A Brief Trip into Technology Planning, Brought to You By Meebo. (From ACRL Tech Connect) The Day That Meebo Died Today is the day that many librarians running reference services dreaded – Meebo discontinuing most of their products (with the exception of the Meebo Bar). Even though Meebo (or parts of it) will still […]
Creating quick solutions and having fun: the joy of hackathons (from ACRL Tech Connect) Hackathons– aka “hackfests”, “codefests”, or “codeathons”, are time periods dedicated to “hacking” on a problem, or creating a quick and dirty technical solution. (They have nothing to do with “hackers” in the virus or breaking into computers sense of the word). […]
From the District Dispatch, courtesy of Diedre Conkling: Yesterday advances were made in improving transparency in the federal government. Reps. Mike Quigley (IL-5) and Leonard Lance (NJ-07) introduced the Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Resolution of 2012 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.112hres727>(House Resolution 727), a resolution that creates a publicly available database of Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports and […]
How to Register Register Online Submit your ACRL 2013 registration via the online registration form. Please note, you will need to log in to your ALA account or create a new one if you don’t have an ALA profile. Please expect to receive e-mail confirmation within 24 hours. Register by Mail or Fax Print off […]
Program proposals are being accepted for the 2013 OLA-WLA Conference, April 24-26, 2013. The theme for this joint conference is “The Future is NOW! (Networking OR & WA).” Proposals are due no later than Friday, September 28, and the selection committee will notify applicants of the status of proposals by November 2. To submit a […]
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