MLA 2008 CIT SIG programs

In preparation for the Conference Debriefing meeting on November 7, I compiled a list of all 16 programs that the Computer and Information Technology SIG sponsored or co-sponsored at the 2008 Missouri Library Association Conference. The times are as they appeared in the Conference Program (I know at least one was changed to a different timeslot during the conference). I thought this list might be useful to more people than just me, so on the blog it goes.

I put in the attendance numbers that I know of (if anyone attended the sessions without attendance numbers and has a rough estimate, let me know). I'm not sure how much weight to give attendance. I was at the session with the smallest attendance. It probably captured everyone at the conference who deals with the nuts and bolts and keys of computers and was likely very valuable to those 10 people. If nothing else, they had the opportunity to meet the other 9 people at the conference who work with the guts of computers. We were in a small room and didn't take up much space, so I think it was probably an important service of the CIT SIG to offer that program.

Wednesday, October 1

• 8:15 – 11:45 Get Your Game On! (preconference) -- Beth Gallaway (cosponsored by YASIG and YSD). Attendance = 14
• 2:45 – 3:30 Collaborating in the Cloud -- Robin Hastings. Attendance = 60
• 3:45 – 4:30 Beyond Library Learning 2.0 – Library Learning 2.1 – Bobbi Newman. Attendance = 50
• 3:45 – 4:30 Securing Public Access Computers – Sheila Dennehy. Attendance = 10
  

Thursday, October 2

• 7:30 – 8:15 Home is Where One Starts: Designing a New Web Home for Saint Louis University Libraries – Mikael Kriz. Attendance = 13.
• 8:15 – 9:00 Three Low-Cost Usability Evaluation Methods for Library Website Redesign – Kim M. Thompson, Hsin-Liang Chen, and Sanda Erdelez. Attendance=20.
• 8:15 – 9:00 Wireless Service for the Public: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Randy Raw (MOREnet)
• 9:15 – 10:00 Missouri Digital Heritage: A New Portal to Missouri’s History – Carl Wingo. Attendance = 30
• 11:15 – 12:00 Meeting without Meeting – Tom Peters. Attendance = 40.
• 11:15 – 12:00 Research 2.0: How Zotero Can Save Your Day or at Least Your Research – Joshua Lambert (cosponsored with MACRL)
• 1:45 – 2:30 Digital Television is Coming! – Jack Galmiche (President of KETC Channel 9). Attendance = 14

Friday, October 3

• 9:15 – 10:00 Information Literacy: Using Technology to Reach and Teach Students – Erin Lanham and Theresa Flett (cosponsored with MACRL). Attendance = 50
• 9:15 – 10:00 The Virtual Book Scene – Joy Weese Moll (cosponsored with RISSIG). Attendance = 60
• 10:15 – 11:00 Introduction to Learning Objects: Use in the Classroom and Consequences for the Library – Marcus Richter (cosponsored with RISSIG and MACRL)
• 1:30 – 2:15 Free and Open Source Software – Steven Pryor. Attendance = 20
• 1:30 – 2:15 Reaching Your Patrons in the Brave New World of the Social Web – Bobbi Newman. Attendance = 20

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