[WEB4LIB] RE: Access98 blowout

[Roy Tennant]

Ah, but my message was outlining the *highlights* of the conference...
Roy

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Sloan, Bernie wrote:

> 
> Our humble Web4Lib moderator neglects to mention that the
> conference program lists him as keynote speaker for this conference.
> Don't be so modest, Roy!  :-)
> 
> Bernie Sloan
> Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
> University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
> 338 Henry Administration Building
> 506 S. Wright Street
> Urbana, IL  61801
> Phone: (217) 333-4895  
> Fax: (217) 333-6355
> Email: bernies at uillinois.edu
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Roy Tennant [SMTP:rtennant at library.berkeley.edu]
> > Sent:	Thursday, October 08, 1998 1:35 PM
> > To:	Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Access98 blowout
> > 
> > I just returned from one of the best professional conferences I've ever
> > attended. I say this not to brag or make you feel like you missed out, but
> > to bring your attention to one of the best-kept secrets in North America.
> > But don't take my word for it, look at this partial list of speakers and
> > make up your own mind. Web4Lib readers should recognize a number of these
> > people. Many of their presentations are online at
> > http://library.usask.ca/access98/program.htm, but you need to remember
> > that you are missing the informative and witty remarks that accompanied
> > them.
> > 
> > But of course one of the most important aspects of the conference was the
> > informal time spent talking with 200 of your library systems peers and a
> > few rogue administrators who snuck past the registration staff. So take my
> > advice and mark you calendar now for Access99, October 25-27, 1999,
> > Guelph, Ontario. If it is anything like this year's, it could be the best
> > conference money you've ever spent.
> > 
> > Some highlights:
> > 
> > Thomas Dowling, OHIOLINK - Thomas held forth in his inimitable and highly
> > entertaining way about Web standards and the inability of either of the
> > top browsers to pay the slightest attention to them. 
> > 
> > Peter Scott & Darryl Friesen, Univ. of Saskatchewan - Of course Peter is
> > best known for HYTELNET, a hypertext guide to library catalogs before
> > anyone knew about something called the Web. You don't know Darryl yet, but
> > you will. They tackled library intranets.
> > 
> > Terry Noreault, OCLC - Terry Noreault talked about how librarians are
> > responding to the challenge of creating organized interfaces to the chaos
> > that is the Web.
> > 
> > Tim Bray, Textuality - My money is on XML to be the next "killer
> > application," and there is no one better than Tim Bray to tell you why,
> > and how it fits into the landscape of markup languages and technologies. 
> > 
> > Lou Rosenfeld, Argus Associates - Web4Lib readers have already heard me
> > rave about Lou's book "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web."
> > Lou is even better in person, if you can imagine that.
> > 
> > Steve Sloan, Univ. of New Brunswick - Steve covered some of the techniques
> > he is using to serve some amazing digital content, ranging from the
> > dictionary of a native language (complete with sound clips) to the diary
> > of a loyalist. What he called Perl I call alchemy, he made it look so
> > easy.
> > 
> > Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information - Clifford needs no
> > introduction. As a fellow speaker, it absolutely appalls me that he can
> > comfortably fill an hour with interesting and informative conversation
> > with no apparent means of support (where are his slides?). If you haven't
> > heard him speak, you're missing a treat. And judging from his conference
> > schedule, you have also probably been absent from the planet for the last
> > decade.
> > 
> > George Machovec, CARL - George pulled off the amazing feat of making
> > authentication and security interesting. And for his next act...
> > 
> > Greg Notess, Montana State Univ. - Readers of Online and Database are very
> > familiar with Greg's practical, no-nonsense information about vital
> > technologies. It was our luck that he is even better in person.
> > 
> > Rich Wiggins, Michigan State Univ. - If rolling in the aisles with
> > laughter while learning a good deal about search engines is your idea of a
> > good time, we missed you. "Mr. Gopher" cemented his position as a
> > flexible, entertaining, and informative speaker who could help "make" your
> > conference. I'm thinking of starting a caption contest using his
> > Powerpoint slides.
> > 
> > Joyce Ward, Northern Light - Usually I steer well clear of speakers from
> > companies trying to sell me a product. But Joyce made me moderate my
> > stance with a presentation that was soft on the hard sell while being long
> > on content.
> > 
> > In addition to these world-class speakers, there were a number of panel
> > presentations, project descriptions, and good presentations, some of which
> > I missed while trying to scoop up some gifts to placate my children at
> > home. David Fox and company at the University of Saskatchewan Libraries
> > have my gratitude for putting together a truly wonderful program. I can't
> > wait for Access99!
> > Roy Tennant
> > 
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