Alice and Micheal of TametheWeb.com
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Library blogger salon
The conveyed wisdom of the librrary blogger salon:
(entered by their own hands):
Quite dangerous to leave this laptop sitting out with all these librarians sloshing around with glasses of free wine. Mwahahahahaha!!!
Greeting to all of you in library land. Peace be with you! --Christopher the Curmudgeon
Despite the fact that we are in Chicago, and not Wisconsin, there are no little cocktail weenies, only cheese. Plenty of yummy veggies, though.
OCLC is providing lovely orange vinyl bags that will hold many bottles of beer.
Yes, I think I'm inspired now to start a blog entitled libraryswag.net ...
schwag? did someone say schwag? : ) - - sherri from ::schwagbag::
The library bags are ideal for holding swimsuits, as they have a net bag on the side. I haven't seen a group of librarians having this much fun ever--usually, one wants to pump laughing gas into the room to ease one's own discomfort, and to see the old sourpusses smile. sharkbiskit@yahoo.com
Library bloggers are loud peeps. It figures they'd have a lot to say. Thanks to It's All Good for the fun times --- Laura from libraryrfid..net
this is a landmark event! the energy and camraderie in this room is unbelievable. it's been so awesome to watch connections being made and offline friendships forged. it's all very collegial--and spirited! i hope that we can make this an annual event, sponsored or not. thanks george, alane, alice and OCLC. w00t!--rochelle/lisnews.com/tinfoil + raccoon
Everyone still seems to be having fun. It looks like a golden night for the I-don't-get-out-much crowd. Puzzingly, not a lot of the cheese has been eaten. When I noticed this, I took the better stuff. sharkbiskit@yahoo.com
Great party. Lots of booze. Lots of bloggers. When worlds collide....
Yippeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! [says Laura, of http://lisdom.blogspot.com]
These people won't shut up long enough to stuff the complimentary veggies and cheese into their talk holes!! Who would have guessed???
-jenel LoC.
About 85 people here have cameras, so be sure to check Flickr for pics.
OCLC just announced they're going to do this every year, only more alcohol next time! :-)
Yay, OCLC. Thanks for the pretzels!
This has been awesome! Thanks OCLC! Really incredible meeting so many people I read everyday and sometimes correspond with--absolutely amazing! Mark
Wow. What a fine evening.
Overheard: "This must have been a good party...I found a bookmark in my shirt."
OKay this is Alice and "It's All Good!"
And I'd just like to document: this was Alane's idea!
Bloggers rule!
(entered by their own hands):
Quite dangerous to leave this laptop sitting out with all these librarians sloshing around with glasses of free wine. Mwahahahahaha!!!
Greeting to all of you in library land. Peace be with you! --Christopher the Curmudgeon
Despite the fact that we are in Chicago, and not Wisconsin, there are no little cocktail weenies, only cheese. Plenty of yummy veggies, though.
OCLC is providing lovely orange vinyl bags that will hold many bottles of beer.
Yes, I think I'm inspired now to start a blog entitled libraryswag.net ...
schwag? did someone say schwag? : ) - - sherri from ::schwagbag::
The library bags are ideal for holding swimsuits, as they have a net bag on the side. I haven't seen a group of librarians having this much fun ever--usually, one wants to pump laughing gas into the room to ease one's own discomfort, and to see the old sourpusses smile. sharkbiskit@yahoo.com
Library bloggers are loud peeps. It figures they'd have a lot to say. Thanks to It's All Good for the fun times --- Laura from libraryrfid..net
this is a landmark event! the energy and camraderie in this room is unbelievable. it's been so awesome to watch connections being made and offline friendships forged. it's all very collegial--and spirited! i hope that we can make this an annual event, sponsored or not. thanks george, alane, alice and OCLC. w00t!--rochelle/lisnews.com/tinfoil + raccoon
Everyone still seems to be having fun. It looks like a golden night for the I-don't-get-out-much crowd. Puzzingly, not a lot of the cheese has been eaten. When I noticed this, I took the better stuff. sharkbiskit@yahoo.com
Great party. Lots of booze. Lots of bloggers. When worlds collide....
Yippeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! [says Laura, of http://lisdom.blogspot.com]
These people won't shut up long enough to stuff the complimentary veggies and cheese into their talk holes!! Who would have guessed???
-jenel LoC.
About 85 people here have cameras, so be sure to check Flickr for pics.
OCLC just announced they're going to do this every year, only more alcohol next time! :-)
Yay, OCLC. Thanks for the pretzels!
This has been awesome! Thanks OCLC! Really incredible meeting so many people I read everyday and sometimes correspond with--absolutely amazing! Mark
Wow. What a fine evening.
Overheard: "This must have been a good party...I found a bookmark in my shirt."
OKay this is Alice and "It's All Good!"
And I'd just like to document: this was Alane's idea!
Bloggers rule!
Come see the view
The view from the OCLC Blue Suite, where we're setting up for the library blogger salon.
Gymnastics in the stacks
The library staff member pictured has just done 2 backhandsprings and the worm, during this Book Drill Olympic team routine.
Putting some money where the scan is
I sit on the committee that works with ALA's Office of Public Programs. Last year, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Office a challenge grant to build the Cultural Communities Fund (CCF), which would allow the Office to continue funding great programs like "Let's Talk About It, Writers Live @ the Library, and Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation. In other words, the Office is the main center of ALA activity for making libraries a Third Place.
The fundraising for this challenge grant is going pretty slowly, and in order to qualify for the next release of funds, we need to raise $266,000 by July 31. This is a three-to-one challenge grant, which mean NEH gives the Office $1 for every $3 it raises. ALA divisions and offices cannot donate to match this money, unfortunately, because NEH does not consider this new money. PLA has already given $50,000 to the CCF, for example.
If you are in a position to contribute anything, please go to the ALA donation web site. Even if you don't like some of the other directions ALA takes, my guess is that if you're reading this blog, you probably like the idea of making programs available for public and academic libraries to spark discussions within their communities.
Deb Jacobs, the simply fabulous director of Seattle Public Library and chair of the Public Programs Committee, Deborah Robertson, the director of the Office, and the rest of the staff and the committee are making the full court press here at the ALA conference, but most of this support is going top need to come from the community. So please consider making a donation.
And if you are also a blogger, please consider reposting this request to your blog.
Thanks for considering this!
The fundraising for this challenge grant is going pretty slowly, and in order to qualify for the next release of funds, we need to raise $266,000 by July 31. This is a three-to-one challenge grant, which mean NEH gives the Office $1 for every $3 it raises. ALA divisions and offices cannot donate to match this money, unfortunately, because NEH does not consider this new money. PLA has already given $50,000 to the CCF, for example.
If you are in a position to contribute anything, please go to the ALA donation web site. Even if you don't like some of the other directions ALA takes, my guess is that if you're reading this blog, you probably like the idea of making programs available for public and academic libraries to spark discussions within their communities.
Deb Jacobs, the simply fabulous director of Seattle Public Library and chair of the Public Programs Committee, Deborah Robertson, the director of the Office, and the rest of the staff and the committee are making the full court press here at the ALA conference, but most of this support is going top need to come from the community. So please consider making a donation.
And if you are also a blogger, please consider reposting this request to your blog.
Thanks for considering this!
Conversation cranks up
Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, enjoys the opportunity for one-on-one dialogue with an OCLC Member.
Lively discussions abound at the general tables
Rick Schwieterman, OCLC Vice President for Finance and Human Resources, is always happy to talk about the ways OCLC efficiently stewards the resources of the cooperative on behalf of libraries everywhere.
Research announces additional new projects
Eric Childress of OCLC Research listens to questions about the latest projects they are working on, such as Curiouser, MetaWiki and Data Mining.
WorldCat wikis from a Mover and Shaker
Chip Nilges of OCLC--also named this year as a "Change maker" and "Mover and Shaker" from Library Journal-- explains many of the recent updates/enhancements to Open WorldCat, such as the Reference Services pilot.
Popular topics: Cataloging
Cataloging was a popular topic this year--we had at least 200 people register for the cataloging table. I overheard someone praise the soon-to-be-installed CJK and Arabic functionality into Connexion.
Sunday starts off right
More than 650 librarians and library staff members joined us for the OCLC Update Breakfast this morning.
Update Breakfast
Yes it's 4:43 am and I am up, dressed and ready to head out the door to help set up for the OCLC Update Breakfast. Only 5 short hours ago, I was a wedding guest at Tony and Tina's wedding--along with a good number of fellow OCLC staff.
I'll save you some coffee at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. Breakfast starts at 7.
I'll save you some coffee at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. Breakfast starts at 7.
David Levin of Rich Central High School, Olympia Fields, IL was the Grand Prize winner of 2 tickets to see the award-winning musical, Wicked. Susan Berntson of OCLC congratulates him by the new advocacy ad that promotes the library as a place for career inspiration. (Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked, attributes his success to his childhood time spent in the library.)
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Caleb and Bronze Bob
Caleb takes a moment to chat with the Bob Newhart statue off Navy Pier. The whole installation is made of bronze--but doesn't it look upholstered?
Segway Centaur
Demonstration of the Segway Centaur. No motor, up to 20 mph and pops wheelies with ease. Wish we had one for McCormick Place!
Replacement cataloger to WorldCat?
Robonaut. He's got opposable thumbs and is dexterous enough to use cordless machinery like a drill and can operate it without supervision.
I'll bet we could teach him Connexion...
Alice the Astronaut?
My next blogging gig: from space. (They forgot to sew the OCLC logo on the sleeve...)
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