[lit-ideas] Re: Online Symposium
- From: Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:56:37 EDT
In a message dated 5/4/2005 3:08:34 PM Central Daylight Time, pas@xxxxxxxx
writes:
I was kind of miffed at the 89.95 entrance fee. WHO ELSE but nodders and
quakers would register?
That does seem to be the trend even in LibraryLand--the online conferences
cost almost as much as the inperson ones. There have been several that I
thought would be intriguing on a professional level and which would be
extremely
relevant to my job (possibly even more than the inperson conferences) but
which would be impossible to get my library to pay for....and supposedly we
are
in the information business.
On the other hand, if you go to a conference in person, often you get food
to eat, a nice place to stay and visit and to interact with people on a level
which is not possible to do online.
$89.95 is not out-of-line for the type of information received and a
'conference fee'. In fact, based on the fees for the 'lifelong learning'
world of
fees for such things, it is a bargain. Don't know how they rate in terms of
content to the interesting online not-for-credit which are produced by the
consortium of Ivy League schools (which look SO interesting...), but I would
imagine the interaction would be intellectually interesting.
But, like you, and also interested, I will have to regretfully decline even
this vitual presence...
Sounds like a good time, though.
Marlena in Missouri
fundamentally psyched for all that is good, healthy and grand
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