Last week the Liminal Librarian posted her Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Conference, Workshop, and Program Organizers. As someone who has been doing presentations and workshops for the past ten years I can say that some hosts are better than others. (I am also not picking on anyone in particular!) To share one recent story, I was at a conference and there was a technology issue in which the security folks didn’t want to allow me to hook up my laptop to their Internet connection. The on-site coordinator (someone who wasn’t actually part of the conference but worked for the institution where the conference was being held) finally asked me “What do you need?” and was able to get me exactly what I needed to make my presentation not only easier for me, but better for the attendees. Now that’s service!
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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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