When I was a newbie ALA conference attendee I sweetly and innocently thought that I would be able to attend all the programs which interested me. Below is Sunday's list in order by time:
Start: 8am
Picture Books Go Digital
Lost in Translation: the Emerging Technology Librarian and the New Technology
Start: 10:30am
Context, Content, and Contraptions
It's All About Them: Developing Information Service with User Experience Design
Linked Library Data Interest Group
Drupal 101
Pecha Kucha: Teens and Technology
Start 1:30pm
Creating Multimedia Metadata: Controlled Vocabularies Across Time and Space
Science Programming 101: Presenting Excellent Science Programs in Your Library
Top Technology Trends
Start 3:30pm
Sue Garner of Wikipedia
Consultants for Technical Services
Teens Reading Digitally
Start 5:30pm
The Laugh's On Us: Paula Poundstone
The stuff in bold is the stuff I actually got to, and yes, I slept right through the 8am sessions. I actually left Sue's talk early too, b/c I didn't want to miss Paula, but I miscalculated and found myself in the stacks at 4:30pm. I spoke to two separate vendors (one sell digitizing equipment, the other provides Dspace consulting services) before the lights were shut off and we were all escorted out to the shuttle buses at 5pm.
I also actually chatted with people today (whoa!)- standing around the grab and go lunch table talking about upcoming conferences in the Caribbean, on the shuttle bus comparing impressions of Sue Garner and on a street car I met my doppelganger: another metadata librarian student who likes aquariums and attended the same morning session I did!
I have lost any naivety about being able to see it all primarily because one cannot power walk 5 city blocks in heels. I can only hope people who attended those other sessions will blog about what they learned.
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