I am very excited to be heading off to Washington DC to Computers in Libraries in another couple of days. Due to the travel fund freeze at the city, this one is almost entirely on my dime, but since I’d already bought a ticket for myself before the budget crisis and conference attendance is part of my job description, it seemed pretty silly not to go. I do want to thank the library foundation for providing some reimbursement for the trip to make it a little more affordable.

I’ll be doing a bit of live-blogging (or at least hotel room blogging) throughout the conference, so I’ll go ahead and post my intended schedule here now for those who might find it interesting.

On Sunday evening I’ll be headed to the “Gaming & Gadgets Petting Zoo“.

Monday

OPENING KEYNOTE: Friending Libraries: The Nodes in People’s Social Networks
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project

Website Redesign Pitfalls
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Jeff Wisniewski, Web Services Librarian, University of Pittsburgh

Help Your Library Be Omnipresent Without Spending a Dime
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Nina McHale, Assistant Professor, Web Librarian, Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver
Curt W. Tagtmeier, Adult Services Librarian and Technology Coordinator, Fremont Public Library

*or*

Building Community Partnerships: 25 Ideas in 40 Minutes
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Kathy Dempsey, Editor, Marketing Library Services newsletter Owner, Libraries Are Essential consultancy

D103 – Moving Libraries to the Cloud
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer, OCLC
Andrew Pace, Executive Director, Networked Library Services, OCLC

Developing a Sustainable Library IT Environment
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Oleg Kreymer, Systems Librarian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jennie Pu, Senior Library Associate, Asian Art Library / Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

*or*

Flickr Commons for Libraries & Museums
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Michelle Springer, Project Manager, Digital Initiatives, Library Of Congress
Dr. Joshua M. Greenberg, Director, Digital Strategy & Scholarship, The New York Public Library
Shelley Bernstein, Chief of Technology, Brooklyn Museum
Martin R. Kalfatovic, Assistant Director, Digital Services Division, Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Continued Online Community Engagement
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Rebecca Ranallo, Internet & Media Services Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library
Clyde Miles, Chief Strategist, Optiem
Susan Conlon, Teen Services Librarian, Princeton Public Library
Jennifer Peterson, Community Manager, WebJunction

*or*

Achieving the Dream to Go Green
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
John Law, Director, Strategic Alliances & Platform Management, ProQuest
Maria Gebhardt, Libraries Manager, Broward County Library

Tuesday

KEYNOTE: Library Without Walls: Meeting Place of and for People!
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Paul Holdengraber, Director, Public Programs, New York Public Library
Erik Boekesteijn, Concept Developer and Projectmanager, Science and Innovationdepartment, Delft Public Library ShanachieTour

Next Gen Digital Reference Tools
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Joe Murphy, Science Librarian, Coordinator of Instruction & Technology, Yale University
Madeline Kriescher, Acting Circuit Librarian, U.S. Courts Library, 10th Circuit
Jan Johansson, Data Librarian, Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Library Automation Highlights
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation, SirsiDynix & President, SLA
Phillip L. Green, Chief Technology Officer, Inmagic, Inc.
Neil Block, VP of Worldwide Sales, Innovative Interfaces

Learning From Research in Library Website Design
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Frank Cervone , Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Information Services, Purdue University Calumet

Embedding Services: Go Where the Client Is
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Natalie Collins, Systems Librarian, National Research Council–Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI)
Holly Hibner, Reference Librarian, Salem-South Lyon District Library

*or*

Library Website & Library Catalog: One Stop!
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Amy Begg De Groff, Director of Information Technology, Howard County Library
Danny Bouman, Web Programmer, Howard County Library
Joshua Ferraro, CEO, Liblime Former Release Manager, Koha Project

Open Source Library Implementations
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Karen Kohn, Collection Development Manager, Arcadia University
Eric McCloy, Executive Director, Library and Information Technology, Arcadia University

Innovative Services & Practices
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
John Blyberg, Head of Technology and Digital Initiatives, Darien Library
Gretchen Hams, Head, Children’s Services, Darien Library
Sarah Ludwig, Head, Teen Services, Darien Library
Kate Sheehan, Head of Knowledge and Learning Services, Darien Library

*or*

Cooperative Systems Trump Integrated Systems
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Paul Wallace, Library Systems Manager, Fifth Circuit Library System, U.S. Court of Appeals
Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University
Daniel Forsman, Systems Librarian, Jönköping University Library

Dead & Innovative Technology: Moving & Shaking in the Information World
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Moderator: Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation, SirsiDynix & President, SLA
Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University
Aaron Schmidt, Digital Initiatives Librarian, District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) & Publisher, walkingpaper.org
Darlene Fichter, Data Library Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan

Wednesday

KEYNOTE: Digital Strategies & Knowledge Commons
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Michael Edson, Director of Web & New Media Strategy, Office of the CIO, Smithsonian Institution

Mobile Practices & Search: What’s Hot!
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Megan Fox, Associate Director, Library, Simmons College

*or*

Learning Solutions Through Technology
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Sarah Houghton-Jan, Senior Librarian for Digital Futures, San Jose Public Library author of LibrarianInBlack.net
Lori Reed, Training Specialist, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC)

Mobile Usability: Tips, Research, & Practices
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Jim Hahn, Orientation Services Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael P Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission
Christa Burns, OCLC Member Services Coordinator, Nebraska Library Commission

*or*

What’s the Return on Investment for Your Library?
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Neal K. Kaske, Director, NOAA Central & Regional Libraries, National Oceanographic Data Center/ National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library
Mary Lou Cumberpatch, Librarian, Public Services & Regional Libraries Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Guy Dobson, Internet Services Librarian, Bergen County Cooperative Library System

Future Space: The Changing Shape of Libraries
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Richard Huffine, National Library Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey
Dwayne Henderson, Library Technology Designer, Fanning Howey Associates, Inc.
James Mumby, Library Architect/Principal, Fanning Howey Associates, Inc.

Mobile Search
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Megan Fox, Associate Director, Library, Simmons College

Real Librarians in Virtual Worlds
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Lori Bell, Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System
Rhonda Trueman, Reference Librarian, Johnson & Wales University & Author, Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries

New Tools for Metrics & Measures
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Debbie Herman, Digital Resources Librarian, Elihu Burritt Library, Central Connecticut State University
Edward Iglesias, Systems Librarian, ERIS, Central Connecticut State University
Ms. Alka Bhatnagar, Analysis &Trends Specialist, New Jersey State Library

*or*

Gaming & Learning
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Sonja Plummer-Morgan, Library Director, Mark and Emily Turner Library VP/Pres Elect Maine Library Association, ALA’s AAUP, Association for Rural & Small Libraries Board Member, Second Life Librarian

Whether I have a question about librarianship or whenever there’s a cool new tool out there on the Interwebs– these are the folks who drop the knowledge I need. I am humbled before your talents and intelligence and all the better for knowing you. Thank you.

I like these mosaics because they really show how powerful of a tool Twitter is for building connections and conversations.

Make your own at: http://sxoop.com/twitter/mosaic.pl