ALA Annual 2012 Anaheim

Later this week I'm off to Anaheim, CA for the ALA Annual Conference 2012. I'm looking forward to catching up with and seeing my colleagues from all over the country. :) But per usual, I need a clone. There are far too many sessions going on concurrently that I want to attend!


Here are a few highlights:

• The Library Code Year Interest Group inaugural meeting!: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/651
• Kuali OLE (learn about the project; FYI, MPOW is a development partner): http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/260
• Continuing Resources Cataloging Update Forum: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/378
• Quality Standards in Batch Records and Adventures in Cooperative Cataloging: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/380
• CONSER/BIBCO/SACO At-Large: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/1166 (agenda: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/PCC-At-Large-Agenda-June-2012.doc)
• PCC Participants' Meeting (undifferentiated names in the LC/NACO Authority File): http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/261 (agenda: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/PCC-Participants-Meeting-2012-Annual.doc)
• RDA Meetings (thank's RDA Toolkit for the list!): http://www.rdatoolkit.org/blog/392

For anyone wanting/needing to track me down at ALA, here's my full ALA Annual 2012 Anaheim schedule (subject to change at any given moment leading up to the start and as the conference progresses):
(link: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/user/30698/schedule-embed)


Update (6/19/2012): My colleagues and I have enacted a "divide and conquer" approach. Thus for the time slots with multiple items they are ranked in terms of priority, with the High designated sessions being the ones I said I'd attend. Unfortunately, the "priority" status isn't visible in the public version of my calendar. Boo. At any rate, DM me via Twitter (@slmcdanold) or text me if you're trying to find me.

Library Code Year Interest Group at ALA

The LITA/ALCTS Library Code Year IG will be having our first meeting at ALA Annual 2012 (#ala12) in Anaheim, CA and we need your help. We are looking for speakers to give lightening talks!

Call for Speakers

What strategies, or roadblocks, have you found in learning to code? How have you used programming to improve library service models or workflows?

The Library Code Year Interest Group seeks speakers for lightening talks (5 minutes) on any aspect of coding and libraries, including projects you have completed, your experience learning to code or thoughts on projects you would like to see in the future.  Speakers at all levels of coding skill and from all types of library backgrounds are invited to participate.

Our meeting at ALA Annual in Anaheim will be Saturday, June 23, 1:30-3:30pm at the Doubletree Suites (Tuscany AB). You can find it on the ALA Scheduler here. The inaugural meeting of the Library Code Year Interest Group will provide an opportunity for members to discuss how they have used what they have learned through Code Year in their jobs and to discuss roadblocks they have encountered along the way through a combination of lightening talks and roundtable discussions. Attendees will learn ways that the code they are learning can be used in libraries and have a chance to share their experiences learning and using code. We will end with a brainstorming session on how the IG can support members’ efforts to learn and apply code in libraries.

Feel free to contact me with any questions at slmcdanold@gmail.com or mcdanold@pobox.upenn.edu or post your thoughts on our Connect page.

Even if you don't want to give a talk, I hope to see you there! 

I'm going to Disneyland...err...ALA

I'm off to the ALA Annual Conference tomorrow. It's in Anaheim, CA this year. I can see us all now, sitting in our sessions and meetings sporting Mickey Mouse ears with our names on them instead of our conference badges. Strangely, none of my friends or colleagues want me to bring them mouse ears back...hm.

Per usual, I have a packed schedule with tons of conflicts. Typical ALA chaos. This year I have an additional (new to me) meeting on Tuesday morning. What was once a 3 day conference is now 5 days of meetings. Lord help me and give me coffee.

BUT, the Scholarship Bash is a ticket to a Disneyland park on Saturday night. So in a role reversal, I'm going to tag along with my NASIG mentee EL and her friends and go to Disneyland! Woo hoo!

I so need to get a picture of me and Mickey.