Walking Paper

I still have to schedule time to carve a pumpkin! On Sundays I’ll be racing cyclocross. And here’s what I’m up to speaking-wise for October. Hope to see some of you around!

11 October – Florida Public Library Directors’ Meeting – Clearwater, Florida
-socialize your library: the read/write web opportunity

13 October – Oregon Educational Meeting Association Conference – Seaside, Oregon
-School Library 2.0: Meeting Kids on Their Own Terms

16 October – Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COLSA) Fall Meeting
-Your Patrons Were People of the Year. What Now?

27-31 October – Internet Librarian / Internet @ Schools
Workshops
-Social Tools for Your Library
-Games, Gaming, & Libraries with Jenny Levine

Sessions
-Get Your Game On: Gaming and Learning in the Library for Internet @ Schools
-Online Marketing for Libraries: Outreach & PR in a 2.0 World with Sarah Houghton-Jan
-MySpace and Facebook: Pros & Cons with Susan Herzog and Meredith K. James
-Gadgets, Gadgets, & Gaming! with Erik Boekesteijn, Jaap van de Geer, Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina Pacifici

On Haloween I get to moderate Track D: Games, Videos, & Libraries. Check out these great speakers I’ll be listening to:

• Gaming & Libraries: Engaging Strategies
  Jenny Levine, Internet Development Specialist & Strategy Guide, American Library Association
• World of Warcraft Versus Second Life
  Liz Lawley, Director, Rochester Institute of Technology, Lab for Social Computing & Mary Auckland, Independent Consultant
  Lori Bell, Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System &
  Cindy Hill, Principal, Hill Information Research Group & former Manager, Sun Digital Libraries & Research
• Do You Need a Videographer?
  Nick Baker, Reference and Web Services Librarian, Williams College Libraries
• Running a Gaming Program When You Can’t Tell the Difference Between an X-Box & a Game Cube
  Josh Weiland, Webmaster & unofficial gaming guru, &
  Maryann Mori, Teen Services Librarian, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library