Comments on: What I Want From ALA: Diversity of Thought http://melissahoulroyd.info/2010/01/26/what-i-want-from-ala/ Libraries, technology, books, & food Sat, 23 Jul 2011 05:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin http://melissahoulroyd.info/2010/01/26/what-i-want-from-ala/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Erin Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:22:24 +0000 http://melissahoulroyd.info/?p=560#comment-1480 I felt the *same* way after hearing Gore. I couldn't believe he got to the chapter about the importance of information and then skipped over it! Argh! So frustrating.... I felt the *same* way after hearing Gore. I couldn’t believe he got to the chapter about the importance of information and then skipped over it! Argh! So frustrating….

]]> By: shinylib http://melissahoulroyd.info/2010/01/26/what-i-want-from-ala/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 shinylib Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:51:25 +0000 http://melissahoulroyd.info/?p=560#comment-1400 Well said. I completely agree... this is something I encounter frequently as I attend conferences related to design, interfaces, information architecture, instructional design, information literacy, libraries, and UX... there's such great disconnect between our various worlds. I did attend a spectacular unconference this year, InfoCamp that really did a great job of pulling together these not-so-disparate fields. Definitely not an ALA event, but I hear that interest is growing...so maybe it's time to encourage someone in your area (you!) to host an InfoCamp and bring it all together? I will say that Jim Rettig's ALA Unconference last year was actually my favorite piece of ALA in all of 2009. Well said. I completely agree… this is something I encounter frequently as I attend conferences related to design, interfaces, information architecture, instructional design, information literacy, libraries, and UX… there’s such great disconnect between our various worlds.

I did attend a spectacular unconference this year, InfoCamp that really did a great job of pulling together these not-so-disparate fields. Definitely not an ALA event, but I hear that interest is growing…so maybe it’s time to encourage someone in your area (you!) to host an InfoCamp and bring it all together?

I will say that Jim Rettig’s ALA Unconference last year was actually my favorite piece of ALA in all of 2009.

]]> By: Bonnie Swoger http://melissahoulroyd.info/2010/01/26/what-i-want-from-ala/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Bonnie Swoger Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:31:20 +0000 http://melissahoulroyd.info/?p=560#comment-1394 I think you got it exactly right, Melissa: "We need futurists, philosophers, economists, designers, and technologists to speak at our conferences." I also think that we need to start going to their conferences. For example, one of my colleagues was lamenting the lack of library involvement in the Mobile World Congress . With so many folks accessing information via cell phones, why aren't librarians a part of the discussion about how to do that? I think you got it exactly right, Melissa: “We need futurists, philosophers, economists, designers, and technologists to speak at our conferences.” I also think that we need to start going to their conferences. For example, one of my colleagues was lamenting the lack of library involvement in the Mobile World Congress . With so many folks accessing information via cell phones, why aren’t librarians a part of the discussion about how to do that?

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