Incoming ALA Committee Chair Orientation Hilton N. O. Riverside — Napoleon BR Thursday 6/22/06 Put on by ALA OTLD with a very nice buffet. Not very many new ALA committee chairs were able to make it, which is too bad as the food was good and the ideas shared were good (some common sense, others insightful). The ALA Parliamentarian, Eli Mena, presented tips on meeting process and conflict avoidance/deflection/resolution. A lot of common sense, all really good to remember, and great soundbytes – including: “Committee work should be like a canoe…” For details see: Annual 06 – Incoming ALA Committee Chair Orientation Not sure about the potential faux pas I’m possibly committing (self-link love); but double posting the content seems silly.
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Welcome to the LITA Blog Room (MCC 274)
Ran into the MCC staff who set up the room this morning on arrival. Nice pair of competent geeks, I approve. I’ve been mentioning the existence of the room to folks at programs and meetings already, watchout, we may see some Martians (RUSA–MARS) and NMRT folks or maybe more, since Michelle said she was Word-of-Mouthing the room as well. Anywho, drop a note when you get here – or leave a question, Enquiring minds want to know! –Aaron :-)’
ETIG Program in the Big Easy: Audio Book 3.0 – The convergence of the mobile media lifestyle platform
This program will be held on Monday, June 26 from 8:00AM – 11AM in Rooms 340-341 at the (MCC) Morial Convention Center. ————————————————————————————————— Please Forward to anyone you know will be attending and would have an interest in this program!!! ————————————————————————————————— Please join the LITA Emerging Technology Interest Group for a product presentations, a panel discussion and an interactive question and answer session. The session title. Audio Book 3.0 – The convergence of the mobile media lifestyle platform. ( Please note this title on the program differs slightly, being named Ebook 3.0… While there will be a number of issues raised in the session regarding the way audio books and ebooks are also converging my original focus on ebooks 3.0 appears to be “bleeding edge” at this point and not just yet fully emerging. After extensive discussions with Sony, Apple, iRex and many others the newest push for eInk based…
Introduction and Welcome to Chicago (Pt. 1 Entertainment)
So much is happening in Chicago during ALA that you’d think it was a conspiracy to befuddle the out-of-towners. Do not despair! In my role as social butterfly, I have taken it upon myself (and the LITA Blog authorities have given me access!) to try and help you make sense of this embarrassment of riches. Of course, you’ll be spending most of your time at the conference. Nevertheless, you’ll hopefully still have opportunities to step out and sample life in the Windy City. The first thing you should do is pick up a copy of the Chicago Reader. This is our alternative weekly and it lists within seven days more things than a normal person could do in a whole year. If you dip into it, you’ll find that the “Big” event during ALA is Taste of Chicago. The “Taste” as they call it in these parts, takes place in…