Masterclasses for Internet Librarian International were yesterday. It’s always tough to get people to come to a continuing education event on Sundays, particularly Sunday mornings, but Jane Macoustra and I managed to attract a small audience for our masterclass on business information and sources. It amazed me that amongst us, we represented three continents and yet, each person in the room had a connection with another person in the room. For example, I knew an American librarian that the delegate from UAE had worked with in UAE. Another British delegate had met Jane at an SLA Europe function. All those “one degree of separation” (no sixes for this group!)relationships made for a truly wonderful educational experience with none of the reticence that sometimes marks these events outside the US.

In fact, Michael and Jenny, who were doing their masterclass on Conversation, Community, Connections and Collaboration, complained there was too much laughter coming from our room. Sorry, guys.

Marydee Ojala
Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals

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