At the OLA superconference, I heard Ethan Zuckerman, a dynamic and engrossing speaker, from Global Voices Online. The organization translates blogs into English (and into other languages) so that we can all read what Africans, etc. are thinking and writing about. Global Voices is a not-for-profit out of Harvard Law School.
Ethan's blog
Global Voices Online
I also heard Carl Honore, the author of "In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement challenging the cult of speed" and David Warlick talking about 'harnessing the changing shape of information". Very thought-provoking.
David's blog
Carl's blog
On Saturday at 8 a.m. I heard Irshad Manji who wrote "The trouble with Islam today: a wake-up call for honesty and change". She grew up in Richmond, BC, the daughter of Ugandan refugees. She talked about diversity of thought and told how the public library gave her access to books that challenged her to think for herself. Worth getting up early for!
Irshad's blog
Lots of other workshops available and hard to choose! I attended workshops on ESL, on teaching library skills, on nonfiction readers' advisory, on "roving reference" and on top tech trends.
This huge conference had over 4500 attendees from public, school, college and university, special and hospital libraries. The final speaker on Saturday was Ellen Tise of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) talking about libraries in South Africa where she lives.
IFLA
If you are interesting in seeing any of the presentations, go to the Superconference website. The PowerPoint presentations and other material is being (or will be) posted and you can access it all freely.
Superconference 2008
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