It seems that Karen Schneider is a bit peeved about the concept of blogging during a presentation at a conference. As a presenter she wants folks to stop typing and listen to her. While I might agree with her in principle I don’t think it’s that simple. Granted, I was blogging while listening to presentations but I would hope that you’ve all notice that I was, in essence, taking notes. The fact that I posted those notes to my blog (usually later in the day due to the lack of WiFi,) isn’t relevant. Sorry Karen, I just can’t agree with you on this one.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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