Via ALA Direct: Libraries’ Video Games are Teen Magnet “Gaming is storytelling for teenagers,” said Julie Scordato, a teen-services specialist for Columbus’ libraries. “You get to mingle, play and talk, and you get to really know them. Then when you suggest a book, they listen.” The American Library Association considers Columbus’ system one of the top innovators in electronic amusement and has invited Scordato to join a panel to develop guidelines on how best to use video games in libraries. The association also plans to study how video games affect literacy and problem-solving skills, using a $1 million grant from […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
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Via Open Access News: New partners for Flickr Commons The George Eastman House and the Bibliothèque de Toulouse have joined Flickr Commons and will provide OA to some of their images there. (Thanks to Boing Boing.) The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian is also providing access to part of its collection on Flickr, though not as part of Flickr’s The Commons project. The images are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license (images in the Commons are in the public domain). (Thanks to Patrick Peccatte.)
When a library customer comes into our building and makes use of our resources and services, we extend to that user a shield of privacy so long as they agree not to violate our policies or the law. The protective shield of privacy can only be pierced when the individual violates the contract regarding use. If we, the library, witness the violation then it is incumbent upon us to take proper and appropriate action. However, if an outside agency, such as the FBI, comes to us and claims that a law was broken and that we need to turn over […]
2008.05.16.0014c, originally uploaded by Douglas County History Research Center. Caught these pictures today in Flickr and immediately emailed to get the okay to “Blog This.” I also asked about how these great photos came about. Cecily North, Assistant Archivist at the Douglas County Libraries wrote right back: Douglas County libraries holds a district-wide staff day every other year and on their off years each branch has a staff day. The branch the History Research Center is located in, in Castle Rock, decided to go with a theme of pirates this year. The center is a district-wide function even though we […]
Brian Mathews writes: Yes, it is CeLIBration time again. Our annual welcome event for freshmen the Saturday before the Fall semester starts. Past CeLIBrations I have to be honest– I wasn’t really feeling it this year. Don’t get be wrong, we’ve had some great events over the years, but with the wedding and book deadline in September, my heart wasn’t into it. But then I looked at the line up and we have a lot of cool games. This might actually be our best one yet. I am totally in now. Dodgeball Tournament Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament (there are actually leagues: video) […]
hot001, originally uploaded by Dave & Bry. Dave Pattern writes: …so, from all of this painstaking research we can clearly see that librarian bloggers love to talk about books! 😉 http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/109981/biblioblogosphere http://www.daveyp.com/blog/archives/337
my librarian trading card, originally uploaded by jambina. I’m working on the next SLJ Learning 2.0 “Thing” — Flickr mashups. It reminded me to ask: Have you updated your librarian trading card lately? 🙂
Liz Delzell, YS Library Assistant at Fox River Grove Memorial Library sent along this link: Rethinking Libraries By ana For her senior thesis project, Valerie Madill reconsidered how design could make using the library more engaging and easier. She used half-wrap labels that would unify a particular subject by color as well as provide a consistent place for relevant information about each book. The result is a more sensual, desirable library experience that could draw more people to libraries and make find material more intuitive. As library geeks, this is the kind of design and creative thinking that makes P+P […]
Bob also outlined some organizational changes–staff across the library were “repurposed” as 8 service points were reduced to 3. Fox, Mathews and the other folks at Tech took the important step of convening a focus group to ask students what they wanted in the library. The list Bob shared was fascinating: Students want a comfortable, attractive space Students want refreshments Students want access to all types of information technology in library space Students want flexible space for use in the library Want to feel ownership of the library These results lead to the creation of spaces in the Learning Commons East […]
Kate Sherrill writes: Sci fi author Greg Bear has created a low-tech, but impressive trailer for his new novel, City at the End of Time. He just used easy to access stuff like a digital camera, PowerPoint, Photoshop, etc http://www.cityattheendoftime.com/slideshow-small.html