I had a great time at Nebraska Library Camp II today. If you've never been to an unconference before, the idea is that you gather with no pre-planned topics. Then you talk about what you'd like to talk about, and then you break into smaller groups based on those topics.
Why? Well, whenever we get together for a conference, the greatest exchange of ideas usually seems to be between sessions, in those hallway and lunchtime discussions where you talk about what your library is doing and hear about what everyone else's libraries are doing. The unconference tries to take that kind of passionate exchange into a slightly more structured setting. I think it worked out pretty well.
I participated in three breakout sessions: the future of cataloging, the future of ILL, and Google Books. If you're interested, you can read my notes on the Nebraska Library Camp II wiki. Remember, these notes are not my ideas, just a record of what the group as a whole discussed. I wish I had so many good ideas myself.
Looking forward to the NLA/NEMA Fall Conference tomorrow and Friday. Should be awesome!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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