Daily Archives: January 1, 2008

LISjobs.com Launches Online Community New discussion forums now open LISjobs.com, the largest free library career portal on the Internet, is pleased to announce the launch of its new online community for librarians. Devoted entirely to career development and job hunting, these forums provide a space for librarians, LIS students, library […]

New Forums

This entry was posted in Information Professionals Librarians, Libraries & the Profession on January 1, 2008 by Michael Stephens

Remember the wave of virtual reference talk a few years back? Remember how virtual reference services were supposed to change the very foundations of what we do? Remember how some librarians discovered that those systems required users to navigate into a slowly loading chat queue inside their browsers so you […]

IM = FASTER Virtual Reference on the Cheap!

This entry was posted in Software Technology and tagged Chat IM Meebo Reference Tech Tips on January 1, 2008 by Michael Stephens

Welcome to Tech Tips for Every Librarian, your monthly guide to cost-effective, easily implemented, and otherwise eminently doable technology solutions for your library. Yes, we said your library, and we do mean that! No matter how small, how isolated, or how short on staff or time or money you are. […]

Welcome to Our World

This entry was posted in Technology and tagged Tech Tips on January 1, 2008 by Michael Stephens

I started Internet training at the St. Joseph County Public Library the same year Jake came to live with me as a 10 month pup. The family that owned him was growing as well, and there was no room for a big Lab puppy with 3 kids and one on […]

Internet Years & Dog Years: Remembering Jake

This entry was posted in Organizations on January 1, 2008 by Michael Stephens

By Michael Casey & Michael Stephens Picture this: your library has launched a visionary long-range reorganization plan that sparks an anonymous, critical blog from staff members. Or your library appears in an anonymous YouTube or Flickr extravaganza that targets your authoritarian signage, unfriendly staff, and dirty public restrooms. Or your […]

Coping with Anonymity

This entry was posted in Library Journal and tagged The Transparent Library on January 1, 2008 by TTW_Editor