ITI Bloggers March 17th, 2005
Will Richardson, supervisor of instructional technology at a high school in New Jersey, energized the Internet@Schools East conference with his rapid-fire keynote this morning. An evangelist for wikis, blogs and the read-write web where everyday people, including kids and teachers can create content, Richardson entertained and instructed—and challenged attendees to learn to use tools like these, plus RSS, audiocasting, and video and photo blogging in their classrooms.
Let kids create content, Richardson says, and how to find resources, link to them, and use to them—and they can probably do it better than we can, because they have “hypertext minds.”
Hear more from Will later this morning in CIL Session A202 (International Ballroom Center) at 11:30 a.m., where he’ll be talking about wikis and libraries.
Nancy Garman
Director, Conference Development
Information Today, Inc.
ngarman {at} infotoday(.)com
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ITI Bloggers March 17th, 2005
In just a few minutes two keynotes will be starting simultaneously at Computers in Libraries. Will Richardson is the opening act at Internet@Schools East as that conference kicks off this morning in the Lincoln Room, while Bruce James, the Public Printer of the United States keynotes the second day of CIL.
The Exhibit Hall opens again at 9:45 with coffee and 62 exhibitors ready to talk to you and demonstrate their wares. And just in case deciding which of the 4 conference tracks you want to attend isn’t enough of a choice, don’t forget to check out the 15-minute free Cybertours that begin in the Exhibit Hall at 11:00.
More reports and photos to come…
Nancy Garman
Director, Conference Development
Information Today, Inc.
ngarman {at} infotoday(.)com
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ITI Bloggers March 17th, 2005
I’m maxed out from a day of intense listening and networking—not to mention from laughing at tonight’s dead technologies session. But, as I wrap up for the night, I have some buzz words and trends echoing through my head.
E-mail is definitely on the dead or dying list for many of us, with RSS offering a more efficient method of getting information and keeping current. As Steven Cohen put it: “Information overload is a myth—you have control.” And RSS was one of his suggestions for controlling that information flow.
Mobile device delivery of information is hot and smart phones will increasingly be the device of choice over PDAs. Other trends to watch include federated search, XML, personalization, visualization, IM, wireless, and streaming media. Buzz words include interoperability, connectedness, collaboration, and integration. There’s plenty to think about.
Paula J. Hane
News Bureau Chief
Information Today, Inc.
www.infotoday.com
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ITI Bloggers March 17th, 2005
Blogger Michael Stephens (catch that cool shirt!), David King, and others look pretty alive at this evening’s Dead Technology session as moderator Scott Brandt raps his introductory remarks. Nancy Nelson just did a great retrospective, going way back when…many of the audience was still in high school. And now Kevin Dames is waving around Aaron Schmidt’s iPod Shuffle and talking about copyright… Do you agree or disagree when you click or buy software…?
Nancy Garman
Director, Conference Development
Information Today, Inc.
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ITI Bloggers March 17th, 2005
The hotel staff and the ITI meeting planner Stacey Sochacki with a cake celebrating the 20th anniversary—served at the reception in the exhibit hall this evening.
Tom Hogan Jr.
V.P., Marketing & Business Development
Information Today, Inc.
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ITI Bloggers March 16th, 2005
Two more of the CIL show bloggers, captured here in a wi-fi zone created just for those officially on blog detail.
Foreground: Nancy Garman, ITI’s Director of Conference Development, lead blogger for our CIL Show Daily blog, and genius behind the idea of tying our blog officially to the work of independent bloggers.
Background: Tara Calishain, author of one of those independent blogs. Check out Tara’s take on the conference on her ResearchBuzz Weblog by following the link at the top of this page.
Both Tara and Nancy were clearly enjoying the opportunity to blog free of wires, cords, and cables in our show-blogger hotspot.
(Me? Well my laptop is wireless, but I prefer to create in private. I’m up in my room coming at your over the hotel LAN. Who was it said that thing about old dogs and new tricks? Growl! Snarl! Bite! Heck, I sometimes even throw things in a temperamental creative moment.)
Dick Kaser
ITI, V.P., Content
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ITI Bloggers March 16th, 2005
Join us for a reception in the exhibit hall this evening from 5:00-5:45 p.m. to visit with exhibitors after your busy day attending conference sessions. Wine and cheese and hors d’oeurves will be served, plus cake to celebrate Computers in Libraries’ 20th anniversary!
Tom Hogan Jr.
V.P., Marketing & Business Development
Information Today, Inc.
thoganjr {at} infotoday(.)com
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ITI Bloggers March 16th, 2005
Posing for a shot to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Computers in Libraries conference this morning were some of the key folks who have made the conference happen.
From left to right: Nancy Melin Nelson (Clinton Community College), who organized the program for the show’s first 10 years; Marshal Breeding (Vanderbilt University) who has attended all 20 shows; Tom Hogan, Sr (CEO, Information Today) who has owned and operated the show for the past 10 years; and last (but certainly not least) Jane Dysart (Dysart & Jones Associates) who has planned the program for the past decade (and she’s still only 29!).
Dick Kaser
ITI V.P. Content
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ITI Bloggers March 16th, 2005
Did you know that when Tom Hogan, Publisher & President of Information Today heard about this evening session at his first CIL in 1996, he couldn’t believe it? Would librarians really want to spend their evening hearing what technologies our speakers thought were dead? He ordered two dozen cookies for the group. Hee hee hee!! They lasted about 20 seconds and he frantically ordered many dozens more to satisfy the curious audience.
Tomorrow night we again host an evening program, TechForum 2005: Looking at Dead & Emerging Technologies. This fun session takes an irreverent look at technology, but our audience always learns something and are extremely positive about this event on their evaluations of the conference. It’s a real adult entertainment event. Join our always amazing host, Scott Brandt, and his panel of experts, for some exciting fun and some enlightenment! It starts at 7:30 p.m. in the International Ballroom East.
Be there!
Jane Dysart
Program Chair, Computers in Libraries 2005
Dysart & Jones Associates
www.dysartjones.com
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ITI Bloggers March 16th, 2005
In his opening remarks this morning, Tom Hogan, Sr., President and CEO of Information Today, reminded delegates to the 20th Computers in Libraries conference that when this conference began, we all were actually talking about "microcomputers" in libraries.
Keynoter Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, went a little farther back in time when he noted that libraries were among the first to expose the public to computers by offering their patrons access to automated card catalogs in the early 1980s. The other leading player in introducing computing to the masses? Banks! With automatic teller machines.
See more about Clifford’s remarks in the posting by Marydee Ojala, below.
Dick Kaser
ITI V.P., Content
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