Edtechkat

Con Wiebrands and I gave a paper about library unconferences last week at the LIANZA conference. You can find the whole 5000 or so words here: The unconference: a new model for better professional communication . Ignore the title - we both have *no* idea why we claimed it was *better*, rather than *different*.

We plan to dust it off a bit and submit it for publishing. We are not sure which journal - it’s not the library tech that we usually write. Any suggestions from you about a suitable journal would be most appreciated.  We will add in the results of our survey of participants of  four library unconferences in Australia and the United States.

The paper covers:

1. Definition
2. Open Spaces Technology
3. History
4. Elements of unconferences (decisions you need to make if you are holding one)
   1. organisers
   2. publicity
   3. costs
   4. food
   5. venue
   6. numbers
   7. invitees
   8. weekday or weekend?
   9. volunteer participation
   10. facilitator and deciding topics for the day
   11. opening session
5. Comparison between unconferences and conferences
6. Results of survey of participants of the 2008 Western Australian Library Unconference.