Comments on: ALA Annual 2007 - The Ultimate Debate

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:45:08 +0000

Thanks for posting the podcasts, like Karin said above, it is a great way to keep up for people that can’t travel down to see it in person

By: nirak.net - Musings of an LIS Student » Breaking the cycle - Libraries and their websites.

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:51:50 +0000

[...] the “Do Libraries Innovate” debate at ALA, one of the points that Stephen Abram brought up (about 11 minutes in, if you [...]

By: nirak.net - Musings of an LIS Student » More on Library Job Stuff

nirak.net - Musings of an LIS Student » More on Library Job Stuff — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:57:19 +0000

[...] my job prospects. I was mulling this over in my head when I listened to the podcast from “The Ultimate Debate” (watch out for microphone squeals- there’s three of them) in which Joseph Janes and [...]

By: ALA’s 2007 Annual Conference « Information Obliteracy

ALA’s 2007 Annual Conference « Information Obliteracy — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:27:46 +0000

[...] I also we went to the Do Libraries Innovate? session. I have to admit, I was hoping for a livelier session. For the most part everybody was on the same page - although, I’m not sure what page that was. Something that was glossed over - and I wish had been addressed was the role of either Library (and Information Science) Schools or the vendors in innovation. There was a little bit of finger-pointing in both of those directions, but nothing ever heated to the point of what I would call “debate” as the program had been billed. Joe Janes did mention that fewer application essays focus on how the applicant likes to curl up with a good book - and made a point of how he didn’t work at a library school anyway - it’s an “Information School”. Both of which duck the question of whether library schools are graduating the kind of students that are going to make libraries innovative. You can hear the podcast over at LITA. [...]

By: eLearning Service » Blog Archive » Library innovation podcast; Web 2.0 debate

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:36:27 +0000

[...] A popular program at the 2007 American Library Association (ALA) Annual conference is now a podcast on the blog of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of [...]

By: Karin Dalziel

Karin Dalziel — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:31:16 +0000

The sound quality here really is nice- anyone have any info on the equipment used?

By: Winona Salesky

Winona Salesky — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:04:53 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for posting the podcasts. I was not at ALA, and have found these a great way to keep up.