To the conference committee: Today, during the 11am-noon time period, there are 16 concurrent sessions. I understand the want to offer as many different sessions as possible but this is way to many. It’s hard to choose. There are four different sessions that I’m interested in attending. Also, this divides the conference attendees into way to many small groups, limiting groups to about 15-20 people. Fewer sessions would allow for larger attendance to any one session, improving group participation and discussion.
I asked someone on the conference committee about this and they said the number of workshops was to counter the past complaints that there were not enough sessions that attendees were interested in. I guess I’d just say that there’s got to be balance that can be found.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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