Proposal: BloggerCon session on librarians and weblogs
March 12th, 2004
At last night’s Harvard weblog writers’ meeting, we discussed the possibility of having a session on librarians and weblogs at the upcoming BloggerCon. Jessica, who is advocating for this, has posted a preliminary proposal on her weblog and a more formal proposal will be posted to the BloggerCon weblog soon. If you are interested in attending a session like this and/or have ideas or suggestions, please comment on Jessica’s weblog and on the BloggerCon weblog (once the proposal is posted there).Conference organizers are concerned that there is not enough interest in this topic, and the session will not happen unless there is proof that people will attend and participate. The librarian session did not happen at the first BloggerCon, so it would be great if it happened this time. Don’t let the comment about the session being geared toward special librarians discourage you. Archivists, special collections librarians, curators, and information professionals of all types are encouraged to attend and to propose ideas.
If you have not registered for the conference yet, be sure to do so before registration closes. The conference will be held at Harvard Law School on April 17, and it is free and open to the public.
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1. j | March 12th, 2004 at 10:44 am
The session isn’t “geared” toward special libraries, it’s slanted in that direction right now because that’s who we’re hearing from the most. We know this is a hot topic among the members of the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter, a group that numbers 500-700. Many of the issues special librarians have related to blogs probably relate to other information professionals/librarians in other settings, too.
I’d be very happy to hear from archivists, curators, special collectors, etc., etc., as v wrote, about how they’re using blogs or what they would like to learn about blogging. Much of what will happen during that session depends on who attends and what kinds of questions are asked.
Thanks for the plug, v!