Official Bio:

Max Anderson earned his MLIS in 1999 from Florida State University. Shortly after graduating, he worked as a Public Access Computer Trainer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, installing granted computer technology and training librarians in rural libraries across the country. While working with the Gates Foundation, Max became involved with the creation of what became WebJunction, an online portal for libraries. He serves as an advocate for WebJunction, in addition to teaching an informational course online about the portal. Since 2003, he has worked at SOLINET as an Educational Services Instructor. He writes and teaches classes on OCLC products and services, web design, application of social software to libraries, and general technology to librarians around the Southeast. Max is a well-known speaker, and has presented at various conferences, including Computers in Libraries, SOLINET Users Groups, and state library conferences. In 2007, he was invited to Australia and New Zealand by CAVAL to teach classes about social software in libraries. He recently published an article in the Georgia Library Quarterly on RFID in Libraries. Some of his interests include emerging technologies, web design, planning for library futures, cataloging, and advocacy and support for libraries.

I have not attended CIL since 2005. I presented 2 sessions at that conference and it was a blast! Looking forward to this one as well.

If anyone wants to meet up during the conference, drop me a note!

My sked:

**Sunday, April 6**
Time	Session
7:30 am - 8:45 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Training Adults: Getting & Keeping Attention (WS4)
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Technology Training for Library Staff: Creativity Works! (WS9)
5:00 pm	Dinner and whatever

**Monday, April 7**
Time	First Choice	Second Choice	Third Choice
7:45 am - 8:45 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:45 am	Opening Keynote: Libraries Solve Problems!
10:30 - 11:15 am	Super Searcher Shares 30 Search Tips (A101)	Hi Tech & Hi Touch (D101)
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Digital Convergence & People Apps (D102)	Collaborating with Customers (C102)
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm	Fast & Easy Site Tune-ups (B103)	Mobile Trends : Hi Tech & Touch (D103)
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm	Coffee Break
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Widgets, Tools & Doodads for Library Webmasters (B104)
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm	Library Staff Training: High Tech & High Touch (D105)	User-Generated Content (C105)
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm	Reception?
6:00 pm - ?	Dinner and whatever

**Tuesday, April 8**
Time	First Choice	Second Choice	Third Choice
7:45 am - 8:45 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:45 am	Keynote - Libraries: Innovative & Inspiring
10:30 am - 11:15 am	Innovation Starts with "I" (E201)	Mashups for the Nontechies (B201)	Laptop Labs: Face-to-Face Social Networking (D201)
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Drupal & Libraries (B202)	"Barn Raising" One ILS at a Time (A202)
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm	Library Sandbox: Testing Innovative Ideas (E203)	Facebook Apps & Libraries Friendly Future (C203)
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm	Virtual Reference: Endless Possibilities (D204)	Libraries as Laboratories for Innovation (E204)
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Leading Technology in Libraries: Making Time for Web 2.0 (E205)	Catalog Effectiveness: Google Analytics & OPAC 2.0 (A205)
5:00 pm - 7:15 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm	InfoTubey Awards

Wednesday, April 9

Time	First Choice	Second Choice
7:45 am - 8:45 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:45 am	Keynote: Gaming, Learning and the Information World
10:30 am - 11:15 am	The Open Source Landscape (B301)	Speed Searching: Tips and tricks for Speeding Up the Search Process (A301)
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Open Source Applications (B302)	Innovative Marketing: Using 2.0 Tools (E302)
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm	Open Source Automation (B303)
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm	Coffee Break!
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm	What's Hot with RSS and Social Software (A304)
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Coffee Break!
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Open Source Solutions to Offer Superior Service (B305)	Talking 2.0 to Faculty (E305)
4:30 pm -?	Dinner and Whatnot!

Thursday, April 10

Time

Session

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Ajax for Libraries (W18)