Great party
I had a great time at the party last night. Although not many of us were there (we missed you snail and Ivan) I daresay those of us who were there enjoyed ourselves. Lorelei Junot, Abbey Zenith, Rocky Vallejo, Cindy Elkhart, JJ Drinkwater and Fleet Goldenberg, all US-based, stayed up to show us around and treated us to visits to the State Library of Kansas building (right next to the Australian Libraries building and linked by a yellow brick road!), the Info Island Conference Centre, and the Caledon Library.
I was touched by the hospitality of the Kansas librarians, who made a welcome banner for us, as well as all sorts of Australiana to add to the atmosphere. (Click on the picture for more information.)
It was great to catch up with Hypatia Arcadia, Fiona Bradley and Curious Forager - and lovely to meet all the US folks.
Brainstorming with Lorelei Junot and thinking of ways to make Info Island more welcoming was interesting and gave me a bit to think about (how do we make Second Life more inviting for newbies?). And I particularly enjoyed visiting the Caledon Library with the Caledon Librarian, JJ Drinkwater.
We amused ourselves playing with the Library 2.0 Ideas Generator Monolith. Some of my favourites from the evening:
- Empower Libraryland
- Glance sideways at the Library 2.0 bandwagon and embed it into your OPAC
- Leverage the awesome power of the biblioblogosphere
- Engage Michael Stephens and reach Library 2.0 nirvana overnight
And the dancing afterwards - excellent fun!
More pictures at Flickr.
