Comments on: Google Jockeys For Conference Sessions http://acrlog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joan Getaz http://acrlog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-15129 Joan Getaz Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:23:29 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/#comment-15129 Steve, I think the Millennials will have no problem listening to the speaker and taking in the jockeys' findings... Steve,
I think the Millennials will have no problem listening to the speaker and taking in the jockeys’ findings…

]]> By: Lee Kraus http://acrlog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-13812 Lee Kraus Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:28:57 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/#comment-13812 I love the idea of making web resources available in realtime. It is how I worl on a daily basis. Of course the critical step will be to make the flow of information available for review following the conference. I love the idea of making web resources available in realtime. It is how I worl on a daily basis. Of course the critical step will be to make the flow of information available for review following the conference.

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-13709 Barbara Fister Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:57:48 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/17/google-jockeys-for-conference-sessions/#comment-13709 Not me. I already find powerpoint a distraction. I can multitask with the best of them, but when I go to a conference I want to hear a speaker or panel and have a chance to think about something in some depth, not have the same distractions I deal with all day long. What might be interesting though would be for librarians to info-jockey for disciplinary conferences - pulling up valuable sources, not necessarily through a simple Google search of key terms but by knowing that interesting sources will turn up in CiteSeer or PubMed or ... But honestly, as a conference attendee I'd rather not be subjected to it. Not me. I already find powerpoint a distraction. I can multitask with the best of them, but when I go to a conference I want to hear a speaker or panel and have a chance to think about something in some depth, not have the same distractions I deal with all day long.

What might be interesting though would be for librarians to info-jockey for disciplinary conferences – pulling up valuable sources, not necessarily through a simple Google search of key terms but by knowing that interesting sources will turn up in CiteSeer or PubMed or …

But honestly, as a conference attendee I’d rather not be subjected to it.

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