ALA Midwinter Dallas Guide. ALA Midwinter The American Library Association's Midwinter Conference is being held in Dallas this year, and I am very excited.
The children's book world rarely ventures into my backyard, and though I'm not attending, I wanted to lend a local perspective to all our literary minded visitors. To preface- Dallas gets a bad rap. We're not quite as cool as Austin, but I have grown to appreciate Dallas as a city with lots to do, full of kind, intelligent people. 2012 ALA Midwinter Scheduler.
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Blog Archive » The Midwinter Bump. [UPDATE FOR MIDWINTER 2013: This is last year's post, but the principles of the exercise are the same.
Just didn't want to reinvent the wheel.] As the ebooks in libraries war rages on, we’ve been having a tough time putting our money where our mouths are. In my last post, I talked a bit about our’ struggle to prove their worth to a publishing industry that’s less than receptive to emotional appeals. As long as publishers see library loans as “lost sales,” it’s going to be incredibly difficult to convince the Simon & Schusters and Penguins of the world to sell us their eBooks on mutually beneficial terms.
So much of what we do to fuel the engine of book discourse is intangible by nature. But an opportunity to do just that is just around the corner. Ala midwinter visitor's guide. Hello. if you are soon coming to dallas for the ala midwinter conference in a couple of weeks, I welcome you to my fair town.
I was born and raised in, left, then returned to dallas. as of now, I'm a proud resident of the best zip code in the city, 75226. dallas is sort of a prickly city, not having a particularly tourist-friendly downtown, but it's been trying hard to get better. for those of you staying at the omni (ala hq), I can see your glowing lights from the roof my building. so here, from me to you, are a list of places I love, all within a three-mile radius of the omni. I have tried to feature local/independent establishments, but feel free to add suggestions in the comments. also let me know if you'd like recommendations for any place else. if you enjoy good coffee (and breakfast), please visit oddfellows (in oak cliff) or pearl cup (on ross ave). if you'd like a good dinner (slightly upscale but still reasonable), please visit cedars social on south lamar.
Again, welcome! Five Things on a Friday - Conference Survival Tips. 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting Hotel & Shuttle Routes Map. Some Advice Regarding What To See & Do At ALA Midwinter. Program at SMU during ALA Midwinter 2012 in Dallas, Texas. A program for RBMS members and the extended special collections, archives, and library community is scheduled for Friday, January 20, 2012 when ALA Midwinter 2012 will be in Dallas, Texas.
There will be no charge for the program, which will be held at Southern Methodist University (SMU) with co-hosting by three special collections on campus: Bridwell Library Special Collections, Bywaters Special Collections of the Hamon Arts Library, and DeGolyer Library. For more information about these three libraries, including exhibitions, please see: Bridwell Library Special Bywaters Special DeGolyer. ALA Midwinter 2012. What's Happening at Midwinter. ALA Midwinter Conference Scheduler. Empower your community at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting Advocacy Institute. LITA. Hotel Abbreviations Convention Center – DCC Adolphus Hotel – ADOL Fairmont Hotel – FAIR Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion– HYATT Magnolia Hotel – MAG Marriott City Center – MAR Omni Hotel Dallas – OMNI Sheraton Dallas Hotel – SHER LITA Executive Committee 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST Executive Committee (aka, Budget Review Committee and Forum Steering Committee) is meeting virtually prior to Midwinter, on Friday, January 13, 2012 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
Anyone can attend the meeting by going to the ALA iLinc homepage on the day and time of the meeting; locate the LITA Executive Committee meeting listed there and click on join. Call for 'Virtual' Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting (2012 ALA Midwinter) Call for 'Virtual' Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting Online, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 at noon EST The LITA Mobile Computing IG seeks 4-5 short presentations (10-15 minutes) on mobile computing for the upcoming 2012 ALA Midwinter.
The meeting will be held online. So no physical attendance for the ALA Midwinter is required for the presentation and/or attendance for this meeting. The LITA MCIG is also seeking the suggestions for discussion topics, things you have been working on, plan to work, or want to work on in terms of mobile computing. All suggestions and presentation topics are welcome and will be given consideration for presentation and discussion. Feel free to email me off-the-list (kimb@fiu.edu) and/or post your topic at ALA Connect : Please add your thoughts and ideas in the comments! LITA @ ALA Midwinter 2012. Timely topics from ALCTS Interest Groups at Midwinter. 2012 ALA Midwinter Conference. RSS at ALA Midwinter 2012. ALA/RUSA REFERENCE SERVICES SECTION (RSS)ALA MIDWINTER 2012 :: EVENTS & Mark your calendar to be a part of the conversations about reference services at ALA Midwinter 2012 in Dallas!
::Saturday, January 21:: RSS Pancake Breakfast Saturday, January 21, 8:00am Cindi’s New York Deli306 S. Join us for breakfast! Guidelines and Competencies Discussion/Feedback Session (Discussion Forum) Saturday, January 21, 10:30am-12:00pm || Dallas Convention Center C145 Scheduler: The RSS Management of Reference Committee will be holding a discussion and feedback session for the draft revision of the Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers ( and a discussion about the pending revision of the Professional Competencies for Reference and User Services Librarians ( Your participation is needed to ensure these documents continue to reflect our standards and practices!
SAGE News. Announcing Library Boing Boing at the American Library Association. The 5th ALA MW Newbie & Veteran Librarian Tweet-up (via @johnxlibris) The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking. Conversations on transforming libraries are highlights of ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting. A Wandering Eyre » Discussing Unconference Things at Midwinter. ALA has been working hard, as have the divisions, in the past couple of years to incorporate more unconference type things into the schedule at Annual and Midwinter.
Up until this point, these things have been special events and, while there are a few, most of them are not recurring. It is time to start thinking of making these “special” things less extraordinary and instead making them “just the way we do awesome things around here”. With that in mind, I am hosting a discussion at the Networking Uncommons at Midwinter on Sunday at 9am. During this time we will likely discuss the following: making current unconference offerings less special and more the way we do thingsways to encourage speakers to leave behind traditional sage on the stage presentationsplanning sessions with different formatslinking the virtual and physical conference for a more meaningful experience at bothanything else you want to discuss within this topic. At American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. Gluejar to Make Soft Launch of Website at ALA Midwinter. Eric Hellman, the driving force behind the Gluejar project, will make a soft launch of the project’s website at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Dallas this weekend.
The innovative project is an attempt to come up with a working business model that would create widespread, unencumbered access to ebooks, and bridge the differences between rights holders and readers (including library patrons). This is how it would work in a nutshell: The website is unglue.it. Anyone can go to the website and create a wish list of books they would like to see “unglued,” meaning be available via Creative Commons licensing and without any digital rights management (DRM).
“The strategy for rolling this out is to first build up a base of supporters,” Hellman said. Hellman and his small, virtual team will, in the meantime, be approaching various rights holders and asking them to agree to make their works available for a set, upfront fee that would replace future royalties. The ALA Think Tank’s Partyhard Guide to #alamw12. Alright team, here it is in all its glory! The ALA Think Tank’s Party Hard Guide to ALA Midwinter 2012.
Each of these links to an event in Facebook because they are not all on the official conference scheduler and they are not all Official Conference events. Some of these are just meetups and good times put together by folks who want to meet and network. The events that don’t have a link are only in the conference scheduler and for some reason the links don’t work in the scheduler. ALSC activities during the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Complete program for new ALA Masters Series at ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting. NMRT Notes » NMRT @ ALA Midwinter 2012 in Dallas! NMRT Notes » You’re Invited to the 2012 NMRT Midwinter Social! ALA’s New Member’s Round Table (NMRT) is hosting its annual Midwinter Social at The City Tavern, in Dallas, TX from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 21. In addition to learning about the wonderful opportunities NMRT offers new librarians and discovering new ways to become more involved with ALA, attendees will be treated to a free buffet with everything from vegetable crudites and cheeses to sandwiches and quesadillas.
The City Tavern will be offering drink specials, such as $3 domestic beers and $5 mixed drinks/wine. We will also be hosting a raffle that will include library swag from various members of the Social Committee, in addition to library advocacy items. There will music (requests welcome), pool and darts. Please come out to socialize, network, and have a great time! The City Tavern is located at 1402 Main St., Dallas, TX–not too far from the Dallas Convention Center! Permalink Sorry, comments are closed. Welcome to Dallas ALA 2012. 2012 class of Emerging Leader participants announced.