http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/03/dear-library-of-congress.html This rocks my world. I want all of my students to read this and ponder not only the future of books and description but the future of libraries. It is both ironic and poignant that librarians are still worrying about “bibliographic control,” after ceding so much of the same to the companies that now rent them journal access per annum at usurious rates, digitize their book collections into DRM obscurity, or sell them ponderous, antiquated “management” systems that on close inspection do little more than serve as storehouses for the metadata specific to the formats of bygone eras, bold […]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
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Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals Originally uploaded by ellyssa. Get a load of that cover! Ellyssa notes on the Flickr page – please click through and read the comments — that she pulled the words out of the text of the book. Allow me a HOTTER that HOT! I can’t wait to see it!
Kankakee PL Podcast Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I was honored to have Allison Beasley and Steve Bertrand visit the campus of Dominican University to chat with me last week for one of their BiblioTech Podcasts. It was a fun conversation. Wechatted for almost an hour in one of the GSLIS meeting rooms, with a snazzy little device recording us. http://www.lions-online.org/Podcasts.html
staff Originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. I’ve had fun following some libraries that did innovative programs and such for Teen Tech Week. If you didn’t put it on your schedule, plan ahead for next year. Gaming, explorations of technology, recording podcasts or videocasts are all fun things to do to engage young people. And just look at those smiling PLCMCV staff!
I am most impressed with Timothy Grieg’s post about his research project for his Masters: [My] project seeks to develop a framework for the ways in which game design and e-learning theories might inform the future design and development of library interfaces within virtual world environments by considering an example of an emerging online library, the Second Life Library, and the experiences of users and virtual librarians using the service. Read his whole post here: http://timothygreig.com/archives/64
Please vote for Jim Rettig for ALA president on March 15.