{"id":4746,"date":"2012-06-04T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T15:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2012-05-29T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:37:07","slug":"best-bytes-hacking-the-mla-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=4746","title":{"rendered":"Best Bytes: Hacking the MLA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by Janet Crum, Director of Library Services, City of Hope<\/em><\/p>\n

I just got back from the Medical Library Association conference in Seattle<\/a>, the land of rain, coffee, rain, grunge rock, rain, Jimi Hendrix, and rain (sorry; I used to live in Seattle, and I am incapable of mentioning the Emerald City without making at least one snide comment about the weather).\u00a0 Anyway, back to the conference.\u00a0 The most common comment I heard from fellow attendees was that the conference was \u201cpacked\u201d\u2014the number of programs, presentations, vendors, posters, seminars, and CE classes seemed overwhelming to many of us.\u00a0 The challenge for me (besides staying dry) was to keep track of all that information so that I can use it later, while still leaving plenty of time to network with my colleagues.\u00a0\u00a0 So, in this month\u2019s post, I\u2019ll talk about how I managed the information deluge at MLA, in the hope that you may find some of these tips and tools useful for your next conference.<\/p>\n

Taking Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

MLA attendees used a variety of note-taking tools, from good ol\u2019 pen and paper to laptops, smartphones, and the most popular choice this year, tablets.\u00a0 I used my trusty iPhone and my favorite note-taking app, Evernote<\/a>.\u00a0 Evernote is a free online note-taking tool that offers many advantages over a word processor or (gasp) a paper notebook.\u00a0 With Evernote, you can:<\/p>\n