My Travel Schedule

I meant to do this more often since the last few times I did this it resulted in meeting a few nice colleagues and some old friends. So here’s where I’ll be in the coming months:
Feb. 2-4 Toronto ON
Ontario Library Association Super Conference
I have the honour of doing a few sessions (like Library Measurements, Tech Trends and the 8R’s President’s Committee) as well as the Keynote. This is a wonderful conference and a lot of fun and it’s in my home town!
Feb. 8 Moorehead MN
I get to fly into Fargo ND to do a repeat session Library of the Libraries Future session for Minitex in Minnesota.
Feb. 12-14 Columbis OH
This is the eTech Ohio (formerly SchoolNet) 2006 State Technology Conference where I will keynote and do three other sessions on collaboration, millennials and personas. I am really looking forward to this one.
Feb. 20 Topeka KS
I’ll do a staff day for Topeka and Shawnee Public Library. I had a great conversation with their director and they are really poised to excel. I think I’ll learn a lot there.
Feb. 22 Virtual World
I’ll be hosting a SirsiDynix Institute at 11 a.m. ET. This is an attempt at an additional format for the SirsiDynix Institute. I’ll mderate a great panel of John Blyberg, Michael Stephens, and Michael Casey on the topic of Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0. Should be hot!
Feb. 26-28 Philadelphia PA
I’ll be doing a session for the NFAIS conference as well as talkig about personas.
March 4-8 Nashville TN
This is the annual SirsiDynix Superconference. I am particularly happy with the program for the Executive Track. Any SirsiDynix client is welcome to register. I also hope to blog a whole lot of the seesions this year.
March 12-14 Fort Myers, FL
This is the ASIDIC conference where I will do a keynote. Florida, March – hmmmm.
March 15 Philadelphia, PA
I am looking forward to doing a staff day for Montgomery County Library District. I always learn a lot at these sessions.
March 22-24 Washington DC
The annual Computers in Libraries conference. This is one of my favourites. Ill be dong a few sessions including a cool panel on the School Rooms portal in Ohio for Internet @ Schools East.
March 26-28 Birmingham UK
The first stop on the SirsiDynix SuperConference world tour. We will travel to major sites around the world to talk about the future of libraries and technology.
March 30-31 Paris, France Stop 2
April 2-4 Shanghai, China Stop 3
April 6-7 Taipei, Taiwan Stop 4
(Some of us will also be hitting Australia!)
April 11 – Chicago IL
A visit to a very creative client, PALS, for their user conference.
April 12 – State College PA
A short visit to Bucknell University - a very pretty campus and innovative crew of academic librarians.
April 19 – Philadelphia, PA
Back to Philly for a speech to the Tri-State College Library Cooperative for their annal Spring forum. This is 45 libraries in colleges and universities throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Sounds like fun!
April 21-22 – Orlando, FL
Talking about 2.0 with the ASAE.
April 25-27 – Houston, TX
Here I get to keynote the Texas Library Association Conference as well as do a session on Millennials. After visiting Houston this month I am eager to go back – mmmm, seafood.
April 28-29 – Toronto, ON
I am helping to organize one of the semi-annual meetings of the Information Futures Institute, to which I belong. It’s a very interesting meeting but it’s always no minutes, no talking. What’s said at IFI stays in IFI.
May 4 – Hartford, CT
A chat at the Council of Librarians of the Connecticut Community Colleges Conference.
May 5-6 -Montreal, PQ
I get to do a keynote at the Quebec Library Association. Just a train ride away from home.
That’s enough for now. I will of course be going to ALA (New Orleans), SLA (Baltimore) and CLA (Ottawa).
2006 will be a wild ride.
Stephen