Table Talk: Blogs and RSS (and wikis)

I hosted a Table Talk on blogs while Joshua Lambert of Missouri State hosted one on wikis. Neither one of us got enough participants to fill a table, so we joined forces to create one table talking about blogs and wikis. It worked really well, I think. We had a range of people from at least one person who was in the "what's this blog and wiki thing all about, anyway?" phase to one person who knows how to syndicate an RSS feed on to her library's web pages--a skill that makes me jealous. We also had librarians from every type of library except K-12.

I believe this is the first time MLA held Table Talks. Our table was in a kind of annex, so I can't judge the turn out very well, but the whole area seemed pretty busy. Table Talks are a delightful way to encourage more interaction among conference participants who don't necessarily know each other by allowing them to engage in conversation about interesting topics. MLA's Table Talks covered pornography, genealogy, rural librarianship, and many more subjects.

Labels: blogs, conferences, wikis

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