ALA Public Relations Award, originally uploaded by NJ – Library Events. Nancy Dowd (right), director of marketing for the NJ State Library, was presented an Outstanding Public Relations Award from Sally Lederer, of the Swap & Shop Committee of the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Public Relations and Marketing Section. The award recognized the State Library’s 16-page Service Brochure
Monthly Archives: July 2008
61 posts
Announcing All Together Now: A Learning 2.0 Experience! This is a cross posting from my blog at SLJ. Greetings All Together Now participants! This is Michael Stephens, and I’ll be posting to this blog for the next few weeks for this Learning 2.0 course. When Brian Kenney asked me to take this project on, I was tickled. I’ve watched successful Learning 2.0 programs play out all over the world since the summer of 2006 when Helene Blowers launched the original program she created at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County. I was lucky enough to be there for the opening day with my writing […]
Brian Kenney writes: Have you heard of 23 Things, the self-guided program for learning about 2.0 web technology? It was developed by Helene Blowers a couple of years ago at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and since then has been adopted across the country by public and school libraries, districts, and even entire states. It consists of a number of “things,” or small exercises, that you do online to expand your knowledge of the 2.0 web and social networking, from blogs and podcasts to wikis and Twitter. For a while now (and prodded by our Technology Editor, Kathy Ishizuka) I’ve realized it […]
If you haven’t, what you find may surprise you. That man you saw earlier today picking up his holds may be thinking about writing a review that mentions how much he likes dropping by the library to grab his books and go. The fact is our patrons, both the satisfied and dissatisfied, are talking about us in their blogs on review sites like Yelp. These sites enable our customers to reach larger audiences than ever before, and to share what they like and dislike about the service provided. This is something libraries should be thinking about and preparing for. Once you’re aware of these review […]
Reminder: we here at Equinox have three (yes, three!) positions available for “Systems Developer, Library Automation Applications.” Do you have a passion for libraries, or even just for organizing all the information you come into contact with? Does working with a small, agile team of software designers and developers to create unique and successful solutions to interesting problems sound more like a hobby than a job? (Do you like Thai food? We have a very decent Thai restaurant nearby. But if you don’t, apply anyway!) Equinox is looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic software developers to join the Equinox R&D team. If […]
I have a new post up at ALA TechSource: http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2008/07/the-ala-annual-tweet-report.html And, I must confess: I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the ALA Annual 2008 Twitterverse that sprang up for those few days in late June. It fascinated me to see the power of such a simple and, yes, overburdened, tool. Micro-blogging has found a place amongst LIS workers and even through outages and downtime, the tweets from ALA marched on. “I credit Twitter for helping make this my best ALA yet. More connected. Too many people to see, places to be, but I read tweets,” responded Brenda Hough to my tweeted requests for […]
http://www.librarian.net/stax/2326/why-search-and-search-engine-law-matters/ Jessamyn writes: My friend, lawyer and law professor James Grimmelmann, has written a short interesting article called The Google Dilemma about why people should care very much about how search engines work and what regulations and laws guide them. Using a few examples which may be familiar to many librarians he makes a great case for why corporate policy at Google matters and why people shoudl understand how Google works generally. If the Internet is a gigantic library, and search engines are its card catalog, then Google has let the Chinese government throw out the cards corresponding to books it doesn’t […]
Check out Steve Campion’s post: http://librarystream.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/musical-tag-clouds-a-new-game/ Give it try! (and be sure to use the “Musical Tag Cloud” tag)
Legs, originally uploaded by jblyberg. And get a load of THAT sign: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomextra/165320894/ and the story: http://www.kellistaley.com/2006/06/library-signs.html
Kate Sheehan, originally uploaded by cindiann. Have you seen her incredible work? http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/sets/72157603940220341/