The Colorado State Library will have a variety of pre-conferences and workshops at the 2009 CAL Conference. Don’t forget to stop by our booth on Friday and Saturday in the Exhibits Area. We would love to:
The current global economic crisis has affected everyone, including nonprofits like the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL). Some people are making tough choices about association memberships and conference attendance. Continue reading ‘CAL Board Update’
Over 200 librarians from all over the U.S. gathered in Sacramento to spend three days networking, attending workshops, and just plain playing around. In the Exhibit Hall, a technology petting zoo was set up so that librarians could get their hands on the newest tech gadgets. You should have heard the librarians rockin’ out on Play Station’s newest product – Rock Band. The conference had it all, great workshops, fantastic keynote speakers, good food, and of course friendly company. I am sure we all left feeling good about this one (see pics). Don’t miss the next Association of Rural & Small Library Conference 2009 in Gatlin, TN.
Congratulations Bernice, James, Kristen and Emily who are current library science school students in Colorado, who each received scholarships from CLiC to attend the CAL Conference this past month in Denver. They will be posting comments here on the impact attending the conference had on them and how they will use what they learned.
Thanks CAL for another year of a wonderful state conference!
This is one of the best conferences I have ever attended! The number of sessions as well as the ability to network with other people devoted to education in our schools is phenomenal. CLiC is presenting on creating a blogs, but there are also 5 other sessions on some aspect of blogs, wikis, RSS and podcasts. Interested in learning about mind mapping or webquests? How about Power Point or Excel skills? Or Movie Maker or Open Source Web Database Services? I will plan my summers around this conference! Check it out! http://www.tie-server.org/index.cfm
Besides the fact that Monterey, CA is not a bad place to hold a conference, there was so much to learn at the Internet Librarian Conference. At this conference you can find out more about Blogs, RSS feeds, del.icio.us, Bookswelike.net and much more. There will be two sessions at CAL on Blogs and RSS. If your library hasn’t started up its own blog, you can find out how to do it in three easy steps.
Lots of networking and interesting sessions at the Denver Convention Center, which worked out to be a great venue. Interesting to listen to Andrew Romanoff, Colorado Speaker of the House. He spoke about the necessity to get the word out on Referendum C, the first step to undo the damage that Taber is causing in Colorado. Although information is not yet ready to be distributed, he stated, it will be forthcoming for those who are interested in participating.
Deans, Directors of libraries, librarians, university and college leaders, and other interested persons will be gathering at the Colorado Convention Center on June 3rd to discuss “The Changing Face of Higher Education”. Sessions include “The Role of the Academic Library in Institutional Reorganization”, the “Library as Place”, “Library Partnerships/Sharing Resources”, “Changes in Scholarly Communication”, and “Information Literacy”. The importance of meeting with colleagues from across the state on issues extremely relevant to all makes this a conference that no one should miss.
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