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SLA 2011: <strong>Government</strong> and Military Unconference<br />

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BEST PRACTICES <strong>2012</strong><br />

By Deborah E. B. Keller, MLIS; Director of Strategic Planning, SLA Knowledge<br />

Management Division<br />

Karen Huffman, Deborah Keller, and Marie Kaddell<br />

Isn’t that a contradiction—having an unconference within a conference? If you have<br />

never attended an unconference yourself, you are probably wondering what an<br />

unconference is all about and why the Special <strong>Libraries</strong> Association, with its Annual<br />

Conference drawing thousands of participants each year, would include<br />

unconference sessions.<br />

The term “unconference,” was first used in 2004 to describe BloggerCon, a<br />

conference that was organized to bring bloggers and blog-users together. This<br />

<strong>for</strong>mat featured loosely-moderated audience participation sessions rather than<br />

keynote speakers or panelists. Conference organizers made sure to invite<br />

individuals that they wanted to participate. Other early unconference events

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