http://tametheweb.com/2009/01/08/the-cluetrain-is-leaving-the-station-%e2%80%93-who%e2%80%99s-on-board-a-ttw-guest-post-by-kay-jacobson/ Libraries, Technology and People by Michael Stephens Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tametheweb.com/2009/01/08/the-cluetrain-is-leaving-the-station-%e2%80%93-who%e2%80%99s-on-board-a-ttw-guest-post-by-kay-jacobson/comment-page-1/#comment-9194 Kayjay Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:29:12 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=4535#comment-9194 I've pondered Mike's comment for a while and have to say being on the change train isn't quite the same as being on the Cluetrain. My public library is constantly changing, but they are definitely having a harder time with the conversation and application of Cluetrain ideas. They've just joined Facebook and Twitter and my hope is that they do join in the conversation. My fear is that they are going to use 2.0 tools with 1.0 ideas. Only time will tell. I’ve pondered Mike’s comment for a while and have to say being on the change train isn’t quite the same as being on the Cluetrain. My public library is constantly changing, but they are definitely having a harder time with the conversation and application of Cluetrain ideas. They’ve just joined Facebook and Twitter and my hope is that they do join in the conversation. My fear is that they are going to use 2.0 tools with 1.0 ideas. Only time will tell.

]]> http://tametheweb.com/2009/01/08/the-cluetrain-is-leaving-the-station-%e2%80%93-who%e2%80%99s-on-board-a-ttw-guest-post-by-kay-jacobson/comment-page-1/#comment-8360 Mike Hatchett Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:35:02 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=4535#comment-8360 Actually, most libraries have been on the change train for years. Many of us already practice a brand of "Community Librarianship", similar in concept, if not execution, to community policing. Libraries are not islands. They are part of larger, often slower moving governmental entities. Our biggest problems are the perceptions that we propagate ourselves. We have met the enemy and it are we. No other profession flogs itself so unmercifully. Do we satisfy every need? No. Should we try? No. Stand up, check your junk. Celebrate what you do well. Make meaningful, impactful improvements where you can and let the chips fall where they may. Librarians make a difference everyday. And if you don’t see, that you need to spend more time out on a desk. The myth of the extinct Library is only alive and well in the fevered realm of academia and the professionally frustrated. F.W. Lancaster lives!! Keep those articles coming. Mike Actually, most libraries have been on the change train for years. Many of us already practice a brand of “Community Librarianship”, similar in concept, if not execution, to community policing. Libraries are not islands. They are part of larger, often slower moving governmental entities. Our biggest problems are the perceptions that we propagate ourselves. We have met the enemy and it are we. No other profession flogs itself so unmercifully. Do we satisfy every need? No. Should we try? No.
Stand up, check your junk. Celebrate what you do well. Make meaningful, impactful improvements where you can and let the chips fall where they may. Librarians make a difference everyday. And if you don’t see, that you need to spend more time out on a desk. The myth of the extinct Library is only alive and well in the fevered realm of academia and the professionally frustrated. F.W. Lancaster lives!! Keep those articles coming.
Mike

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]]> http://tametheweb.com/2009/01/08/the-cluetrain-is-leaving-the-station-%e2%80%93-who%e2%80%99s-on-board-a-ttw-guest-post-by-kay-jacobson/comment-page-1/#comment-8273 Nikki Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:46:19 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=4535#comment-8273 FWIW, it's not true that Zappos doesn't advertise. I've seen their print ads in Cooking Light magazine. FWIW, it’s not true that Zappos doesn’t advertise. I’ve seen their print ads in Cooking Light magazine.

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