Yes, it is definitely summer out there and most of us are thinking vacation. But it is also time to start thinking ahead about our annual conference in the fall. This year we will be visiting another one of our...
Your intrepid blog editor would like to report that she had a wonderful time last month hobnobbing with her fellow medical librarians at MLA '10 in Washington. Along with my fellow Official MLA Bloggers, I reported on the goings on...
What do you think of all the 2.0 coverage of the 2009 Midwest Chapter/MLA Conference? Did you enjoy following conference happenings in the Twitter widget webmaster Allan added to this blog for the conference? Have you looked at all those...
The most exciting part of the annual Midwest Chapter business meeting is, of course, the announcement our annual award winners by Sheryl Stevens, chair of the Awards and Scholarships Committee. The 2009 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award was awarded to...
here's some text to see if this cures the funkiness of page creation...
Well, it is not quite Flat Stanley, but the Midwest Chapter membership display has really been getting around this spring! The display debuted at our 2008 conference at Michigan. It is currently featured on the always informative Midwest Chapter website....
Where are YOU going to be October 3-6, 2009? Well, I know where I'll be! Your intrepid blog editor is going to be in Columbus, Ohio at the 2009 Midwest Chapter/MLA Conference. We'd love for you to join us here...
This year the conference planners are doing something a little different. Instead of being asked to fill out the usual paper conference evaluation and drop it in a box on the registration table, we will be using SurveyMonkey to provide...
Go right now and check out the photos of our 2008 conference that have been posted on Flickr! Your intrepid blog editor uploaded her favorites this evening. She is not the only conference photographer who has added photos to the...
You know how it is. You return to work after being gone nearly a week and it takes forever to catch up... I have all my notes from our 2008 conference in a neat pile on my workdesk. I'll be...
Nearly 40 of us are here learning about emerging technologies. Our tour guides for this morning's adventure are Allan Barclay, Mike Sensiba, and Sandy Swanson. Later on, we will participate in break out sessions to learn about specific technologies. Why...
As I type this, Deena Ebbert is generating energy and inspiring us. Her questions to us: What is your theme song? What idea would you like to infect others with? Her point: We need bring the texture of what...
We are off and running early this morning! MLA President Mary Ryan shared breakfast with library students before starting off our program with the MLA Update. Coming up: the GMR Update and a report from NLM....
This afternoon your intrepid blog editor is showing the chapter board members how to post to ConnectMidwest! Here is a photo of Communications Committee Chair Karen conducting a workshop on the chapter website....
It is a beautiful fall day here in Michigan. Not a cloud in the sky. Three of us drove up to the Cranbrook campus and visited the art museum and walked the gardens this afternoon. (Ask me about "Michigan left"...
You can find lots of great tourist information on the official Midwest MLA/MHSLA 2008 Conference website! Click on the Detroit Area Attractions for a list of everything there is to see around our conference location. I'm interested in things to...
It's conference time! In less than three weeks, your intrepid blog editor will be driving the trusty Altima up to Troy, Michigan so that I can attend the 2008 Midwest Chapter/MHSLA Conference. Today I had my Michigan map out...
Attention please! Your intrepid blog editor has an announcement to make! After spending the last 14 years as a hospital librarian, I have made the great leap back into academic librarianship. My new place of work is the Kent State...
I get Hardin News in my Bloglines account. They posted yesterday that the Main Library at the University of Iowa is open for business again. The UI News Service has been posting photos on Flickr of the flooding (including great...
We had so much fun with Flickr at the Omaha meeting. I'm glad that MLA is encouraging people to post meeting photos to Flickr to share meeting photos. They've set up the MLA 2008 Flickr Group. There are 11 members...
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