Yes it was a good conference. As usual, I learned a lot. If I had to name one significant topic discussed at IL 2013, I would say it was Libraries and their Communities. I’m sure we will be hearing lots more about this in the future....
Josh charmed, mesmerized, and inspired the audience and received a standing ovation at the end of his talk. It was amazing how he frankly discussed his affliction and how it has affected his life....
Hear about an all-electronic business branch library that has become an integral part of the Notre Dame business school’s educational system....
Chanitra Bishop opened the session with a description of using Wikipedia in the classroom. She began teaching students how to edit Wikipedia articles but soon learned that it can be used as an information source. Professors still tell...
This session lays the foundation for a less-is-more approach to launching your next web project and iterating through a continuous cycle of feedback and improvement....
The speakers discuss 50 time-tested apps for Android and Apple devices that will change the way you search, access, and view information in and beyond the library walls....
Have you ever wished you could see what your online patrons or other colleagues are seeing on their computer screen? There are many free/freemium tools that allow just that!...
Tasha Bergson-Michelson, formerly Google's search educator, was tasked to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on power searching at Google. ...
Samantha is the project manager for two new tools developed at the University of Washington (UW) Information School to help public libraries evaluate their public access services....
This panel, moderated by Donna Scheeder from the Congressional Research Service, was entitled "Community Engagement Info Blitz" and was in a more serious vein than most evening sessions....
Hear Josh’s entertaining stories about libraries and engagement and be ready to return to your library or information service inspired and renewed....
Michael Ridley, librarian and former CIO at the University of Guelph, Ontario, spoke about the welcomed demise of literacy (yes, it's welcomed!)....
Reconnecting with Users: The Information & Library Services at Pfizer moved from a physical library to all digital. ...
This interactive session discussed today’s search strategies and and reflected upon what methods and techniques for making search work for you....
Mike DeMars, Systems Librarian, California State University, Fullerton presented this session that focuses on how libraries can utilize website search logs to improve search results for users...
Welcome to the post-literate future. From the perspective of a literate person, the idea of a post-literate world seems frightening. It isn’t. At least it needn’t be....
This year’s Internet Librarian conference focuses on the strategies, services and tools that enable us to engage, connect and build relationships with the communities who use our libraries, fund our libraries, and support and defend our libraries. The program includes discussions about how the use of mobile devices and electronic collections is changing the spaces in libraries and the services libraries provide.