Unfortunately, there's not much room in the budget of our organization for attending conferences. So thanks for the internet and the many (free) ways to obtain new knowledge and connect with other information professionals - like Rudaí23 :-)
I have attended two international conferences in my carrier, the latest was Online Information in London in 2011. In fact, we only visited the exhibition and the short seminars in connection to it - not the real conference. But it was very interesting and I remember that it gave me the feeling of belonging to a professional tribe :-) I realized I had gained enough work experience to know what most of it was all about - I benefited from the halv hour seminars and I could talk to vendors about their products. Nice experience.Internet Librarian International 2015 in London in October would be really great to visit (in my dreams!).
The programme looks very interesting and especially day two would be relevant to me. Among other things I would have chosen to hear about Good customer relationships: proving value every day, The pressures on Google: why search isn’t simple any more and Librarians and information literacy: the key to first year student success.
I noted that there are quite a few Nordic speakers on the programme, nice to know that we can make a contribution to the international community :-)
As a semi-independent information professional I would like to learn from those who actually make a living on freelance information services, so attending one of the annual conferences of AIIP would be genious!
Our own professional organisation for librarians in Denmark arrange national congresses every other year. In 2014 the overall theme was librarians' professional DNA focusing on identity and roles. What I appreciate the most, is that most of the speakers ususally are from outside library circle, so they contribute with other views on our profession - not always pleasant, but definitely true!
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At tage til internationale konferencer ligger ikke lige inden for rækkevidde - så jeg kan bare drømme.
Heldigvis ligger der masser af gratis, fagligt stof på nettet, så jeg bliver ikke helt udsultet.
Men jeg ville virkelig gerne med på Internet Librarian International i London til efteråret. Der vil være masser af nyttigt fagligt udbytte - især i forhold til search.
Den amerikanske organisation for selvstændige informationsprofessionelle ville være drømmedestinationen - dér kunne jeg lære så meget!
Herhjemme har vi Bibliotekarforundets årsmøder hvert andet år. Det er lidt en fætter-kusinefest, men der er da også et fagligt udbytte, fordi der kommer indlægsholdere ude fra, der bidrager med nye syn på vores profession.
Great idea to hear from non-librarians about their perceptions of librarians. Sounds like a good way to identify what would work and what doesn't in terms of advocacy outside the profession. #rudai23
SvarSletGreat idea to hear from non-librarians about their perceptions of librarians. Sounds like a good way to identify what would work and what doesn't in terms of advocacy outside the profession. #rudai23
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