The 46 annual New England Library Association Conference is meeting this week for the first time ever in Hartford. More than 500 regional librarians and close to 200 exhibitors will spend most of 3 days attending workshops, networking, banquets, and more. Christina Deptulski and I are among those 500.
At the banquet last night, the 2009 Emerson Greenaway Award for distinguished service to the library community in New England was presented to the Connecticut State Librarian, Mr. Kendall F. Wiggin.
Ken Wiggin is an outstanding library leader in Connecticut, across the region, and across the nation. His leadership has brought several important initiatives to the State Library and the entire Connecticut library community including iCONN, the Connecticut Education Network, the Historical Documents Preservation program and Connecticut History Online.
The workshop I attended was the "Operating Systems (OS) Smackdown." Linux landed a hit with the latest Ubuntu OS distribution. Apple has a new OS X update (Snow Leopard). Windows 7 OS will soon be out. The Information Technology panelists demonstrated and discussed the latest and greatest offerings in these operating systems--some very cool applications.
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I also went to the "OS Smackdown". It should be interesting to see who "wins". Will it be Microsoft, Apple, or Linux? What are your thoughts?
Christina Deptulski
I also went to "Laughing Matters" and "Time to go FISHing!"
In the spirit of fun, the library staff has decorated the Goodwin College Library windows with spooky decorations for Halloween.
Also, anyone in the customer service industry should see the FISH! Philosophy video, based on Seattle's famed Pike Place Fish Market customer service methods.
Christina Deptulski
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