On page 67 of the January/February Public Libraries magazine is one of the HOTTEST numbered lists I’ve read in a long time: “How to Lose Your Best People” is authored anonymously by “several seasoned librarians.” Points like “Nitpick the dress code – because socks are essential for good public service” are not only humorous but very telling in some libraries. So with apologies to the Seasoned Anonymous Writers, let me offer up: Ten Ways to Lose Your Techie Librarians 1. Dismiss blogs/wikis/RSS as just for the geeks not library users 2. Plan technology projects without involving them until the wheels […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
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Thanks Meredith! Thanks ALA! http://meredith.wolfwater.com/ala2006/
Congrats to Stephen Abram, the new president-elect of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/archives/2006/03/the_new_sla_pre.html
David King posts a link to a nice post about getting a grip on reading blogs: http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/03/09/tips-for-effective-blog-reading/ It dovetails nicely with this post by Merlin Mann: http://www.43folders.com/2006/03/01/not-ifications/#more-495: The whole purpose of an RSS feed, it seems to me, goes straight to the “trusted system” notion in Getting Things Done — if I have a reliable way of knowing when something really important changes in my world, then I don’t have to think about it when it’s not actually changing, right? And, then, for the less than life-threatening deltas (”new kitty photo!”), it’s probably even okay to just check in every […]
Just linking: http://www.flickr.com/photos/february28/110135754/ IM in Libraries! http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/109337168/ Albert Einstein on Library 2.0
Wowza but there’s a HOT (OVERDUE?) post from John Blyberg this am about librarians and IT fol;ks getting together. Thanks John! ?http://www.blyberg.net/2006/03/08/from-tech-to-tome-spanning-the-gulf/
I’m heading up to Minnesota this May to talk about Library 2.0. If you’re going to be at one of the sessions, please say HI! I just got word that the Southeastern Libraries Cooperating group (SELCO) has started a blog. Take a look: http://www.selco.info/blog/. It’s nice to see more library consortia and systems blogging for their members.
John Blyberg posts: http://www.blyberg.net/2006/03/07/2006-library-camp-a-library-20-unconference/ Mark April 14th on your calendars. Superpatron Ed Vielmetti has been quietly assembling a fantastic group of people to attend the first ever Library Camp–an “unconference” which follows open-space guidelines. There is no registration as it operates on the premise that whomever shows up belongs there (though an optional wiki sign-up gives us a good idea of how many/who is coming). I will be there with bells on! I’m fascinated by this type of planning for an unconference.* Who knows how the time will play out but I can’t wait to hear some of the folks […]
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=11437432&src=rss/technologyNews AOL gets it that opening up their IM platform may prove very succesful as social networks grow. Will we see AIM built in to new Web 2.0 sites, services, etc? “It’s a dramatic turnaround for AOL,” said Joe Wilcox, an analyst at Jupiter Research, who called the move shrewd and well timed. AOL is “opening up to other companies, some of whom can create products to compete with AIM,” he added. Communicating by typing messages, making phone calls or video-calls and the ability to see if recipients are online at the same time are seen as integral to successful […]
http://tinyurl.com/nd33u I’ve used the lii.org site for many years in public instruction, reference work and as an example of human-edited subject guides that ROCK! Take the survey and help the folks at LII with decisions about funding. (The survey is open until March 16, 2006)