First thing on Saturday, I attended the
ASCLA Board Meeting. Since I am standing for election as President, I figured
that it would be good to show up, and see who is currently on the Board, and
meet those whom I do not already know. As a bonus, I got to hear two of the ALA
Presidential candidates. After the business part of the meeting, the Board
began a discussion related to the developing new ALA Strategic Plan. I had to
leave to go to other events.
I briefly attended the beginning of the Digital
Inclusion Survey: Update. Since I serve on the Advisory Committee, I did not
stay because I
- Had heard some of the info before and
- Knew I would hear more at the committee meeting.
I briefly attended the discussion which
was preparation for the RUSA President’s program at Annual. That will be a
presentation by dana boyd and discussion of her new book It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (available
for free download at http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated).
I have now downloaded it to my phone (my first iBook), and have started reading
it.
Lunch turned out to be an interesting
vendor presentation. It was billed as “The Big ‘B’ - What branding can do for
your library” presented by Springer. There was some “content” followed by
presentations on how they are working with libraries in trying to apply some of
the concepts. Their campaign is called “Where do you library?”
The Digital Inclusion Survey Committee
Meeting may have been the last, and certainly was one of the last. We reviewed
a number of issues about the data collection and about the reports.
The ALA Presidential Candidates Forum
was an opportunity to hear all four of the candidates. I even had the opportunity
to ask a question!
Various receptions offered an
opportunity to meet with friends and make new ones. My evening ended at ALA-APA
Networking Reception. The Library Support Staff Certification Program is near
and dear to my heart. This was a chance to chat with some others who share this
passion and the staff who are the ones who actually make it all work.
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