Author Archives: Michael Sauers
Last day to pre-register
Registration for the conference will be closing at midnight tonight so there’s still time to pre-register. We currently stand at 436 registered participants and we’d love to break 450 so now’s your chance. Even if you’re not sure if you’ll … Continue reading
Just three days left to pre-register
Pre-registration for Big Talk From Small Libraries 2014 will close at midnight February 26th so there is still time to register in advance for the conference. As of this morning the registration count stands at 372 so there is still … Continue reading
This year’s conference is on Friday, February 28th
It seems that the reminder that was sent out to folks who have already registered for this year’s conference contained an error stating that the conference is being held on “Thursday, February 28th.” The date is correct but the 28th … Continue reading
All session descriptions and speaker bios are now available
If you’ve been waiting for all of the session descriptions and/or speaker bios before registering, you no longer have an excuse. Both the Schedule and Speakers pages are now complete. Also, as of this morning registration is just short of … Continue reading
Registration number update
As of this morning more than 250 people have registered, just a little more than half way to our goal of 500. If you’ve not registered yet, please take a few moments to do so @ http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventshow.asp?ProgId=12887. Also, be sure … Continue reading
2014 Schedule Now Available
For those of you that have been waiting for the schedule, it is now available on the Schedule page. Additionally, speaker bios and session descriptions are available on their respective pages. However, at this point both of those pages are … Continue reading
Plenty of seats still available
There’s still plenty of time to register for the conference but we encourage you to sign up sooner rather than later so our presenters can best prepare for the size of the audience. So, if you’re planning on attending any … Continue reading
The presenters have been chosen
E-mails went out last to those we chose to speak and we have hear back from all of them and have a full slate. (Those that weren’t chose were also sent e-mails earlier today.) Some of you may have already … Continue reading
Submissions now closed
Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal for the 2014 conference. We received 29 proposals: 12 for the lightning round and 17 for full sessions. The committee will be meeting tomorrow and will be contacting the accepted presenters by the … Continue reading
Big Talk 2014 is a Go!
Our first planning meeting happened and we can now confirm that the third annual Big Talk From Small Libraries conference will be held on February 28, 2014 from 8:45am to 5:00pm Central Time so please take a moment to mark … Continue reading