The Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference held in Houston, March 31-April 3 was another success. In addition to some good hall networking, I was able to learn from these sessions: The Google-ization of the Universe – there was some information about how Google and the State databases work together. Gaming for Instruction – [...]
The 5th annual Strong Libraries, Strong Scores mini conference for School Administrators occurred as part of the Texas Library Association Annual conference held in Houston March 31-April 3. We had over 85 school administrators attend. We have already received 2 e-mails unsolicited from administrators that were going to increase the Library budget or rethink [...]
Barry Bishop, director, Spring Branch ISD and Mary Woodard, director, Mesquite ISD presented 23 Things: New Technologies Training sponsored by Texas Association of School Librarians on the opening day of the Texas Library Association Annual conference held in Houston March 31-April 3. We had a packed crown of over 250 standing room only Librarians. [...]
TLA stands for Texas Library Association. Their annual conference was April 15-18. Electronic handouts exist for most presentations. Handouts will be added to those presently posted. Friday, April 18th I attended one session because I was a presenter. Then I headed home to my family. “Social Networking among Digital Natives: Library Issues” was to the [...]
TLA stands for Texas Library Association. Their annual conference was April 15-18. Electronic handouts exist for most presentations. Handouts will be added to those presently posted. Thursday, April 17th in between the exhibits I was able to see two sessions and the general session. All were about future of Libraries (my choice). First, I saw [...]
TLA stands for Texas Library Association. Their annual conference was April 15-18. Electronic handouts exist for most presentations. Handouts will be added to those presently posted. Wednesday, April 16th I was able once again to participate in the “Strong Libraries, Strong Scores School Administrators mini-conference that was inspired by the White House Conference on School [...]
TLA stands for Texas Library Association. Their annual conference was April 15-18. Electronic handouts exist for most presentations. Handouts will be added to those presently posted. Tuesday, April 15th all day I was able to attend a pre-conference on building Libraries called “Building for Books, Bytes, and Beyond”. The two presenters were Anders Dahlgren, president, [...]
