Author Archives: Michael Sauers

Jessamyn West has sent me her session title and description which are now available on the schedule page. Check out her session in the 1:00pm time slot.

We’ve just confirmed that Lindsey Hansen and Linda Holmberg of the Centerville Community Library (SD) will be speaking about combo school/public libraries. Session details and bios will be posted as soon as they’re available.

Late last week we lost one of our confirmed speakers. (She’s fine, there was just a conflict.) So, we’ve got two open slots at this point. I’ve got lines on several possibilities but any suggestions are welcome. If you’ve got … Continue reading →

It’s only after announcing something that you realize what you forgot to tell people, or did, but they just can’t find it on your site. So, if you’re wondering things like “must I be in the US to attend” and … Continue reading →

Welcome everyone! Today we’ve started announcing this conference to the world and the registrations are starting to come in. As you browse around the site you may notice that there is still a hole in the schedule and that we’re … Continue reading →

This morning I received the e-mail confirming that two speakers from South Dakota will be joining us to talk about community partnerships. As soon as I receive their bios and session description I’ll post them on the appropriate pages.

Diane Trinkle, the director of the  Nortonville (KS) Public Library will be speaking about gaming and game collection development. Her bio is up on the speakers page and her session description will be added to the schedule as soon as … Continue reading →

Karen Mier’s session description is now available on the schedule while her bio and photo are now on the speakers page.

I’ve just confirmed our fourth speaker: Lauren Smedley, Transliteracy Developer Director of the Fayetteville (NY) Free Library. She’ll be speaking about their Fab Lab. Her bio and session description will be posted as soon as I have them.

Speaker Jezmynne Dene’s bio has been posted on the speakers page and her session description is now available on the schedule page.