{"id":75726,"date":"2014-07-01T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T08:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=75726"},"modified":"2014-07-02T09:04:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T14:04:43","slug":"why-you-should-and-how-you-are-able-to-partake-in-american-library-association-annual-conference-when-not-attending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=75726","title":{"rendered":"Why you should and how you are able to partake in American Library Association Annual Conference when not attending"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Jennifer Devine, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Maryland<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Why you should and how you are able to partake in American Library Association Annual Conference when not attending\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Jennifer<\/a>If you\u2019re like me and you\u2019re not attending or able to attend the ALA Annual Conference\u00a0this year you are still probably flooded with information from your e-mail, on Facebook, twitter,\u00a0other social media platforms (links are included at the bottom) and hearing about co-workers and\u00a0friends who are attending the ALA Annual Conference. There are many reasons as to why you\u00a0may not be able to attend. For me, while I would like to attend the conference in Las Vegas,\u00a0which would be an awesome venue to go to, but despite being a sub part of the Library field, I\u00a0am actually in the Archival field. Therefore, this year while paying for the conference may have\u00a0been a slight issue I chose not to go so that I could go to Archival conferences this year, which\u00a0both venues are much closer to me. Other reasons why you may not be able to attend include\u00a0cost of the conference, cost of air fare and hotel, time off work, and family\/child obligations.\u00a0Despite my personal reasons I still would have liked to have attended the conference.<\/p>\n

Therefore, instead of ignoring the fact that the ALA Annual Conference is going on\u00a0there are ways that you can still partake virtually. During this time twitter will be your best\u00a0friend. This year follow the hash tag alaac14. From the hash tag you can follow everyone that is\u00a0tweeting live from the conference using the hash tag. You can also look up the presentations at\u00a0the conference and find there has tags as well to follow. You can also follow the Facebook event\u00a0or the ALA Facebook page. Many of the panels like LITA will live stream their presentations.\u00a0After the conference and sometimes before many of the panels will upload their slides! You\u00a0can also follow the conference on the ALA UStream channel. If you\u2019re not into following the\u00a0UStream or are unable to you can read about the conference from cog notes.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re on twitter, Facebook or other social media platforms your followers will be\u00a0able to keep you updated as to what there attending and tweeting or Facebooking about at\u00a0the conference. ALA Annual Conference is also on Google+, Flicker, Pintrest and tumbler.\u00a0There are plenty of ways to stay on top of what is going on intellectually at the conference. As\u00a0information professionals these mediums help us to be aware of problem, changes and issues\u00a0which are being presented at the ALA Annual Conference. The few main things that you will\u00a0miss by not being able to attend the conference are the exhibit halls, the venue, presentations and\u00a0meet ups that are not being streamed and most of all networking. While theses are added benefits\u00a0being able to follow the conference through social media and live streams allows me and others\u00a0who are not able to attend the ALA Annual Conference for their own various reasons to still be\u00a0apart of the conference virtually.<\/p>\n

Links to be able to follow the American Library Association Annual Conference Virtually and\u00a0through Social Media Platforms:<\/p>\n

UStream: http:\/\/www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org\/alaac14<\/a><\/p>\n

Cog Notes: http:\/\/ala14.ala.org\/cognotes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: #alaac14<\/p>\n

Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanLibraryAssociation<\/a><\/p>\n

The Facebook Event: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/551745778246833\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Google+: https:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/clv7irgrh7kb5c5753dko1i1udo<\/a><\/p>\n

Flickr: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/alaac14\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinterest: http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/alaannual\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Tumblr: http:\/\/ala-con.tumblr.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jennifer Devine, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Maryland Why you should and how you are able to partake in American Library Association Annual Conference when not attending\u00a0 If you\u2019re like me and you\u2019re not attending or able to attend the ALA Annual Conference\u00a0this year you are still probably flooded with information from your e-mail, on Facebook, twitter,\u00a0other…<\/p>\n

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