ALA snuck up on me this year, despite falling later on the calendar. This year is also a big one for me, as I had a pre-conference, discussion group, and a book-signing on my calendar.
Kaeley McMahan (my pre-conference co-presenter) and I flew in and are rooming together. It’s a first for me to have planned [...]
Hope for ALA pt 1/3: ALA/LITA Elections
Hope for ALA pt 2/3: Why I Love ALA Connect
After attending ACRL (for the first time), I think there’s something to talk about there, too.
ACRL was a cosponsor of the first virtual conference I ever attended. That was three years ago, and it seems like every year since then, [...]
So, I had this vision of Midwinter. I would do what I used to do, and write up a thorough post of every meeting I attended. I would include lots of links and my own thoughts on the content. I would write these posts in sessions and get them online before the meeting even adjourned.
But [...]
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Posted 26 January 2009
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Also tagged: ala, alamw09, chairs, clene, distance learning, DLIG, EL, emerging leaders, ig, interest group, lita, oer, open educational resources, reception, SPARC, twitter
Whew! What a whirlwind! I missed participating in one afternoon session due to a face-to-face meeting and then I gave my first-ever 60 minute webcast. That is totally exhausting! The timing is very different, the lack of non-verbal communication impacted me more than I expected, and in general it was a lot like giving [...]
Meg Scharf, University of Central Florida
Elizabeth Killingsworth, University of Central Florida
Question w/in the organization: How do I move up within the organization? Elizabeth as a case study for this.
Spent a while teasing out authority, power, and influence with audience participation in the discussion.
Power often deals with resources, so not everyone can have that. But [...]
