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 * Welcome to the Colleague Connection Wiki!**

What is Colleague Connection? Colleague Connection is an annual event sponsored by a multitude of organizations including CoALL (Colorado Association of Law Libraries), CAL (Colorado Association of Libraries), RMSLA (Rocky Mountain Special Libraries Association), CCML (Colorado Council of Medical Librarians), SRMA (Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists, and DU (University of Denver). This event encourages networking and learning among students, librarians, archivists, paraprofessional staff, trustees and friends of libraries. Colleague Connection features a cocktail hour, a wonderful dinner and an engaging keynote speaker! The event focuses on issues that are current and relevant to our profession.

What is the history of Colleague Connection? Colleague Connection has had an interesting variety of speakers over the past fifteen years. Some highlights include: > Panelists: Senator Pat Steadman, David Sanger, Jamie LaRue > Moderator: Gene Hainer
 * In 2015, Martin Garnar presented "But What If They Print THAT? The Ethical Implications of User-Created Content."
 * In 2014, there was a panel discussion about "Advocacy and Libraries."
 * In 2013, Connie Willis presented " Time Travel, Telepathy, Tap Dancing, Coonskin Caps, Church Choirs, and Chaos Theory: The Life of a Writer."
 * In 2012, Erika Napoletano on "Judging a Book By...A Guide for Changing the World, One Unpopular Thought at a Time."
 * In 2011, Camila Alire talked about "Change Happens! ...and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Works."
 * In 2010, there was a panel discussion about "Colorado's 2010 Anti-Tax Ballot Issues: Their Impact on Colorado and Its Libraries."
 * In 2009, there was a panel discussion on legislative issues and their impact on libraries.
 * In 2008, Nina Platt talked about "Technology Trends Affecting Libraries."
 * In 2007, Karen Coombs talked about "Library 2.0."
 * In 2006, Claire Germain gave an interesting talk.
 * In 2005, Lynn Fox spoke about "10 Reasons People Should Listen to Librarians."
 * In 2004, Mary Ellen Bates gave a talk on "Search Engines for Super Searchers."
 * In 2003, Keith Michael Fiels talked about "Building the Library of the Future: Surviving and Thriving in the 21st Century."
 * In 2002, Chris Sherman talked about "The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See."
 * In 2001, there was a discussion on "Techniques for Proving Your Worth to Users."
 * In 2000, there was a panel discussion about "Web Technologies in Libraries."

Colleague Connection is the product of a conversation between presidents of various Colorado library associations including medical, legal, and special library organizations (RMSLA, CoALL, CLA, CCML, SRMA, and DU's library student group). They started meeting quarterly to discuss issues of mutual interest. The idea was to have a time to for all members to get together to network and listen to speakers. Colleague Connection started in the mid-1990s and continues to a successful venture!

Colleague Connection hashtag: #collconn