ALA Conference 2009: LJ's Pick of Saturday's Top ALA Tweets
ALA Conference 2009: Twitter-enabled, the participants created a virtual conference that hummed
Rebecca Miller -- Library Journal, 7/12/2009
Twitter-enabled participants created their own virtual conference on the fly, exchanging the news, insights, and sensations of ALA 2009 around the clock. Following the #ALA2009 hashtag, LJ picked the tweets of the day that made us see and hear the action in the halls, the meeting rooms, and in the Chicago streets.
blankjane Today: Saw most beautiful transvestite ever, took worst cab ride ever, had a great but exhausting time @ala2009
eSayeed but doesn't transformation typically arise from a single visionary or a small group of pioneers? #ala2009
eSayeed acrl/sparc panel on scholarly communication called for collective action to generate transformation #ala2009
asistpratt #ala2009 opening session. Christie Hefner. Totally inspiring. Keep up the fight to freedom of information! Off to AIC bash.
librarienne Going from "war on sex" session to Christie Hefner makes me realize I have very conflicted views on Playboy. #ala2009
Sigafoos Three standing ovations? It's that kind if excess that led to our current economic situation. #ala2009
TimothyMcAdoo honorary membership presented posthumously for Judith Krug, founder of banned books week #ala2009 #ala09
mgartler Best ala session ever was "Libraries and Obama's Information Policy," which will be on blip.tv at some point #ala2009
jaimebc Omg. My library and my college are SO FAR behind!! Can't wait to get back!! #ala2009
lindackcrook 5:00 = mass exodus from convention center. #ala2009
porchdragon "Zombie Blondes: They're beautiful, they're popular, they're dead" is the best poster giveaway at #ala2009
kongtemplation Where the magic happens in the library is anywhere! #ala2009
awd #membership #ala2009 lots of adjustments (including furloughs and position elimination) made got to ~$0.4M over budget
awd #membership #ala2009 ALA has projected a ~$1.6M shortfall in revenue against expenses.
fcervone IFLA update - Clarification on IFLA 2010 move - Australian govt wouldn't/couldn't provide support #ala2009
infowidget Librarians need to be clear that sexual words/images in & of themselves are not a crime. #ala2009
booksavvy I arrived too late to get Graveyard Book signed but I side-stalked @neilhimself. Librarians love Neil! #ala2009 http://yfrog.com/5i1sqtj
rolf_laun Life Beyond 2.0 at #ala2009 It is standing room only and crap cell phone access. http://yfrog.com/06q44j
meghancnyc t. korns i found your stacks card on the shuttle. #ala2009
brewinlibrarian One lib rotates new staff through dept for an hour to learn about different areas #ala2009
blendedlib #ala2009 -you giving any pitytweets for speakers who start with "i'll be looking for your tweets later on"?
bibliohead http://twitpic.com/a11aa - Safety/security session at #ala2009 standing room only! National issue!
ao5357 Brad Marty Klein is telling the truth unapologetically #ala2009.
infowidget We need to care about others' sexual rights even if it's something we might not want to do. Those rights are our rights. #ala2009
mslalowe 23 Things done in 750 library org's; 10000 individuals have participated #ala2009
librarianbyday Best complaint about twitter I've heard - it changes all the time #ala2009
tadawes Don't rely on shuttle buses unless you have 45-60 mins between appointments #ala2009 #fb
lindackcrook Leslie Burger suggest possibility of boycotting ALA conferences to effect change. "Nobody twit that!" #emergingleaders #ala2009
TaraLSF statement about EMIERT panel cancellation from Myra Appel does not address the controversy surrounding Robert Spencer #ala2009 #alafair
antaeus OH: we think in MARC. It's our native language. But look at all the gray heads in the room. #ALA2009
wanderingeyre will be trying a speed dating style discussion at social software showcase. cool #ala2009 #bigwig
MrsMicah RT @alasecrets: Chewing off my own leg wouldn't really get me out of this dreadful session, but it might be a suitable protest. #ala2009
alasecrets #ala2009 has confirmed what have suspected for years. Librarians mostly function on sex, alcohol and wifi. Everything else is meh
lisacarlucci "writing is hard... i'd almost rather clean the bathtub, or call my mother" - emily drabinski #ala2009 (#acrl new members discussion group)
lazygal Just got an ARC of the new Michael Chabon #ala2009
shifted wow - the gaming session that's just starting in MPW 470a is *packed* to the gills. awesome! #ala2009
library_chic i honestly forgot it was saturday. #ala2009
shifted @kliss someone told me 80% of learning happens in the hallways; I wanted #ala2009's slogan to be "more hallways than any other conference"
kliss #ala2009 Scheduled events become less and less important with each conference. Talking with people is where it's at.
libraryladyjess do not advertise a New MothersRoom if all it is is the existing family bathroom, which doesn't have a seat to nurse on. #ala2009
JessicaJo822 I am on a bus full of librarians. This is awesome. #ALA2009
level250geek I am the lovechild of Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, creators of Unshelved. They said it, not me. #ala2009
bleuguy ALA Panelists on understanding Muslims in America withdraw to protest Robert Spencer's participation. Thanks to CAIR. #ala2009 #cair
otherwendy Friends at ALA: If you see Neil Gaiman, stare a bit for me and stutter in my stead. Pretty please? Oh, and blush a bunch would you? #ala2009
TAC_NISO Rick Anderson (Utah): 53% drop in circ stats per enrolled student since 1997. 73% decline in reshelving too. #ala2009
eligerman olpc 5 principles: youngest children, child ownership, saturation, commitment to connectivity, open source software #ala2009
FireHorse "We've had a terrible budget downturn -- I'm from California" Among 1st words heard at 1st ALA panel discussion #ala2009
hhibner #ala2009 Megan Anderson on Middle Mgmt: Focus on helpfulness. Differentiate that from niceness and pleasantness and likeability.
gwen17 If you are agoraphobic or a troglodyte, you'll do well as a prison lib. Also, offenders nicer than public patrons. Ha. #ala2009
rockityroll Focus on helpfulness - differentiate that from niceness/likeability. I'm going to try to take this home with me. #ala2009
surferblue Ebook "issues": visual verification, printing, logging in after "authentication", software installation. Name your fave! #ala2009
laurenpressley far fewer computers in this meeting than normal, but also far more iPhones. #ala2009
lovelyleann school librarians throughout California are all gone? So says K-16 Info Lit session #ala2009
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