What I learnt from #NYLA12 (part I)

Due to a number of reasons, I failed to publish my interviews during the conference.

Below is a piece of interview (in two parts) I conducted on Friday morning, in which some of my fellow students, including Mia Breitkopf, Kusturie Moodley and Nick Berry, talked about what they learnt from the "eBooks and Beyond" panel given by George Needham. The central topic of their discussion is about a point during the presentation that whether US LIS education should come back to the 4-year bachelor model, which was adopted many years ago, based on Ken Haycock and Brooke Sheldon's The Portable MLIS.

This model is actually adopted by South Africa (where Kusturie comes from) and China. So you can hear Kusturie's description about how this model is implemented in her country from this interview.

Interview part I:
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16926253/LIS_education

Interview part II:
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16926254/LIS_Education_2

In the following post(s), I will talk about what I learnt from this conference. 

My Plan for #NYLA12

NYLA (New York Library Association) 2012 Annual Conference's coming!

Below are the events/panels I may attend:

Thursday

• 9:00 a.m. Money Matters: Financial Education for Public and Staff
• 9:00 a.m. Prison Libraries Supporting Education
• 4:00 p.m. Keynote
• 6:00 p.m. iSchool Reception at Mouzon House

Friday

• 8:00 a.m. SMART Membership Meeting & Flash Talks
• 8:00 a.m. Improv, Comedy, and Creativity at Work
• 9:30 a.m. Pecha Kucha Presentations
• 11:00 a.m. Bibliometric 101
• 2:15 p.m. Emerging Trends in Libraries
• 2:15 p.m. “Instant Printing”: The Espresso Book Machine
• 3:45 p.m. How iPads Changed the Library

Saturday

• 8:00 a.m. Design on a Dime
• 9:30 a.m. What’s Next eBooks Chapter and Verse
• 11:00 a.m. Special Libraries You Never Knew Existed
• 11:00 a.m. Mobile Websites for Dummies

You can find the information of all the sessions at: http://www.nyla.org/images/nyla/2012%20Conference/NYLA_Conference_2012-Promo_Brochure.pdf. And the hashtag of the conference is #NYLA12.

Moreover, I will interview a number of participants to share with everyone what they learn so far. Hope those who cannot present can follow up the conference by this series of interview.

So, if you will attend the conference, talk to me there! If you cannot, follow me on Twitter or this blog.