ACRL NY’s Publish or Perish Presentation

I was able to attend an informal presentation on the Publish or Perishing ideal for librarians at the Brooklyn campus’s Long Island University. It was a short trip for me to go to the LIU, so I was surprised when I found out that it was for free to library students. I quickly rsvp for [...]

NYLA 2008 – Keeping Up Keeping Organized

I mentioned to the presenter Diane Campion, that I will be posting up my perception with the notes/annotations, I took about this program. The program was held on Friday at 8AM to 9:15AM, and was very popular.
The presentation was made to a packed over heated room, left with many people standing. I was surprised to [...]

NYLA 2008 – Recap and overview

Wow… what a delay, about a week… kudos to all the presenters and people who are part of NYLA. I enjoyed my time there immensely.. so this will be a start of several posts, I will post up regarding about NYLA 2008, as I had some time to digest the experience.
This year’s theme is: Connecting [...]

NYLA – Wednesday

Right now at the complimentary NYLA Internet Cafe… there is not as much computer units available this year as there was last year. Still very excited. I am staying at the Marriott Courtyard, and it is a nice spot… well it is only six minute walking distant from the main Conference hotel (Hilton).
FYI – I [...]

Smart Networking at NYPL – Minor Updates

This morning I attended a staff training event at the NYPL, in regards about networking the smart way with Liz Lynch as host. The tips she gave are things I have encountered in the past before, but am trying to gain some confident to utilize it effectively.
Still searching for a job, trying to feel my [...]

2008 Brooklyn Book Festival

Well I will be attending this event, which is on September 14 from 10am to 6pm, mostly as a representative from JLHLS with two co-writers, and the full schedule is up at the website..
Public transit from the MTA is the 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall; R to Court Street; A, C, F to [...]

NYPL’s Books to Remember for 2008

I was invited to this year’s presentation for Books to Remember. It was fun and definitely would shape my read list for the next year. This is the New York Public Library’s top 25 Adult books for the year.

NYLA Conference 2007 – Oct 17-Oct 21

This is my first year attending the NYLA conference and it was an enlightening experience. I truly enjoyed my time at Buffalo with the Conference, hotel stay was another thing all together, but let’s just focus on the conference. I imagine if there’s any more interest, I will have to follow up with what I [...]