Via LibraryGarden: As a librarian and professor, I joined Facebook last year when I found out that the students in my public speaking class were communicating with each other via that tool, instead of our university’s email system. It was amazing how much more open and willing the students were to sharing information about each other and their individual and group projects in our class, via Facebook. They were thrilled that I was willing to join Facebook, and they loved that I used it to find out and celebrate their birthdays, for instance, as they came up during the semester. […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
717 posts
Via OPL Plus: http://yalibrarian.com/ About This Blog: This Blog is updated by two librarians who work with teens. It includes viewpoints about serving teens, as well as day-to-day commentary on what the librarians are learning and experiencing. Good stuff! This blog will be useful to many librarians working and planning with teens, who might want to add it to their aggregator!
From comment on the OPAL Links post: Did you mention something about individual library branches having their own blogs? Do you know of any library systems doing this right now? This question came up at PLA as well. Can you, readers, help me out? Is anyone using multiple blogs for each branch library or department? I like the idea especially if aggregated into a central page. It would certainly be something to explore. Please comment, e-mail me at mstephens7 (at) mac.com or IM me at mstephens7mac.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/124453103/ Michael Sauers reports: 10 April 2006: This sign is no longer hanging in the library. It has been removed and no one in the department would admit to posting the sign in the first place. Oh! To cleanse the pallet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56709973@N00/120136808/
http://www.wtmx.com/podcast/20060411-Eric_and_Kathy_-_WTMX-FM_Chicago.mp3 WTMX talked to the SJCPL Branch Librarian who had a turkey fly into the branch window! Use the link above to hear the podcast of the interview (it’s about halfway through the ‘cast.).
http://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/2006/04/ala-blogger-round-table.html#links Michael Golrick has a GREAT idea! Form a Blogger’s RT at ALA. I’m in! Pass the word!
“…right now most libraries are letting some truly invaluable people slip right through the cracks.” http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/04/11/a_liminal_followup.html ” Ask yourself what your library is doing to value your top staff (all of them, not just the traditional, stereotypical functionaries), to create a collaborative environment (especially between generations and between various job roles), and to let your employees color outside the lines a little in order to draw the big picture.” http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/04/10/the_taking_issue_with_absolutes_librarian.html To me, that’s letting go of that micro-management control some librarians use and letting librarians dream, innovate and plan without red tape, endless meetings and barriers disguised as “baby steps.”
The offspring and meme of “2.0” continues: http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/nonprofit-20 The most intriguing for me is a comment: The essence of Marnie’s post for me was that web2.0 technologies are (potentially) driving nonprofits to be more transparent and deliver information and programs that provide better personal attention. From that perspective, it creates a certain amount of competition among NPOs (as well as collaboration opportunities) to really step up and provide services that people need. Ding Ding! This is going into our course for ALA.
Via The Social Customer Manifesto: Guy Kawasaki posts a Top Ten list: The Art of Customer Service. http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_art_of_cust.html This might be good to read and apply to our libraries: how does the administration feel about customer service? How does the director/dean/head librarian feel about users? What levels of trust are their in your institutiuons between management and front line librarians and support staff? Who blames who when things go wrong? Are we hiring the right people or pormoting the right people to the right jobs? Here’s the full list: Start at the top Put the customer in control (Ding Ding) […]
http://wplinfostuff.blogspot.com/2006/04/training-top-ten-technologies-for.html Chistine offers a condensed version of my OPAL talk with links to Canadian examples! Thanks Christine!