I noticed the green effect the most during the poster session. In previous years, presenters would have their business card along with a handout (usually a PDF of their poster) for people to pick up. Every year I would usually create my hit list of posters that I really wanted to see and then I would make it a point to see those posters and try to talk with the presenter. Sometimes the presenter would be so busy talking to others (a good thing) that I would just take the handout and scoot off to the next poster on my list. I would then usually end up emailing the busy presenter a week or two later with my questions. However, this year I was off my game. There was no handout to pick up. Ack! Thankfully I improvised. I picked up the person's card (if it was on the table) quickly jotted the poster number down and a key word. I also happened to have my old digital camera on me and took pictures of some of the posters as well.

What is nice about the poster session being more green, is that more people seemed to have put their posters online. This makes it possible for people who did not attend MLA to virtually attend the poster sessions, read the information, and then contact the presenter via email. It also allows those of us who had to scurry to the next poster or who couldn't attend the poster session to view it at our convenience and at a more leisurely pace.

So, here are the links to Poster Session 1 and Poster Session 2. Melissa and David both reminded me that the links to the poster should be below the abstract if the presenter submitted it. Also don't forget to check out David's videos of Poster Session 1 and Poster Session 2.

Labels: MLA2008