Author Archives: Michael Sauers
Registration is temporarily down
It seems that our calendar & registration system has crashed. We have people working on a solution. Please hold off trying to register for the conference until we’ve posted an update here. Thanks for your patience while we solve this … Continue reading
Registration tops last year!
One of our goals for this year’s event was to top last year’s registration count. I can now report that we’ve done just that. Right now the count stands at 446 registrations which is two above last year’s final registration … Continue reading
Call for Chapters: Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century
This isn’t directly related to the conference but we figured that this was perfect for our audience: Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing public librarians and LIS faculty in the United States and Canada: creative, practical how-to chapters for … Continue reading
Registration tops 300
As of this afternoon we have 300 people registered. However, the actual head-count is much higher than that as some of those registrations are for viewing parties of multiple people. So, from the looks of it we’re well on our … Continue reading
Presentation submissions now closed
As of this morning we’ve closed presentation submissions and would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal. Looking at the spreadsheet we have received a total of 34 submissions from all over the US and we have more than … Continue reading
One week’s worth of registrations
Registration has been open for a week now and we already have a total of 178 people registered and we’ve still got more than a month to go. Our final number last year was a bit over 400 and we’re … Continue reading
Proposal Deadline is this Friday, January 11th
You’ve heard about Big Talk—that online conference for and by the people who run small libraries. Why would you submit a proposal to make a presentation? Because small libraries are full of big ideas—and because sharing what you’ve accomplished is … Continue reading
2013 Registration Now Open
Registration for the 2013 Big Talk From Small Libraries conference is now open. Details can be found on the registration page on this site. As a reminder: The schedule of presentations has not yet been set and there’s still time … Continue reading
Call for Speakers
The Call for Speakers is now online. Check it out and submit a proposal or two.
Save the date!
The first Big Talk From Small Libraries was such a success we’re doing it again! Be sure to set aside Thursday, February 28, 2013 to attend the second Big Talk online conference. If you’re interested in presenting be sure to … Continue reading