Passing By Internet Librarian 2009 Sign at Entrance to Conference Center
Today's tracks were:
- Tough Times Tactics & Tools
- Content Management
- Cultivating Innovation & Change
- Digital Culture
Heading Towards a Conference Session
A few interesting things presented during conference sessions:
- Banish the phrase: "technology project" from your vocabulary. Find the business value to the organization and present it from the "business project" angle. -- Fred Cohn, Assistant City Manager, City of Monterey
- Anticipate "what if" questions and be prepared, not just to answer them, but address them up front. -- Stacey Aldrich, Deputy State Librarian, California State Library
- When presenting a project for approval, explain how it fits together with other plans and strategies already in place across the organization (other branches, divisions, etc.) and explain how your strategy can take advantage of existing resources/assets. -- Danis Kreimeier, Director, Napa City-County Library
- Information that does not render well on devices like iPhones will be seen as less reliable than information that does. -- Kristen Yarmey-Tyloutki, University of Scranton
- Discoverability (on the web) depends on high-quality content, clean structure and strategic metadata. -- Marshall Breeding, Director, Innovative Technologies & Research, Vanderbilt University
- Got kids? Listen to what they have to say about how they use technology and access information. -- Keynote Student Panel, Facilitated by Stephen Abram
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