1. Opening Up Conferences via Blogs and Wikis Stephen Francoeur Baruch College (New York, NY) Stephen_Francoeur@baruch.cuny.edu

2. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Blogs I Have Known (and loved) Digital Reference http://librarytech.pbwiki.com/ Reference at Newman Library http://referencenewman.blogspot.com/ LACUNY Blog http://lacuny.cuny.edu/blog/

3. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Wikis I Have Known (and loved) Reference Handbook (password protected) Virtual Reference SIG http://vrsig.pbwiki.com/ Library Tech http://librarytech.pbwiki.com/ Library 2.0 (“Library Camp East” page) http://wiki.library2.net/index.php/Library_Camp_East_2006

4. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Info Environment Conference wiki Conference blog Personal blogs Blogs by a single person Group blogs Organizational or institutional blogs Technorati Flickr E-mail lists

5. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) 1 to 6 Months Prior to Conference Conference wiki launched Bloggers start to link to it Technorati tags Conference blog launched Bloggers start to link to it Technorati tags

6. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) During the Conference Presentations are made Blog posts on personal blogs written live from presentations Technorati tags Write-ups also in presentation pages/program pages in conference wiki

7. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Days and Weeks After the Conference Bloggers write-up presentations Technorati tags Links made in conference wiki to relevant blog posts Write-ups of presentations made directly in conference wiki Bloggers link to wiki pages Technorati tags

8. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Months After the Conference Pace of new content being added slows Wiki serves as valuable record of the conference

9. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Conference Blog vs. Personal Blogs Conference blog more limited role of announcing things prior to the conference Personal blogs cover events prior to, during, and after the conference

10. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Non-Attendees Feel like part of community of attendees Immediacy (real-time blogging!) Number of posts can be overwhelming Findability of conference coverage a problem Technorati tags inconsistently used Blog search not comprehensive Wiki info architecture can be confusing Envy of attendees

11. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Attendees Refresh your memory of what you attended Catch up on sessions you missed Share with your non-attending colleagues Write your own coverage Send them links to coverage by others

12. Stephen Francoeur, Baruch College (NY, NY) Rough Patches Pre-conference publicity of conference blogs and wikis Critical mass of wiki contributors Burnout after too many years worth of wiki contributions?