Archive for November, 2006
Impressions of ASIS&T
ASIST (Candy) – Day Four – iSchools
I organized a session called “The iSchools Movement”, a panel chaired by Andy Dillon and featuring a bunch of deans and our own Michele – the sole representative of a non-ischool. There was some disagreement about when ischools started, ranging from the mid-1960s to the 70s to a couple of years ago. There was a [...]
The I-School Movement (SIG/ED)
Volunteer services
ASIST (Candy) – Day Three
It was a very busy day. New England was well represented at the Chapter Assembly, run by Harvard’s Beata Panagopoulos, Chapter Asssembly Director. Caryn Anderson was the voting NEASIST chapter member, and accepted the annual Chapter Event of the Year award on behalf of the chapter. Caryn also helped to run the New Member brunch [...]
ASIST (Candy) – Day Two
Today was Saturday – a day for workshops and committee stuff. I had a workshop at 8:30, so I headed out for a Starbuck’s at 7. There is a coffee place in the hotel, and it does serve Starbuck’s, but I figured I would have a bigger healthier choice of breakfast breads at a real [...]
ASIST (Candy) – Day One
My friend Beata Panagopoulos (Harvard librarian) and I flew together from Boston to Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin on Friday. As an indication of the Texan friendliness to come, when Beata told the man sitting next to her that she was vegetarian, he proceeded to write down the names AND addresses of ten suitable restaurants in [...]
