After a late night return from the Seward, we were all running on fumes for the Wednesday morning early start.\u00c2\u00a0 Library Dean Steve Rollins addressed the group as a reschedule from Monday morning.<\/p>\n
We discussed engaging new audiences, but we all looked like the same audience that has been here all week.\u00c2\u00a0 HAHAHA.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But seriously, the opening field of data curatorship is ripe for the help of librarians to organize, publicize and help patrons learn to repurpose data. Data is the new currency.\u00c2\u00a0 If libraries can become repositories for not just documents, but complete data sets, we’ll be rich. Once more we learned of the cutting edge work taking place at the Biodiversity Heritage Library & Encyclopedia of Life.\u00c2\u00a0 We then learned the important questions to ask when conducting a data interview with patrons looking of for our help in storing data sets.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, we talked about how we can help patrons cite data and publish data sets with DOI’s embeddded in publications.\u00c2\u00a0 After a short break, the panel of experts convened to answer more questions from the audience about using our skills to help patrons with their data sets.<\/p>\n
During lunch folks gathered at the Guin Auction tables to put in bids, but we extended the deadline for bidding until 1:40 pm after the PM break.<\/p>\n
After lunch, we had brief presentations on the various posters submitted for members.\u00c2\u00a0 We then all walked out to view the posters and talk to the authors directly.\u00c2\u00a0 This segued into our PM break.\u00c2\u00a0 During the last few minutes of bidding at the Guin Auction, we had some rough and tumble bidding going on.\u00c2\u00a0 Lots of last minute bids on the very desirable items.<\/p>\n
Following the PM break, we were given presentations by our vendors\/sponsors.\u00c2\u00a0 Inter-Research was represented by Ian Stewart and Thomson Reuters was represented by Kristen Culp.\u00c2\u00a0 We love our sponsors and hope to see them all in Fort Lauderdale, Florida next year.\u00c2\u00a0 Their generosity and input into the program are very much appreciated.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, assisted by Jen Walton, I gathered up all the Guin Auction items and sorted them into winning bid piles.\u00c2\u00a0 Just about everyone got something.\u00c2\u00a0 We had over 80 items this year and earned $1220 for the Guin Fund.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, thanks to all the members for the donation of auction items and for their generous bids and donations.<\/p>\n
While this was going on, the Green Flash was ably moderated by Kristen LaBonte.\u00c2\u00a0 Lots of topics this year. I did make the session in time to see the 2009 Antarctic film winner “Legend of the Golden Roll”.\u00c2\u00a0 For those who attended the Belgium conference, you’ll remember this hilarious short film about retrieving toilet paper from an ice cave in Antarctica.<\/p>\n
Ending a bit early, we all hurried out to get back to the hotel to change (or not) for the evening banquet at the Hotel Captain Cook.\u00c2\u00a0 Cook Inlet is the large body of water named for Captain Cook who spent quite some time looking for the Northwest Passage.<\/p>\n
The group gathered in the lobby of the hotel and boarded the Magic Bus (our favorite form of transport as it was much more reliable and friendly than the hotel shuttle). Anyway, we arrived at the hotel and did not realize there were 3 separate towers in the hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 We were supposed to be in the Quarterdeck Restaurant on the top floor of tower 1.\u00c2\u00a0 Drifting around, the herd wandered until we found a set of likely elevators.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, these were the tower 3 elevators.\u00c2\u00a0 A brief tour of the tower 3 top floor proved fruitless, so we elevatored back down to the main floor to wander again only to find Daria & Celia waiting at the bank of tower 1 elevators to direct us to the proper location.\u00c2\u00a0 Mesmerized by the view, we walked in a daze to the tables and continued to stare at Cook Inlet and the various mountain ranges.\u00c2\u00a0 Transfixed by the play of sun & cloud, we buzzed with talk of the conference, personal stories and various small talk until the buffet was finally opened.\u00c2\u00a0 Once again, our palates were amazed with tasty dishes including halibut, chicken, vegetarian lasagna, new potatoes and a variety of salads. The dessert portion was beautifully displayed with a wide variety of tarts, cakes & fresh fruit.\u00c2\u00a0 Dinner was initially accompanied by lovely classical guitar.<\/p>\n
However, the best part of the evening was Dr Leslie Cornick talking about the endangered beluga whales of Cook Inlet.\u00c2\u00a0 We were regaled with biology, tales of the endangered species act, habitat modification.\u00c2\u00a0 We were a bit disappointed that she didn’t have her sound file loaded so we could listen to beluga whale acoustics, but here’s YouTube video of Beethoven demonstrating sounds at the Point Defiance Zoo: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SvsvcnzFy-g\u00c2\u00a0 or here’s a sound file from National Geographic: http:\/\/animals.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/mammals\/beluga-whale\/\u00c2\u00a0 I would have loved to have Dr Cornick continue. Her passion for these animals was contagious.<\/p>\n
Finally, the dinner ended and the accordion player was set up to continue the evening with dancing and other sorts of frolic. Those of us not fully recovered from the previous late night hobbled off to find the return bus to the hotel to drop into our beds and sleep.<\/p>\n
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