When my alarm went off at 6:15 a.m. on the last day of the conference, I was sorry that I’d agreed to cover the Closing General Session that started at 8. But when Steve Lopez finished talking ...
The Association of College & Research Libraries (better known as ACRL) held its President’s Program in the Hilton Chicago on Monday afternoon. After awards fanfare, the program turned to the...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/14/advocacy-guru-stephanie-vance/
The Sunday afternoon Media Relations Training was a worthwhile event for any library employee who wanted to know more about how to get the media’s attention, score some coverage, and deliver th...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/13/good-advice-from-the-media-man/
The annual Swap & Shop is where savvy marketers go to get examples of what their colleagues have been producing as far as brochures, annual reports, giveaways, and other promotional products. It�...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/12/the-swap-shop-always-draws-a-crowd/
Once the Opening session got down to business, ALA President Jim Rettig took the stage. He mentioned a number of initiatives of this year’s show, including Friday’s Unconference, 10 ...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/12/once-the-opening-general-session-got-underway/
I got to the Opening General Session early and was met by a stage that was more dramatic than it had been in years past. A wavy background had colors projected on it, and it was glowing an eerie ...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/12/as-the-opening-general-session-began/
I was especially interested in the session titled Partnering With Service Organizations, since I give talks about community partnerships. This LLAMA PRMS session revealed some of the inner workin...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/11/how-service-organizations-can-assist-libraries/
I started my Saturday with a good session called Targeted Marketing: Hitting the Bull’s Eye, which was sponsored by PLA. (Nod to earlier post on Alphabet Soup: this one stands for Public ...
It’s been barely 2 weeks since the Infotoday bloggers said goodbye at the end of SLA’s Annual Conference in DC. Yet it’s time to start up again, this time for ALA’s Annual in Chicago. ...
https://www.libconf.com/2009/07/08/hit-the-ground-and-boopsie/