Comments on: Scott Nicholson on Nebraska & Gaming http://tametheweb.com/2009/03/04/scott-nicholson-on-nebraska-gaming/ Libraries, Technology and People by Michael Stephens Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kyle Jones http://tametheweb.com/2009/03/04/scott-nicholson-on-nebraska-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-9028 Kyle Jones Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:49:13 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=5001#comment-9028 2 things: 1) When we get new equipment, do we not test it our first? Do we not debug it? Do we not do in-services to train our fellow employees? This is nothing different. They're simply making sure they know how to use the equipment so that they can better help their patrons when they have questions about it. 2) Was it wise to record it? Yes. You can point to the video and obviously see that they are expanding their own technical capacity. The biggest point: It humanizes the library. These people are having fun and learning at the same time - what's so wrong about that? 2 things:

1) When we get new equipment, do we not test it our first? Do we not debug it? Do we not do in-services to train our fellow employees?

This is nothing different. They’re simply making sure they know how to use the equipment so that they can better help their patrons when they have questions about it.

2) Was it wise to record it?

Yes. You can point to the video and obviously see that they are expanding their own technical capacity. The biggest point: It humanizes the library. These people are having fun and learning at the same time – what’s so wrong about that?

]]> By: Michael Sauers http://tametheweb.com/2009/03/04/scott-nicholson-on-nebraska-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-9026 Michael Sauers Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:24:14 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=5001#comment-9026 It's not all that simple. Mr. Foley has since said in recorded interviews that we should not have spent the money on "children's toys" in the first place, let alone played them on state time and/or made the video. Granted, the context was not presented on YouTube as well as it could have been, but if we had given that context, there's nothing that indicates the situation would ahve been treated any differently. It’s not all that simple. Mr. Foley has since said in recorded interviews that we should not have spent the money on “children’s toys” in the first place, let alone played them on state time and/or made the video. Granted, the context was not presented on YouTube as well as it could have been, but if we had given that context, there’s nothing that indicates the situation would ahve been treated any differently.

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