It's not very often that you can go to a conference, attend 4 programs in a row, and find them all informative and well-done. But that was my first day at Internet Librarian in Monterey. Yes, I know, I should tell you all about it, but sorry, I'm just too tired. The best I can do for now is to give you a few good alternatives for an IL fix and promise more later.
There are other bloggers, hardier souls than I, that are diligently taking notes and logging pithy quotes from the speakers. Watch Steven Cohen's Library Stuff for running commentary. He included some of the pertinent statistics from the keynote this morning, a very interesting presentation by Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Pew is studying who is doing what on the Internet, and it's not always what you might think. For example, Rainie claims that people aren't complaining about information overload. They actually feel more in control because of the web rather than being overwhelmed. That's got to be good news.
There are several bloggers at IL 2004. If you want to track their Internet Librarian entries, check this link from Feedster on a regular basis. (Again, via Library Stuff.)
By the way, according to Tom Hogan, president and CEO of ITI, attendance is up 20% over last year. Let's hope that's a good economic indicator. Conference attendance in general has definitely been in the doldrums for that past few years.
I'll have to fill you in later...time for bed. There's a full schedule tomorrow, including the blogging track, and I'm going to need my rest!
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