Patricia Cia asked that people post here what we may have posted about the conference elsewhere. Below are links to blog posts I did about the conference. What struck me about the conference?
- 5,856 attendees from 30 countries. The largest number of conference attendees in six years. In a down economy, it was heartening to see that people valued coming to the conference and found ways to make it happen.
- Excellent keynote speakers who understood and talked about the value of information. It was thrilling to see the diversity among our keynotes speakers!
- Sessions where I learned from the presenters as well as from the audience.
- Great conversations during the unconference sessions. I helped to facilitate unconference session #3 and was very pleased with the interaction. (notes) Attendees really valued time for conversations like this.
- A wonderful location near historic places and beautiful architecture.
- Realization that we all need to understand the Alignment Project and its results. The results are meant to help us as librarians and information professionals to position ourselves as well as position the Association. As part of the Association’s repositioning, a name change will again be proposed. The potential name change idea when immediately into the spotlight and may have forced other aspects of the Alignment Project into the shadows. Gloria Zamora and Janice LaChance announced at the SLA Second Life Unconference session on Thursday that a vote is anticipated before year’s end. (Note from the in-world unconference session will be posted here.)
The 2010 annual conference will be in New Orleans on June 13 – 16. Start planning now to be there!
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