2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting Originally uploaded by ALA staff. The hottest place to be is queued up for some DDR at the ALA TechSource/AL Booth. here Michael Golrick and Jenny Levine cut the proverbial rug. Click through to leave a comment on their snazzy style!
Monthly Archives: January 2007
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Just thinking about the Cluetrain and library managers/administrators this morning. Command-and-control management styles both derive from and reinforce bureaucracy, power tripping and an overall culture of paranoia. Is your library steeped in a culture of paranoia?
Libraries and Web 2.0 Originally uploaded by crr29061. Via Dr. Curtis Rogers: Beaufort County Library has puit up a page about Web 2.0 for library users. http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/web.htm Take a look. (WOW! He just posted another cool use of Flickr for historical photos at Pickens Library.)
For some tips and strategies on dealing with librarians, IT and this 2.0 world, don’t miss Karen Schneider’s most wonderful post at TechSource “IT & Sympathy.” http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/01/it-and-sympathy.html First, if they haven’t told you what they’re up to, sit down with your IT people and ask what their schedule is, and where your needs for new stuff fit in. It would be wise for IT to do this proactively, but they may not think this way, and you can help them get there. You may find out that IT has some pretty important stuff on the docket, pretty far down Maslow’s […]
ALAMW2007 Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Things are bustling at the convention center! I’ll be hanging out with the OCLC folk at their booth in the exhibit hall after the symposium. If you are attending, please say hi. (and don’t miss the DDR at the ALA TechSource booth!) See you there!
An Aussie Librarian writes: I was dismayed to read your post ‘Lock the Doors’ regarding the library who have decided to close for part of the day, due to youth violence and inappropriate behaviour. I am glad that the community is taking a role to keep the library open. These types of problems with youth are by no means limited to the USA and we have experienced very similar here in Australia. We have a success story You may want to share with readers of TTW. One of our public libraries, West Torrens Library Service, recently won an award for […]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/netflix/hands-on-the-netflix-download-video-service-thumbs-up-229533.php Fascinating “hands on” report of the new NetFlix video download service. Sadly, it’s not for Macs yet but I’m glad to be reading about it. I’m fascinated to see how all these services — NetFlix, amazon, iTunes — will change the AV area of many public libraries over the next few years.
Hey Library Bloggers! Need some inspiration? Try a post like this on for size: http://www.libraryforlife.org/blogs/lifeline/?p=2651 Including: 5. Children’s toys and games! Yep, that’s right. The Children’s Services Department offers more than books! You can find everything from dinosaurs and zoo animals to games like Sorry and Life. (And did you know you don’t even have to come in to benefit from our children’s area? You can call up to hear a story read over the phone, or visit the Children’s Department website to explore TumbleBooks, which are online children’s books with audio and pictures.) 4. Your family! This is true […]
A Dominican student writes: I was sent this information: The journal Libri has a special award for student created papers. See http://www.librijournal.org/award.html. The prize is $500 plus a subscription to Libri plus publication of your paper in Libri. Guidelines for authors can be found at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. Deadline for the contest is the end of May 2007. I had a discussion with someone about how many wonderful writers we know at Dominican. Grad school students should be encouraged to publish, especially those interested in working in academic libraries. Thanks for wanting to help students publish! I agree. I was so impressed […]
The taxi will be waiting for me at 6am tomorrow (uhhh) for an 8am flight to my favorite American city. I’m looking forward to seeing library friends and colleagues and the OCLC Social Software symposium. If you are attending (last I heard over 300 are signed up), please say HI! I’ll be armed with Moo cards. Here’s to safe travels for all!