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#CILDC After Dark: Gaming & Gadgets Petting Zoo

January 10, 2012 CIL After Dark

Join our gamers and gadget lovers for an evening of fun and playing. Bring your latest games and gadgets and try out each other’s in areas set up for tablets, smartphones and ebook readers. ...

CIL Rewind: Gen X Librarians: Leading From the Middle

January 9, 2012 lct-2010.05.100x

Lisa Carlucci Thomas posted the video from this session on Vimeo. Be sure to check it out. Lisa will be back at #CILDC this year....

Will you be blogging from Computers in Libraries 2012?

January 5, 2012 Register your Blog

Bloggers who add themselves to the registry can also include their Twitter name so interested folks can follow along with the you that way too....

Come Back Next Year!

October 21, 2011 IL 2012 Dates

Save the dates for IL 2012: October 22-24, in Monterey...

IL 2011 Endnote: The Great Gamification Debate

October 21, 2011 Liz Lawley

"Gamification" is the application of game mechanics to non-game situations. If they give you a sense of competence, they are very powerful. You feel good if you did something difficult and somebody else recognizes it is difficult. At RIT,...

Using Magic-Like Muti-Touch Tables in Libraries

October 20, 2011 mult-touch-crop

Looking for high-tech, wow-factor ways to excite and engage customers? Check out what's happening in the area of multi-touch tables....

E-book Wrapup

October 20, 2011 (L-R) Dick Kaser, VP of Content, Information Today (moderator); Ken (), Aspen (Douglas County Libraries), Joe Murphy (

The panelists gave their view on the issues that concern them. They also listed what worries them the most in the e-book area....

John Seely Brown’s Opening Keynote

October 20, 2011 John Seely Brown

JSB looks at how the forces of change, and emerging waves of interest associated with these forces, inspire and invite us to imagine a future of learning that is as powerful as it is optimistic....

Publishers, Distributors, and the Future of E-Books

October 20, 2011 (L-R) Clare , Michael Porter, Sarah Houghton, Andromeda Yelton, Brian Gurewitz

Day 2 of the E-book track looked at the role of publishers and distributors. The discussion raised several controversial issues....

The Wednesday Keynote: Internet 2020 Trend Watch and Smackdown

October 20, 2011 (L-R) Liz Lawley, Director, RIT Lab for Social Computing; Steve Abram, VP, Cengage Learning; James Werle, Director, Internet2 K20 Iniative; Roy Tennant, OCLC (moderator)

A keynote panel looked at the Internet in 2020 and predicted important trends...

Building Support for Change

October 19, 2011 Christina de Castell

How can I convince my admin / staff / colleagues to change the way they work to incorporate new strategies?...

And the Winners Are…

October 19, 2011 Drawing the winning card

The three winners of the iPads were drawn at the closing of the Exhibit Hall...

Engaging Your Community with Tablets and Social Computing

October 19, 2011 Engaging Your Community with Tablets and Social Computing

Mobile and social computing are changing everything and libraries need to keep up with their users' expectations....

ProQuest/Dialog Wins AIIP Technology Award

October 19, 2011 Libby Trudell (L) accepts the AIIP Technology Award

The AIIP Technology Award was presented to Libby Trudell,VP of ProQuest/Dialog....

The Great Web Tools Face-Off!

October 19, 2011 The Experts

We had a brand new Tuesday night event last night and you can learn all about it on the site at The Great Web Tools Face-Off!...

Engaging Communities with Collaboration

October 19, 2011 2011-10-17 003 005

Nebraska is a rural state, and many of its counties have a population density of less than 1 person per square mile. Many libraries are one-person libraries only open a few hours a week. ...