2010 conference Registration now open

Registration is now open for Online Northwest 2010!
https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ocs/register.php?event=396

Online Northwest is a conference addressing issues at the intersection of libraries, technology and culture.

The 2010 Online Northwest conference will be held on February 5th, at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the Oregon State University campus, Corvallis, Oregon.

There is a special recession registration fee of only $75 this year. This rate is available through early bird registration closing on January 15th, 2010. Registration after January15th and on site will be $130.

This year’s Keynote speaker is Brandon Schauer, co-author of the book Subject to change: Creating great products and services for an uncertain world. Brandon Schauer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path. He speaks, writes, trains, and practices experience design as a differentiator for business strategy. Brandon's passion for finding and understanding the unmet needs of customers has led him to diverse environments, from the homes of cancer patients to tunnels beneath Walt Disney World. This insight with customers -- plus a solid grounding in business analysis and a mastery of design methods -- allows Brandon to help organizations define and design more meaningful experiences for their customers. Visit his blog at http://www.brandonschauer.com/blog/ for more information.

Online Northwest 2010 will include presentations on a wide range of topics such as web traffic and campus trends, unified discovery and what TV chefs can teach librarians about presentation style. Lightning talks will also debut this year. Sign up to give a 5 min talk when you register.
https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ocs/register.php?event=396

Online NW Important Dates:
Conference: Feb. 5th, 2010
Early bird registration deadline: Jan.15, 2010
Refund deadline: Jan. 15, 2010

Online northwest on the web: http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/OnlineNW
Our blog: http://onlinenw.blogspot.com/
Registration: https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ocs/register.php?event=396

Visit http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/ or contact OSU Conference Services For more information.
Phone: 541-737-9300,
Toll free: 800-678-6311
Email: conferences@oregonstate.edu

One month left!

There is only one month to go to get your proposals in for the 2010 conference. Details and the submission form are available at http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/.

What do you want to propose? Don't tell me here, just get in your form before Oct 2nd!

Call for Submissions: 2010 Conference

Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.

The 2010 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 5, 2010

Submit proposals: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HDhY4z4qIUhUrqqnK2KGRQ_3d_3d

Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals. All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome,
including:
• Technology in tough economic times
• Tagging used in libraries (OPAC, librarything, flickr, etc.)
• Change/innovation & organizational culture (as it relates to technology)
• User interface design and evaluation
• Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery)
• Information literacy and instruction (distance ed. and technology use)
• Management of electronic resources, digital repositories, or digital archives
• Programming and development of computer applications to support delivery of library services
• Using social features in library technology
• Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome

Submit proposals: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HDhY4z4qIUhUrqqnK2KGRQ_3d_3d

For examples of past presentations or more information, see:
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

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Miss Something?

Were there presentations you did not get to see at this years conference? Too busy networking and miss something? We now have most of the presentations on our website. Check them out, see what you missed, and get a refresher on what you did see.

What you are saying

Are you posting about your Online Northwest experience? Tell us about it and we will link to you. So far Sam Wallin has shared a video presentation of his experience, and Nicholas Schiller has posted about his experience.

Comment here and we will link to your post.

Thanks for Guest Bloggers

Thank you to all our guest bloggers who did live blogging and some not as live blogging below. If you haven't gotten the chance to read their posts please take a moment to do so. Comment back and tell them what you think.

Many people were also tweeting the conference via their twitter accounts. Search #ONW09 to see all the buzz.

Good to see so many people in attendance.

FYE: a committee point of view

Just a bit of background to start. I grew up on the west coast, received a bachelors degree from Linfield college in McMinnville, and moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to get my MLIS. I worked at Middleton Library while I was getting the degree, then I moved to Florida. I stayed in Florida working primarily in library administration for 5 years. Last February I moved back to Oregon to be the Portland Operations Librarian for OIT (Oregon Institute of Technology).

Shortly after starting I was asked if I wanted to represent the OIT Libraries on the Online Northwest planning committee. My answer went something like, "Uh, sure. What's that?" I learned what Online Northwest was pretty quickly after that when the committee met in the spring. For those that don't know, Online Northwest is a kickin' conference with a tech focus in the Northwest US.

The committee is made up of representatives from The Oregon University System libraries. Each committee member takes on a few tasks in the planning and execution of the conference. The tasks I took on were advertising and putting out a call for proposals. Then, last friday (2/13) was the conference.

Remember what my answer was when I was asked if I wanted to be on the committee? Well, Not only was this my first year on the planning committee, but it was also the first time I had attended an Online Northwest conference. I really did not know what to expect, but I liked what I saw.

I was the room monitor to room 114, so I got to see all the presentations in that room. I also got to troubleshoot some interesting computer issues, and deal with the curtains when the sun was too bright to see the presentations. Overall, I think it was a positve experience. I got to hear some great presentations (see some not so great pictures below.) And I got to meet some people that I would not have gotten to meet otherwise.


Cass Kvenild talks with a session attendee while cleaning up after her presentation on Library Services for Distance Learners


Sam Wallin gets animated during his presentation on Using Video to Enhance Library Service.


Anna Johnson laughs with a session attender during the break after her presentation 2, 4, 6, Great: Handouts They'll Appreciate.


Diana Wakimoto shows what not to do when making accessible web pages during Preventing a Digital Divide: Accessibility and Online Learning.


Kate Gronemyer, Planning Committee chair gives a general welcome and some brief announcements before the keynote.

So, Overall, my first year experience (FYE) at Online Northwest was a good one, and I hope to have more bad pictures for you next year.