or-why-i-love-ala-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-17900 lauren pressley Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:50:51 +0000 http://laurenpressley.com/library/?p=848#comment-17900 Hi Joan... I'm glad you'll give it a try... add me as a friend! :) I think you're right.... it's still in the early days. We should look into how to create groups... it would be nice to pull together the early adopters in some way! Hi Joan… I’m glad you’ll give it a try… add me as a friend! :)

I think you’re right…. it’s still in the early days. We should look into how to create groups… it would be nice to pull together the early adopters in some way!

]]> By: joan http://laurenpressley.com/library/2009/03/hope-for-ala-pt-23-or-why-i-love-ala-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-17896 joan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:49:16 +0000 http://laurenpressley.com/library/?p=848#comment-17896 I'm giving ALA Connect a try. Since I'm overseas, I'm always looking for good ways to connect with other librarians, especially those whom I know but not necessarily well enough to friend on Facebook, and those who aren't already on Twitter. I'm not sure who is in the database though--is it current ALA members? I searched for a few folks, and I found two out of eight. I also stumbled over deciding how to label people--and how this will matter eventually. There are several people I think of as friends who are also former colleagues or classmates. I was surprised not to find any groups connected to instruction, nor to individual LS programs. I guess these things will evolve with time, but right now it has so few people that it'd be great to see an early adopters group, just to get things going. I’m giving ALA Connect a try. Since I’m overseas, I’m always looking for good ways to connect with other librarians, especially those whom I know but not necessarily well enough to friend on Facebook, and those who aren’t already on Twitter.

I’m not sure who is in the database though–is it current ALA members? I searched for a few folks, and I found two out of eight. I also stumbled over deciding how to label people–and how this will matter eventually. There are several people I think of as friends who are also former colleagues or classmates.

I was surprised not to find any groups connected to instruction, nor to individual LS programs.

I guess these things will evolve with time, but right now it has so few people that it’d be great to see an early adopters group, just to get things going.

]]> By: Jenny Levine http://laurenpressley.com/library/2009/03/hope-for-ala-pt-23-or-why-i-love-ala-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-17892 Jenny Levine Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:19:01 +0000 http://laurenpressley.com/library/?p=848#comment-17892 Thanks, Lauren. I'm glad you like Connect so far. We're pretty excited about it ourselves, and we're eager to get feedback and see how folks use the site. :) Thanks, Lauren. I’m glad you like Connect so far. We’re pretty excited about it ourselves, and we’re eager to get feedback and see how folks use the site. :)

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