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Don’t miss the new column by Aaron Schmidt: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/opinion/aaron-schmidt/services-more-meaningful-than-ebooks-the-user-experience/ Fortunately, there are examples of libraries creating new and valuable services that may just serve as a template for fresh, more community- responsive services than the current “free bookstore” long-term gamble we’re making. Baltimarket is a collaboration among Enoch Pratt Free Library, the city of Baltimore, and [...] Please head over and cast a vote: http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2012/03/26/vote-for-your-favorite-new-librarianship-pinterest-board/ Our ‘New Librarianship’ contest has generated so much excitement and interest! We were very impressed with the work that our contestants put into their boards and the varying ways you have defined what it means to be a New Librarian. While it has been a tough chore [...] Don’t miss: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=2045 TTW Contributor Justin Hoenke answers some questions about the library as a creation space for teens: How do artists use your library? Every day after school we get anywhere from 30-60 teens using our teen library space. I see the teens making music, art, and videos on their laptops everyday. A lot [...] Sean Robinson writes: This is a little video I made that pokes fun at the conflict between e-books and paper books. It’s not really real, if you love books you don’t care what format they come in. This was made to lower the anxiety that we all feel about the changes that are occurring [...] One of the BEST things I’ve read about e-books in a long time: In this transitional time, public libraries should aim for the future and invest in toolsets and programming that help their communities produce and participate in new digital works, not simply consume them. To make something is to understand something. If you build [...] Via Kathryn Greenhill. I Read Where I Am, originally uploaded by mstephens7. http://www.valiz.nl/en/IReadWhereIAm I am honored to have a short piece written with Jan Klerk in this new book just released in The Netherlands. I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. [...] Fascinating and brilliant post by Sarah Glassmeyer. Please take a look: http://sarahglassmeyer.com/?p=690%C2%A0%C2%A0Hmmmmm….. I also think, that given the weak negotiating position that libraries are in, it’s too confrontational. I think a better way would be to include the Rights and Responsibilities of all participants in the information consumption chain. I’ll be thinking about this more and [...] Active Content Creation & Collecting View more presentations from Mal Booth [...] Note from Michael – I’m deep in two projects today and tomorrow and haven’t had much time to catch up on the hubub with Harper Collins and ebooks. I can say that I agree with Justin’s take on the potential and promise of promoting content creation, access to technology and building the community [...] |
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