ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
It was a full house of 17-18 people gathered around a decidedly un-round table in the lunchtime roundtable session on Blogs in Action! A lively, unstructured exchange was moderated by Anne Clyde who had presented her survey of weblogs in libraries in a morning session. Questions flew, comments were batted back and forth around the table. How long do you spend reading – or posting on blogs? Answers to that one ranged from 5 minutes to 1-2 hours daily, with this follow-up comment, “And just how many hours do you work each day?”
Conference organizers tested the roundtables as a way for people to get together to discuss topics of comment interest, but notices of the topics and times were buried at the bottom of the daily schedule, and only 7-8 people were attended the discussions on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nancy Garman
Information Today, Inc.
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ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
Of the three keynotes this morning, I chose Janice Lachance’s on Beyond Competencies — the Journey from Relevance to Mission Critical. She gave an impassioned plea for information professionals to be comfortable with risk, agressively pursue new ideas, innovate, and stand out in their organizations. Don’t fly under the radar, this won’t raise your status in your place of employment. Align information department goals with your organization’s. Build partnerships. Assess, select, and apply current information tools. Challenge how things are done. She admitted that being successful as a leader requires more than a vision; it takes hard work. An excelent speech by the SLA executive director.
David Skyrme, the next speaker, reiterated much of what Janice had said, starting with the very intriguing question of do we need information managers. He cited collaboration as an important tool, but his scenarios about the future seemed less visionary than Janice’s to me.
Marydee Ojala
Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals
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ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
The Olympia Conference Center has a balcony (it’s called a gallery here) from which you can get an excellent view of the exhibit hall below. See any familiar names? Notice those huge signs hanging from the ceiling high overhead. I wonder how they get those up there? Many of the booths (stands, they’re called in England) have refreshments appropriate to the time of day.
What’s that I see down there?
Tea and crumpets in the CAS booth! See you later!
Don Hawkins
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ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
OK, just one more note about the awards ceremony then I’m on to today’s sessions. Google was the only award winning company that did not send a representative to the banquet to collect said award. And they were nominated for two awards! The crowd was not pleased and I heard actual hisses and boos the second time the word Google was uttered by Lloyd Grossman. Pretty amazing — a group of information professionals that unhappy with Google!
Marydee Ojala
Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals
www.onlinemag.net
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ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
The Awards Banquet drew 360 people and was hosted by Lloyd Grossman. Apparently, as an American, I was supposed to know who he is. I didn’t. He’s a Boston-born British TV personality with an accent, as the gentleman sitting next to me put it, that is "in the middle of the Atlantic."
Marydee Ojala
Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals
www.onlinemag.net
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ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
Here’s the full list of winners from the International Information Industry Awards.
Innovation in Content Management: Northamptonshire Observatory Portal
Innovation in Knowledge Management: Open University Knowledge Network
Best Intranet or Extranet Project: Boots plc
Best Business Information Product: Hoovers Online
Best STM Information Product: ALPSP Learned Journals Collection in partnership with Swets
Best Search Product: Fast ESP and Google (shared between the two companies)
Best User Experience: British Library Turning the Pages
FreePint Award for Best Customer Service Team: STN Agency UK & Ireland
CILIP/Online Information Personal Development Award: Karen Corrk, Cheshire County Council Nantwich Library
Jason Farradane Award: Julia Chandler
Best Information/Knolwedge Team in an Academic Environment: BestofBiz Team, London Business School Library
Best Information/Knowledge Team in the Public Sector: Chasing the Sun virtual reference team, SWICE and SAHSLC
Best Information/Knowledge Team in a Business Environment: Business Intelligence Team, Business Link for London
IWR Information Professional of the Year: Karen George, The Home Office
Lifetime Achievement Award: Carol Tenopir
Marydee Ojala
Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals
www.onlinemag.net
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ITI Bloggers December 2nd, 2004
What a thrill to see Carol win the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Her only comment as she received the award was that she hoped this didn’t mean that her career was at an end. Not at all! Here’s to many more years of Carol’s contributions to the industry and our profession! Congratulations, Carol!
Nancy Garman
Information Today, Inc.
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