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# Getting in the flow - beside the Mississippi ...
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/getting-in-the-flow-beside-the-mississippi/
- Published: 2007-03-20T22:49:56.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:36:07.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, Misc

I have just returned from the very congenial [Getting in the flow, the CIC Library Conference](https://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/CenterForLibraryInitiatives/Archive/ConferencePresentation/Conference2007/home.shtml?ref=lorcandempsey.net) at the University of Minnesota. The conference was about how the library can and must get more readily into the working and learning lives of faculty and students. I thought the organizers worked hard to vary the [program](https://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/CenterForLibraryInitiatives/Archive/ConferencePresentation/Conference2007/program.shtml?ref=lorcandempsey.net) interestingly, pulling in a vendor panel, a ‘next-gen’ panel, a Google/Amazon session, and a range of interesting speakers. They surveyed participants beforehand to get a sense of interests \[[pdf](https://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/CLIConsortialAgreementProgram/archive/ConferenceSummary/2007%5FPre-Conference%5F%20Survey%5FResults.pdf?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\].  
And they have been diligent in getting the conference itself into the flow. Commentary and video clips have been appearing on the conference [blog](https://blog.lib.umn.edu/CICLib07/?ref=lorcandempsey.net). [Photos](https://www.flickr.com/photos/7226818@N03/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) on Flickr. [Video clips](https://www.youtube.com/results?search%5Fquery=ciclib07&search=Search&ref=lorcandempsey.net) on YouTube.  
Jenny has also done some good reporting of first day presentations ([here](https://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/03/19/2007031901%5Fcic%5Fconference%5Florcan%5Fdempsey.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [here](https://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/03/19/2007031902%5Fcic%5Fconference%5Fglenn%5Fpeterson.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [here](https://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/03/19/2007031903%5Fcic%5Fconference%5Fintegrating%5Flibrary%5Fresources%5Fpanel.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [here](https://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/03/19/2007031904%5Fcic%5Fconference%5Fthe%5Fagile%5Forganization%5Fpanel.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [here](https://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/03/19/2007031905%5Fcic%5Fconference%5Fcreating%5Fthe%5Fsocial%5Fweb.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)).  
I found the discussion refreshing. It corroborated the feeling I increasingly have when listening to library discussion that folks have moved beyond hand-wringing, defensiveness or denial about the current environment and are looking to develop new ways of engaging and building value. There may not be a lot of answers yet, but people sure are asking the right questions. More later ….  
Tag: [ciclib07](https://technorati.com/tag/ciclib2007?ref=lorcandempsey.net)  
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