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January 1, 2007
2007 SirsiDynix Institute Program
I am very excited about what we have scheduled so far for the SirsiDynix Institute in 2007. Here's the schedule so far so that you can mark you calendars and call a few friends and colleagues to learn along together. More info is always at the SDI site here.
And a reminder, all SirsiDynix Institute webcasts are free. Anyone can attend - not just SirsiDynix customers. And if you miss any, past sessions are archived on the website (slides and sound) and on iTunes.
Here’s the complete 2007 schedule so far:
Jan 9 – Learning 2.0 – Helene Blowers from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg on their pioneering 23 Things learning strategy.
Jan 16 – Gaming in the Library – Jenny Levine *SPECIAL EVENT* The author of ALA TechSource's latest book and host of the Summer 2007 ALA Gaming Symposium shares her knowledge.
Feb 5 – Hopping into Library 2.0: Experiencing Lifelong Learning – Christine Mackenzie from Yarra Plenty Libraries in Australia shares their experiences with Learning 2.0 in our first international SDI webcast!
Mar 6 – Mashups – Darlene Fichter introduces this current trend in portal and website development.
Apr 3 – Second Life – Michael Sauers and friends takes us on a tour of the Second Life Library 2.0. Interested? Here's a way to see what this amazing virtual world is like.
May 1 – Workforce Transformation – Donna Scheeder, a popular speaker from '06 returns.
May 8 – Trends in K12 – Chuck Leachman *SPECIAL EVENT*. A major session on the school library world and School Rooms.
June 5 – Podcasts – David Free - More on this popular technology building on the 2006 podcast two-parter.
July 10 – Stephen Abram book discussion – Stephen Abram and Judy Siess. OK - I am so vain. We're going to talk about our book being released in early 2007 by ALA Editions
Aug 10 – RSS Feeds – Meredith Farkas and Paul Pival. Yep - we're finally doing a session solely on RSS. You asked for it, and you get it.
Sept 4 – Future of Librarians – Pat Wagner. The return of one of our most popular SDI speakers.
Sept 11 – SirsiDynix Building Better Community Awards – BBC Winners *SPECIAL EVENT* Yes - you will be able to apply soon for one of the richest library prizes. Watch this space.
Oct 2 – Keeping up with Trends – Ulla de Stricker. Another popular SDI speaker covers the tips and tricks for keeping up - one of our most asked questions.
Nov 6 – Social Bookmarking – Rachel Bridgewater. The social library and del.icio.us, tagging and all that.
Dec 4 – 25 New Technologies for 2008 – Stephen Abram's (me!) annual review.
I hope you find this an interesting program so far. We have a few spaces left and would love to hear what you're interested in. Just leave any advice in the comments.
Stephen
Posted by stephen at January 1, 2007 10:10 AM
Comments
I have to say that I just keep getting more and more impressed with the offerings from the SirsiDynix Institute -- there isn't anything on that list that doesn't sound exciting to me. You're providing such a tremendous service to librarians who don't have the ability to travel to CIL, IL and other pricey conferences that we are lucky enough to attend. It's things like this that will really help close the "tech-savvy divide" between the have and have-not libraries. :)
Personally, I'd love to see another talk on wikis (ideally by someone other than me). Kind of a "next steps" talk. Building a wiki is the easy part; it's getting people to contribute and maintaining it that's really hard.
Posted by: Meredith at January 2, 2007 5:39 PM