Hi all, Rogan, Can't speak for my organization or our libraries, but from a personal standpoint, this would be nice....lots of libraries budgets are stretched pretty thin, and having it close would definitely help.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]>wrote: > > A while back someone (I think Wolf from Lyrasis but not sure) asked about > a regional conference here in the south east. I replied that there wasn't > one but anything is possible. > > What I didn't say is that I've always wanted to have one and tossed the > idea around with colleagues quite a bit. Frankly, the lead up to the > conference in Vancouver has gotten me thinking about it again. I've heard > from a lot of folks that they would love to go but they can't travel far, > etc... Now, I don't want to create a false impression - I heard this to > some degree with Indiana and Michigan as well but it is more dramatic with > us being on the opposite coast for this one. But, that's bound to happen > with a conference that floats around. > > Still, we have a lot of systems that would love to have an event that was > regional and possible to send people to without much hardship. There are > lots of folks that can't go to any conference unless it is very close. > This would be small scale even, probably a half day on a Friday and full > day on a Saturday, so day and a half. It would be put on very cheap so as > to be accessible by small libraries that could not normally send people. > It would be in as central a location as possible to potential participants > and at a cheap hotel. > > As it is we have Georgia and South Carolina well established with > Evergreen consortiums. I think Georgia already has some internal events > for staff but I don't know to what scale or nature. However, we also have > an effort North Carolina that is growing and one in Virginia that is in > progress. So there is a potential population for a series of roundtables > and seminars to provide information, networking and a chance for community > engagement. > > So, that is my thinking. My question is, and I will follow this up with > direct mails to some parties, is there interest? > > -- > > Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA > Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, > York County Library System > > "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit > me." > -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis> > -- Tony Bandy [email protected] OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19
