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SLA Candidate Speech
Candidate Speech (Video) I want to talk with you today about three things: Leadership, Volunteers and Technology. While we can’t predict what the priorities of the incoming Board will be, based on my years of experience with SLA: Leadership, Volunteers, and Technology will be areas of focus for me, if I am elected. SLA is [...]
Read more →sla2008 twitter cloud
With thanks to the folks at Wordle (what a great tool!), I present you with a cloud based on the tweets from #sla2008. The only term I removed from this graphic was sla2008. Click the thumbnail to view the larger image.Also, here are the Top 15 Tweeps for #sla2008 conniecrosby artquiltmaker ChrisVestal yankeeincanada khuffman nengard [...]
Read more →sla2008 re-tweeter
I have developed a re-tweeter for sla2008 based on the Twitter API and John Eckman’s code. Thanks John! Starting on Wednesday June 11, 2008, the sla2008 Twitter account will become a re-tweeter. What’s a re-tweeter you ask? It’s simple. When a follower of sla2008 posts a tweet with the hashtag #sla2008 in their tweet – [...]
Read more →To retweet or not to retweet, that is the question
I have developed a retweeter for sla2008 based on the Twitter API and John Eckman’s code. Thanks John! I have run it a few times with a small group and and it works perfectly. My question now is…do we use it at SLA2008 or not? The proposal is to turn the sla2008 account into a [...]
Read more →Twitter Away at SLA
The word is slowly spreading, so in case you haven’t yet heard… As part of SLA’s Innovation Lab, and for the first time at conference, we will be using Twitter to make the conference experience more collaborative via use of a backchannel. The hope is that conference will become a "we" event. See Twitter at [...]
Read more →Twitter at SLA2008
As part of SLA’s Innovation Lab, and for the first time at conference, SLA will be using Twitter to make the conference experience more collaborative via use of a backchannel. SLA2008 has been created on the Twitter website for conference attendees and non-attendees alike to follow. More on using Twitter at conference is forthcoming. If [...]
Read more →2009 SLA Board of Directors Candidates Announced
26 February 2008 SLA Press Release Contact: Cara SchatzP : 703.647.4917M: 202.236.4247cara@sla.org 2009 SLA Board of Directors Candidates Announced Alexandria, Virginia, 26 February 2008 – The SLA Nominating Committee presented 10 highly qualified candidates to the sitting Board for election to the 2009 SLA Board of Directors. Today all 10 SLA members presented [...]
Read more →The Librarians
The Librarians is a hysterical 6-part comedy series from Australia about the most non-politically correct, more or less completely dysfunctional library on the planet – except for yours, right? Enjoy the promo!
Read more →Trendpedia
Trendpedia (beta) is described as a "Social media monitoring, buzz tracking, brand measurement and blog trend search" tool. It allows you to search for up to 5 different queries at the same time and display the results in 3 different ways: as a hitlist for each query as a trend chart that shows the number [...]
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