Please pass this message along to technology staff in your organization.

Registration is open for the BarCampOhio/LibraryCampOhio meeting on  
Monday, August 11th from 10am to 5:30pm at the OCLC Conference Center  
in Dublin, OH. Other details are on the event homepage.



What is a BarCamp?1

First and foremost: This is NOT a conference. Do not expect to be  
talked at by an ‘expert’ behind a podium. This is an event similar to  
getting together with some friends at a bar to talk. That’s the “bar”  
part of BarCamp. The “camp” part is a little much for us to pull off  
so if you do read the BarCamp page, keep in mind that you do NOT need  
to bring a sleeping bag.

The procedural framework consists of sessions proposed and scheduled  
each day by attendees, mostly on-site, typically using white boards or  
paper taped to the wall. While loosely structured, there are rules at  
BarCamp. All attendees are encouraged to present or facilitate a  
session. Everyone is also asked to share information and experiences  
of the event, both live and after the fact, via public web channels  
including (but not limited to) blogging, photo sharing, social  
bookmarking, wiki-ing, and IRC. This open encouragement to share  
everything about the event is in deliberate contrast to the “off the  
record by default” and “no recordings” rules at many private invite- 
only participant driven conferences.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact anyone on the  
BarCampOhio/LibraryCampOhio team.



Description adapted from the BarCamp Wikipedia entry.

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Peter Murray                            http://www.pandc.org/peter/work/
Assistant Director, New Service Development  tel:+1-614-728-3600;ext=338
OhioLINK: the Ohio Library and Information Network        Columbus, Ohio
The Disruptive Library Technology Jester                http://dltj.org/
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