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 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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