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What I Learned at ALA MW

Nicole — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:51:17 +0000

Now listen closely – this is the key to ALA Midwinter – there is more freebies than you’ll know what to do with

I saw librarians being weighed down with so many bags, posters, goodies, books, and more it was insane! At the LibLime booth the freebie was a ‡biblios.net bag and when we ran out you would have thought that it was the end of the world. If you were one of those people who wanted a bag, but didn’t get one, you can get one at our CafePress store.

As for me, I got some neat laptop stickers and way too many free books I just couldn’t pass them up – how do you miss out on free books? I can’t wait to read all of these new (to me) authors. I’m actually excited about ALA Annual cause I can’t imagine how many more books I can get there hehe

Anyway, if you go to ALA, make sure you walk the entire exhibit floor – you never know what you’re going to get!!

For those who wanted an insightful, what I learned post from me about ALA Midwinter – remember that I spent almost all of my time on the exhibit floor this year – so that’s about all I can share with you

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Come see me at ALA Midwinter

Nicole — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:59:23 +0000

On Weds I fly to Denver for my first ALA Midwinter. I will be in the LibLime booth #722 for most of the time, plus I’ll be speaking in the booth and outside of the booth. Here’s my schedule:

SATURDAY, January 24th

10:30- 12:00 NOON
Sheraton Hotel, Gold
Serials Management in Koha’s open-source library software.
Presenter: Nicole C. Engard, Open Source Evangelist LibLime

The presentation will help you understand what open source is all about and show you how the Koha open-source automation system cannot only handle your serials in the library catalog, but provide better services to your patrons.

ALA Midwinter program sponsored by the ALA ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group. (E-Journals All Around: in the Catalog, the Knowledgebase, and the Web)
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Room: Altitude
KUDOS (KOHA Users and Developers of Open Source) Meeting

NOTE: This is for users of Koha only. Libraries who are interested in Koha, but have not yet signed a contract with a support provider or implemented Koha on their own, should attend the Koha Interest Group Meeting– see below.
3:30 – 5:30 PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Room: Altitude
Koha Interest Group Meeting

SUNDAY, January 25th

3:00 PM – Open-Source Technical Services Tools
LibLime Booth #722
Presenter: Nicole C. Engard, Open Source Evangelist LibLime

MONDAY, January 26th

9:30 AM – Koha ZOOM Staff Client Demo
LibLime Booth #722
Presenter: Nicole C. Engard, Open Source Evangelist LibLime

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ALA Recommends IE?

Nicole — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:18:47 +0000

I just read my latest issue of American Libraries Online Direct and found out that the ALA MidWinter Meeting Itinerary Planner and Messaging System is now up and ready for use. Only one problem … apparently this site is best viewed in Internet Explorer.

No librarians that I know use Internet Explorer … not unless they’re forced to by their IT staff … so why the heck isn’t this page optimized for Firefox?? Come on people!! Did we learn nothing from the huge security warning we got last week about Internet Explorer? It’s time to make the switch!!

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