http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWY8OBMlroI Rock on Allen County Public Library (in my home state of Indiana) Thank you very much! ACPL IT Staffer Sean explains: The first time I heard at a library conference that there were other organizations that were having conflict between the IT department and Library staff there was a great sense of relief. I thought about it some more and talked to a number of people. It came down to a couple of issues. Basically the types of people that are attracted to these fields and types of jobs they have to do have conflicting goals. There are lots […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
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Fascinating take on Second Life, health libraries and a look at some intiatives within SL for healthcare training. http://www.slideshare.net/digicmb/second-life-libraries/ I appreciate the fact sites like slideshare allow us to get to content like this so easily and image sets, such as http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/sets/72157594399807060/ – Communities of Practice in SL – allow us to see what other groups are doing.
PLCMC ImaginOn Originally uploaded by Michael Casey. Just one selection from the photos Michael Casey snapped on his recent tour of the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County.
At Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/22/leadership-disrupter-youtube-lead-innovation-cx_hc_0122lede.html YouTube is the leading disruptor… take a look.
Timothy Grieg presents a short session on MMOs and Digital Libraries in one of his MLIS classes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/sets/72157594497271106/ “MMODLs, Traditional Digital Libraries, what can they both learn from Massively Multiplayer Online Games, World of Warcraft in particular. A short (5 minutes, with 10 minutes of discussion) presentation I gave in my MLIS Digital Libraries Class.”
Via The Blog about Libraries: http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2007/0123/local/stories/guest_library_column.htm Does my heart good. Except – the libraries where the author works ARE CLOSING! Read more here: http://www.selco.info/blog/2007/01/10-reasons-for-public-libraries-and.html (Thanks Multitype Librarian!) 8. Libraries provide a neutral community gathering place for the free exchange of ideas, culture, and entertainment. Libraries promote a sense of belonging and interpersonal connection in a society that is increasingly “virtual.” 9. A vital and attractive library helps define a community, encourages civic pride, and invests residents with a sense of ownership. 10. Libraries are the heart and soul of a community and reflect the value residents place on literacy, education, […]
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/MLIS-ad.pdf Brenda Chawner at the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington alerted me to their snazzy print ad for the MLIS degree… see any tags that might draw students to their program? Steal this idea! Not just library schools, but libraries could do some FUN advertising with tag clouds. 🙂
Have I mentioned my Monday office hours at Corner Bakery? Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I teach upstairs so this is a nice place to meet students and prep classes.
ALA TechSource Rockstars Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre. I agree with Michelle! I looked around the table at the incredible folks dining and chatting and told them: “I’m honored to be here.”
http://www.blyberg.net/2007/01/21/aadlorg-goes-social/ Blyberg works his code magic on his catalog, Drupal and improves the social aspects of their Innovative Interfaces Inc catalog: So what is the SOPAC? It’s basically a set of social networking tools integrated into the AADL catalog. It gives users the ability to rate, review, comment-on, and tag items. The concept is nothing new, but the nature of our systems do not yield readily to this kind of retrofitting–something I plan to really start tackling in earnest, but that’s a topic for another post. If you’re wondering (and didn’t know already), AADL’s automation system is III which recently […]