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Or should I say Movies? The Shanachies have already put together two videos of ALA in Chicago, one after Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers lunch, which is an introduction to the conference, and one at OCLC’s blogger salon, which features interviews with several well-known librarians. Each video runs about 15 minutes. Marydee Ojala, Editor, ONLINE: [...]

ALA’s Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) will offer what LITA Executive Director Mary Taylor described as “some very special programming” on Sunday.  Highlights include LITA’s ever-popular “Top Technology Trends” panel (1:30-3:30 p.m.), followed by awards and the LITA President’s program (4:00-5:30 p.m.), which will feature the innovative work of the Delft Public Library (DOK).  [...]

Not having a fancy phone like Kathy, I’ve been plodding through the Event Planner. I do wish it had full session descriptions, not just the name, time, location, and ALA sponsor. Plus, it’s dropped me several times.  As far as I can tell,  much of what I’m interested in is at the conference center rather than [...]

Coverage of Paul Holdengraber’s keynote at CIL 2009 was unbelievable.  He had so many wonderful phrases, insights, and inspirational messages.  Sadly, the archive of the UStream.TV broadcast is not playable. Jane Dysart, Conference Program Chair

  The “Dutch guys” from the Delft Public Library in the Netherlands, a.k.a. the guys from the Shanachie Tour, returned to CIL with another great program.  The initial interview on their first tour in 2006 was with Paul Holdengraber, Director of Public Programs at the New York Public Library (NYPL), and at CIL 2009, Paul and Erik Boekesteijn met [...]