SLA 2009 Begins

Reposted from the SLA Blog:

As a first time attendee to the SLA conference, I must say that I am much impressed. The conference is very well organized, there is free wireless (well done to the organizers!), and a conference canvas bag made from partly recycled materials. I have also enjoyed reading through the latest issue of Information Outlook which came in the conference bag. It was also fun to see flags of all the countries where SLA members hail from. Though the conference proper does not start until tomorrow, I decided to get started early by taking two courses.

Both courses I took today were interesting and left me full of ideas. One of these courses included a CD full of PDFs on knowledge management – which has been a great resource. It has also been really interesting to see the range of organizations where information professionals work. Today alone, I met librarians that work in pharmaceutical companies, government libraries, and statistical companies.

In addition to this blog, Twitter is full of activity as people write about the conference. If you’re curious to know more about me, please have a look at my blog.

Related posts:

1. CLA 2009: It was a dark and stormy night
2. Upcoming Conferences: CLA and SLA
3. CLA 2009: Day One
4. CLA 2009: Day Three