The presentations were, I thought, extremely interesting. Presenters talked about on the job experiences, the LOC and Smithsonian Flickr projects, digitization, and the preservation of culture in archives. There was a great variety of topics and all were incredibly relevant to our profession. The conference also included a behind-the-scenes tour of the Lilly Library and a presentation/workshop by Professor Philip Bantin. This was SAA's first conference with this group of officers and members and I think it was a great success. Hope SAA continues to host this conference!
Side note: I also presented at this conference. My topic was DSpace. I didn't do as well as I hoped. My presentation ran long and you could certainly tell from the wobbles in my voice that I was nervous. As glad as I'm that it is over, I'm glad I did it. Perhaps I'll get better with more practice.
Congrats to my fellow presenters who all did a great job!!
Photo courtesy of Bethany Fiechter
