LibConf.com from Information Today

As suggested by Kathy Dempsey, author of The Accidental Library Marketer, here is a collection of Wordles based on the final program for each of the Internet Librarian conferences from 1997 to 2009.

Going back in time for this information was like an archeological dig through the the history of web development all the way back to the days before CSS and to when ITI hand coded the entire program in plain HTML.

When it comes to working with data on the web, there were no “good old days” to look back on with fondness in my opinion.

Only about 2 hours after the exhibits closed, the hall was a buzz of deconstruction and packing activity.  I hope you enjoyed the conference–I certainly did! So what’s next?  Some of the ITI staff is heading to San Jose for next week’s KMWorld/Intranets, Enterprise Search Summit West, and Taxonomy Boot Camp conferences–ITI’s last conferences of [...]

Liz Lawley from the Rochester Institute of Technology Lab for Social Computing closed the conference with a fascinating look at gaming and how it is affecting the information world.  She noted that the boundaries of gaming blurring and context is collapsing.  Gaming is becoming professional networking.  Liz plays World of Warcraft, along with her entire [...]

Today is Halloween, and several attendees observed it by coming in costume.  Below are a few pictures of some of those folks.  Google marked the day too with a special logo.   Don Hawkins Columnist, Information Today and IL2007 Blog Coordinator