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Liz Lawley — professor, librarian, blogger — gave a lively final keynote at Internet Librarian. She talked a lot about gaming, fun and play. I definitely want to try the "reverse scavenger hunt" where teams go out and get items, then receive the list of what they are supposed to find and must justify how [...]

According to Information Today president, Tom Hogan Sr, our Internet Librarian conference community reached 1,493 today. A wonderful record for the 10th anniverary of this event. See you next year back in Monterey CA, October 29-31. Jane Dysart, IL Conference Chair

At the final keynote session, Jane Dysart announced that the final tally of the Internet Librarian 2006 community is 1,493 people, making this the best one ever! Of course that means that she has a major challenge to make next year even better. Go for it, Jane! Don Hawkins IL2006 Blog Coordinator and Columnist, Information [...]

This week the Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced another partnership that will bring a value-added service to its members. SLA News Connections now includes access to open Web content driven by the RSS feed reader from NewsGator. Members of SLA can access the content through the “Resources” tab on the SLA home page. NewsGator is [...]

I counted more than 50 laptops in the Steinbeck Forum this morning during the wiki session at Internet Librarian 2006. Jane Dysart, IL Conference Chair