What the Hack event in PA
I’ll be speaking at a PaLA event later this month with Stephen Cohen. We’ll be talking about hacking your library and your life.
What the Hack?!? Essential Library & Life Hacks
When: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Where: St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
Nicole Engard – Library Hacks
It’s no longer enough to point students to the library at orientation and assume that they’re going to come in when they have research to do. They are expecting digital, efficient and free content at their fingertips, so how do we remain relevant? This session will introduce academic librarians to several tools to ‘hack’ your library and make it meet the needs of today’s students. You will leave with a toolbox of resources for little or no cost and tips on how to integrate these new ways of delivering and receiving information.
Nicole is the Open Source Evangelist at LibLime, where she directs the company’s open source education endeavors. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole has published articles in several library journals and keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website What I Learned Today… In 2007, Nicole was named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers. In 2009 she was the editor of Library Mashups, a book published by Information Today, Inc.
Steven Cohen – Life Hacks
Knowledge is power. Learn how to stay current and up-to-date with the new and most exciting Web tools available. Steven will reveal which tools assist in making users, colleagues, and family members happy. From Firefox plug-ins to Web 2.0 startups to mashups to RSS tricks. Attendees will leave with an arsenal of information and applications for their individual productivity, personal organization, and work processes.
Steven is senior librarian at Law Library Management, Incorporated. He is the creator of the blog Library Stuff (published by Information Today) dedicated to keeping current and professional development for librarians, which has been live since August 2000. Cohen was one of 55 recipients of Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers award in 2004 and is the author of the book Keeping Current: Advanced Internet Strategies to Meet Librarian and Patron Needs, published by ALA in 2003.
If you’re in the area, learn more and register on the official site.
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