Social media meetup at #sla2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Join the Communications & Social Media section, as well as the Webmaster section on Monday, June 14th, around 5:30pm at Felipe's Taqueria in the French Quarter. There is no reservation for the group - but I'm sure you'll be able to find us (we'll be the boisterous group talking abou.. .. read more..
SLA 2010 Virtual Conference
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Not able to go to New Orleans in June? You can still participate in SLA 2010's two general sessions and ten spotlight sessions in real time. The registration fee for the Virtual Conference is only $200, and if you register by June 4 using the special promotional code you will save.. .. read more..
Reminder: Extended Deadline for the 2010 Grieg Aspnes Outstanding Member Award -..
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Here's a reminder for the nominations for the 2010 Outstanding Grieg Aspnes Outstanding Member Award. Our deadline has been extended till May 7, 2010 . For details, please read here . .. read more..
Twitter\'s Entire Archive Headed to the Library of Congress
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The Library of Congress announced it this morning: they are acquiring all the public Twitter archives . More details to follow. Way to celebrate Library Week! .. read more..
The 2010 Grieg Aspnes Outstanding Member Award - Call for nominations
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
WHAT: The IT Division of SLA is now accepting nominations/applications for the Grieg Aspnes Outstanding Member Award. The IT Executive Board would like to recognize a member's outstanding efforts on behalf of the IT Division. Do you know someone whose contributions to the Division should be rec.. .. read more..
Mobile Multitouch UIs and the Library
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The latest gadget people are frothing over/poo-pooing is Apple's iPad , a 9.7\" screen tablet device which is not available for purchase yet. Regardless of what you think of that specific tablet, a number of vendors are coming out with multi-touch tablet devices and Windows 7 does support multi-.. .. read more..
Seth Godin & the future of the library
Monday, January 11, 2010
Seth Godin discusses libraries in a recent post. I'm still sorting out my response (initially it was a lot of OH COME ON NOW - I seem to be calming down) but thought I'd bring both Seth's post, and a great response written by SLA member Sarah Glassmeyer to your attention. Here's a s.. .. read more..
SLA IT: Joe Ann Clifton Student Award 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Submissions are now being accepted for the Joe Ann Clifton Student Award 2010 from the IT Division of SLA. This award is intended to promote participation in the SLA Annual Conference by an exceptional library science student. The recipient of this award will receive: * Student membership in SLA fo.. .. read more..
SLA Twitter Accounts
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Somehow I missed the announcement nearly a year ago that SLA had a Twitter directory on the SLA Wiki. Only members can access the pages, but they list both individual SLA members and their twitter IDs and twitter IDs for groups/divisions/sections/etc within SLA. You can see the lists here: h.. .. read more..
A Day in the Life of ... the Internet!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
This diagram has been circulating around the web - and puts some numbers to the actions occurring on the Internet daily. Created by OnlineEducation.net .. read more..