Electronic Postcards
When I attended my first American Library Association conference in
San Francisco in June of 1992, I discovered that the Data Research
Associates booth in the exhibit hall had a cluster of terminals set up
for people to connect to their home systems and check their
e-mail. I composed some messages, describing my experiences and
impressions, and sent them off to my friends (at the time, other
library school students). By the way, if you knew me back then and
didn't get one, please don't be offended -- I didn't expect to have
that opportunity, and only sent my e-postcards to people's addresses
that I could remember off the top of my head.
Not only do vendors on the exhibit floor have Internet
connections in their booths, but since 1993 the Internet Room has
been a fixture at ALA conferences to allow people to explore Internet
resources and check their e-mail. 1995 brought a relocation of the
Internet Room to the middle of the exhibit floor and the establishment
of a 24-hour e-mail annex outside of the exhibit hall. In 1997, the
annex became the Internet Cafe, a cluster of about two dozen
computers, suitable for e-mail and graphical web browsing, with coffee for
part of the time, and 24-hour accessibility.
1992 Annual Conference -- San Francisco:
1993 Annual Conference -- New Orleans:
1994 Midwinter Meeting -- Post-earthquake Los Angeles in February:
1995 Annual Conference -- Chicago:
1997 Annual Conference -- San Francisco:
1998 Annual Conference -- Washington, DC:
- Never got around to writing any -- way too busy on this trip.
Three cities, four hotels, and visiting friends I haven't seen in years.
Check back to see my travel photos in a couple of months.
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