The transparent library’s fluid nature and open communication allow all levels of staff to understand what it takes to meet user needs. By following this simple rule—bring them out—you’ll develop a big-picture understanding of library services among your staff, and you’ll see dividends immediately. Read the whole column here
Monthly Archives: September 2007
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Wyoming Libraries: Mud Flap Girl Originally uploaded by mstephens7 http://www.wyominglibraries.org/campaign.html Wyoming’s libraries are as expansive as the state, and as close as down the street. Libraries offer more than many people realize, and we want to reach out beyond our regular users to let people know this. The new statewide marketing campaign is designed to increase understanding, use and support of Wyoming libraries. The campaign theme is “Bringing the World to Wyoming.” When you see an Eiffel Tower topped with a western windmill or a pickup with a Trojan Horse trailer, you’ll know that libraries have brought the world to […]
1376416694_72c2168125 Originally uploaded by National Library of New Zealand Discuss…. (Okay – would this be a good exercise for LIS701? I think so…)
This is Me Originally uploaded by jessamyn
I try my best to be available to my student advisees. I do the office hours thing, share email and phone #s and give them my IM name. Today, however, was different — and could hint at things to come. I met a student in my office in the Cybrary City in Second Life for a few minutes of chat about the course he’s taking with me and about his library job. And it was the student, Kyle Jones, who suggested it. One thing we discussed was what might happen with Second Life and libraries in the future. I was […]
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Last night, I introduced my LIS701 class to Ranganathan’s Laws. Remember this from last semester: https://tametheweb.com/2007/01/would_you_rewrite_ranganathans.html Here’s what last night’s group came up with: Group Redux Rewrite the laws? YEP! 1: Materials are for use and not just in library 2: Every user his or her material 3: Materials are for all 4: Save the time of the user 5: The library is an evolving organism (catering to the needs of the community) We had some pretty darn cool discussion about the nature of information, documents and the digital divide.
New fiction 2008_09 Originally uploaded by Books R Groovy Via Phill Bradley comes this striking image of the New Fiction Titles for August and September 2008 at Sutton Libraries. Well done!
Hey Michael: I'm Mark Larson, former librarian who jumped ship for online publishing (HowStuffWorks.com) and information design. I just finished an old Tom Peters book today, The Tom Peters Seminar: Crazy Times Call for Crazy Organizations. It's over a decade old, but even today the ideas are radical. A number of great lines from the book remind me of the powerful verbs of Library 2.0: listen, re-imagine, change, trust, empower, criticize, grow, stretch, learn… From Peters' book: On culture-The average company, large or small, suffers far more from excess dullness than from excess eccentricity. On executives as change-leaders -Quoting Harry […]
http://blog.mash.yahoo.com/ YAHOO! announces a new social networking site. My questions: how will it tie into Flickr? How will Mash compare to the coolness of Facebook? (looks like they will have a “growing gallery of apps”)