{"id":1364,"date":"2009-09-14T08:35:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T00:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2009-09-14T08:35:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T00:35:31","slug":"michael-stephens-special-guest-participant-for-library-camp-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/michael-stephens-special-guest-participant-for-library-camp-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Stephens: special guest participant for Library Camp Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been sitting on a secret for almost a year….<\/p>\n

Last October I was walking with Con<\/a> in the botanic gardens in Auckland when we were both over there for the LIANZA conference<\/a> . We were chatting about unconferences and the fact that Michael Stephens <\/a>would be visiting Perth this October for the\u00a0 Australian School Library Association XXI Biennial Conference 2009<\/a> . The group of us organising the W.A. Library Unconference had been toying with the idea of holding the next one on a Saturday to\u00a0 keep it fresh and hopefully attract people who were unable to make it on a weekday….and so we wondered whether Michael would be interested in coming along the day after the ASLA conference…<\/p>\n

I was very, very excited when Micheal accepted our invitation to be a participant at Library Camp Perth<\/a> on October 3 .<\/p>\n

Instead of announcing that Michael would be there, we wanted to wait until after the registrations had opened, so that the people who registered were there to participate with each other rather than to hear Michael. Last year the 100 places filled up within about 2 days and there was a waiting list.\u00a0 This year we have 66 people registered so far – not bad at all, but there hasn’t been the takeup that there was last year. Maybe it is because we are holding it on a Saturday, or maybe it is that people are a bit unconferenced out. This year’s Perth Barcamp 3 <\/a>had a lower turnout than the last two years too.<\/p>\n

If you have not signed up yet, you can still register<\/a> and then put your name down to facilitate a session or do some other job on the day. Further details are on the wiki, Library Camp Perth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have already registered, it would be great if you could read the list of sessions on the wiki so far, add any more that strike your fancy, and think about facilitiating one on the day.<\/p>\n

So far we have:<\/p>\n