TCL Goes to Washington

One thing I learned about attending ALA is arrive early to the sessions, really early. All but one session I attended was WAY overcrowded and I usually ended up sitting on the floor. I only saw one speaker in this session because I came in halfway through (after leaving another session that didn’t even have floor space to sit on). The speaker was Meredith Farkas who wrote a book on social software and libraries. She mostly gave examples of cool things libraries were doing with social software applications. Such as:

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This was a great program, really got you thinking about the future of information in general and the reference librarian’s role. The general consensus was that libraries and librarians will always be around in some fashion…nothing shocking there, we have heard that before. But the panel was a really interesting mix and provided a wide range of perspectives. They were told to think ahead to 2017 and describe the role of libraries and librarians in the future. I am going to try to briefly sum up their presentations:

Genevieve Bell - PhD in Anthropology, Director of User Experience, Intel

An anthropologist studying user experience at Intel…how cool is that? (more…)