Zaana Howard

Location: Melbourne Australia
Speaking Topics: social media | microblogging | enterprise 2.0 | blogging | Collaboration | communities | social networking | Web 2.0 | wikis | innovation | Community Building | creativity | creativity in the workplace | technology in libraries | + much more
Spoken Languages: English

Meredith Farkas

Location: United States | Vermont
Speaking Topics: blogging | distance learning | drupal | elearning | instructional technologies | knowledge management | online marketing | RSS | social media | social networking | Social Software | technology in education | technology in libraries | technology planning | Web 2.0 | wiki
Spoken Languages: English

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I am currently the Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich University in Vermont and an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science. I'm the author of the book Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online (Information Today, 2007) and write the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. I'm probably best known for my blog Information Wants to Be Free and the many wikis I've created to collect professional knowledge.

Previous Presentations: 
National: Wikimania 2006, American Library Association 2007, Internet Librarian 2006-2007, Computers in Libraries 2006-2008, Alliance for Information Science and Technology Innovation 2007, Readex Digital Institute 2007
International: Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark 2007, Quebec Library Association Conference 2007, Ontario Library Assoc. Super Conference 2008
Keynotes: UC Berkeley 2007, Assoc. of College and Research Libraries Eastern NY 2007, Borough of Manhattan Community College 2007

Sarah Houghton-Jan

Location: California (USA) | San Rafael
Speaking Topics: blogging | digital media | drupal | eMedia | internet filtering | information overload | RSS | online marketing | open source | podcasting | social networking | technology in libraries | vidcasting | Web 2.0 | web accessibility | usability | web analytics | Web Design

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I am the Digital Futures Manager for the San José Public Library in the heart of the Silicon Valley. I also work as a consultant instructor for the Infopeople Project, serve on LITA's Top Technology Trends Committee, and speak internationally at live and online events for libraries and other institutions. I am perhaps best known for my blog, LibrarianInBlack.net, about the intersection of libraries and technology.

Previous Presentations: 
Internet Librarian (multiple presentations): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Computers in Libraries (multiple presentations): 2008
others: Public Library Association, Hawaii Library Association, California Library Association, WebJunction, Canadian Education Institute, Washington Library Association, San Francisco Future of Libraries Conference, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, SirsiDynix Institute, Idaho Library Association 2020 Vision Conference, Al@din Librarians Group, Sacramento Public Library, San Mateo County Library, Santa Clara County Library, etc.

Bess Sadler

Location: Charlottesville | Virginia
Speaking Topics: opacs | blacklight | open source | libraries in the developing world | technology in libraries | digital humanities

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I am a Research and Development Librarian at the University of Virginia. I am the project lead on Blacklight, an open source library catalog (a.k.a. OPAC). I also develop custom software for faculty research projects, and I am a technical consultant for eIFL-FOSS, a non-profit organization working to promote the use of open source for libraries in the developing world. I am available to speak on any of these subjects.

Carol Bean

Location: Florida | Miami
Speaking Topics: blogging | Technology adoption | technology in libraries | Technology-Seniors | Technology training
Spoken Languages: English

Carol is a technology training consultant specializing in older adults and technology. She worked at the North County Regional Library, part of the Palm Beach County Library System, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for 8 years developing training programs and teaching older adults to use computers. She initiated development of the Mousing Around online tutorial (http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing).

She has been a member of the editorial committee for the online Code4Lib Journal since its inception in 2007.

Previous Presentations: 
Internet Librarian 2007
Florida Association of Computer User Groups 2007
Southeast Florida Library Information Network Energize 2007
Northeast Florida Library Information Network Technology Training To Go 2006
Florida Library Association 2006

Cindi Trainor

Location: Kentucky | USA
Speaking Topics: technology in libraries | library systems | social networking | academic libraries | change in libraries | library administration

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Previous Presentations: 
"Moving Forward" SCELC Colloquium III, March 4, 2008, Los Angeles, CA
"Ten Seconds to Photo Perfection" Internet Librarian 2007, October 30, 2007, Monterey, CA
"From WoePAC to Wow!PAC" Computers in Libraries 2008, April 8, 2008, Crystal City, VA