ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting: LJ's Picks of Sunday's Top Tweets
ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting - American Library Association - Library Journal
By Rebecca Miller -- Library Journal, 01/18/2010
On day three of ALA's Midwinter Meeting in Boston, hundreds of tweets with the #alamw10 hashtag shared Top Tech Trends, eavesdropped on the floor, speculated on the future, and celebrated awards. Here are a few of our favorites.jvinopal RT @tadawes: 10,013 attendees at #alamw10 -- Oof - my advice: don't try to "friend" them all!
quinniepants no joke, someone absconded with the picture of me with the baker & taylor cats at #alamw10
gcaserotti W00t! RT @LibraryJournal #alamw10 McCormack was recognized for the free e-newsletter Booksmack from Library Journal
heatherhalliday More males @ open access discussion grp than any other #alamw10 event
jaimebc These Boston cabs are wicked expensive. #alamw10
srharris19 Chatted with @hmccormack at the LJ booth. Turns out she *is* humanoid! #alamw
sglassmeyer LOST: my dignity LAST SEEN: #alamw10 exhibit hall. Please let me know if you find it.
planetalvina "I'm wondering if all authors think all kids have issues?" -teen at bbya. #alamw10
mak506 They have double-wide vendor booths here. AND TONS OF FREE BOOKS! I'm glad print is not dead to me. #alamw10 #holycrapfreebooks #fb
librarythingtim I HATE "let's talk" pricing. LibraryThing Anywhere will not only be cheap, but will have published prices. Can we start a trend? #alamw10
kspace wondering when the job market will start to pick up. Summer 2010, I hope. :) #alamw10
tadawes Turock family pledged $100,000 to Spectrum Initiative. YAY!! #alamw10 #alacouncil
memclaughlin Apps die in 2010? HTML5 offers more. #alamwttt #alamw10
lirath Focus of pres-elect will be 3 items. Frontline fundraising, authors as advocates, contest 'why I need my library' kid-focused #alamw10
hfs309 should I count the "ums" in this presentation? #alamw10
taramizu Next up is Lauren Pressley (Wake Forest U) on augmented reality #alamw10 #alamwttt
awd Remember, it only takes 25 ALA member signatures to get your name onto the ballot for ALA Council... Yes, YOU at #alamw10 :)
oodja Librarians are too! RT @kytwins: Users are seeking a mobile version of websites they visit. #alamw10 #alamwttt
oelibrarian heard twice: our profession does not reflect the diverse population #alamw10
cindi ok I know it's geeky but i love talking about user experience. #alamw10 #goosebumps #alamwtt
Hope_Baugh eavesdropping on Simon&Schuster YA editor David Gale - master booktalker - at his exhibits booth. #alamw10 #yalsa
mfrisque David Walker - Why aren't consortiums coming together to build discovery systems? #alamwttt #alamw10
onesockshort I swear this convention center must cover three zip codes. #alamw10
kgs Right now it's a numbers race; vendors competing for the most comprehensive single-search tool #alamw10 #alamwttt
kgs Was starting to make TTT notes in Word and slapped forehead. This is why Baby Jeebus made Twitter. #alamw10 #alamwttt
blendedlib This town needs fewer hotels w/ copley in the name #alamw10
0rb Boy, librarians really don't like conflict. #alamw10
jordanfp I guess only university libraries are trendy? #alamwttt #alamw10
jolietjosh learned yesterday: somerville is pretty cool, ALA after hours is a scary, scary thing #alamw10
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