Keeping Found Things Found, originally uploaded by Timothy Greig. Timothy Grieg writes: This seems to be a really interesting book about personal information management – something which I think university librarians should be teaching their students in today’s information-saturated age. I just started reading it this week. It’s by William Jones. I would like to review it later on my blog, but for now I want to quickly see what happens when I “share” the picture from flickr first. Interesting thought: PIM for students. Nice.
Yearly Archives: 2008
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Reference Services, originally uploaded by Edith Cowan University Library. ECU Student and Reference Librarian during a reference interview. The folks at Edith Cowan University Library are creating a series of photos to market and promote the library, sharing them on Flickr. I like this shot a lot. It may have been staged or caught on the fly, but it seems very real to me. Good work ECU! They also have a blog: http://eculibrary.blogspot.com/
Coffee shop near campus, originally uploaded by theknittinglibrarian. theknittinglibrarian writes: A friend mentioned that a coffee shop near campus had new management, so I checked out their website. I was tickled to notice that they advertise their reference materials. Well played, Dr. Java! I frequent another coffee shop near campus and see tons of students there doing work (using free wifi) but this might take it up a notch. No word, however, on whether Dr. Java now offers iced coffee. (The library on campus does not have a coffee shop. Technically, food and drink are forbidden in the library, but […]
I had lunch last week with Debra Futa, the Assistant Director of SJCPL, my former library. I enjoyed it because we got to “geek out” a bit with discussions of library processes, workflows, etc. The library has a some building projects going full steam ahead, including a brand new branch library in a few years. We also talked about the budget wors facing many Indiana libraries. Deb shared with me part of a talk she gave at the library’s staff day. I found it inspiring and straight-forward. It might be helpful to other Indiana librarians. She’s graciously allowed me to […]
Don’t miss: http://librarygarden.blogspot.com..food-for-thought-….html Janie: Can you tell me about the background behind Food for Thought? In particular: What is your role? How did the idea get started for such a day? What were the original goals of the program for the organizing committee? Jon: The origins for Food For Thought (FFT) stem from two developments. First, a somewhat similar annual event for faculty has been sponsored for several years. The Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning had been moving away from application specific training and more toward classroom pedagogy and educational innovation. Our library director had been attending and participating […]
Had to post this comment up top from Lynette in Australia. She was responding to this: https://tametheweb.com/2008/06/05/wanting-feedback/ Many teachers and schools still see the need to “control learning” rather than sharing the learning experience with students, hence applications such as YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, etc… are blocked in educational facilities. Literacy today is more than books and the published word, it involves communication, sharing and social networking and this is all achieved throught he use of Web 2.0 technology. I am currently taking 900 teachers and teacher librarians through the Learning 2.0 program in Australia. Apart from IT departments blocking sites, […]
The preliminary program for Internet Librarian International is up! http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.php I’m very pleased to be presenting a workshop, session and participating in a panel discussion with my “Transparent Library” writing partner Michael Casey. There are some cool workshops, programs — AND — the Shanachies are keynoting on Friday! This is one of my favorite conferences. If you are attending, please say hello!
Don’t miss this conversation with Helene Blowers, part of the Allen County Public Library’s ongoing video series. Her points about unplugging and leadership are spot on. I was lucky to get to do this as well last December: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBC8q_hTHY, as did Stephen Abram: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd_7VZF5kyk.
Nicole writes: This is an interesting interview: Eszter Hargittai, an assistant professor in Northwestern University’s sociology department, has discovered that students aren’t nearly as Web-savvy as they, or their elders, assume. Ms. Hargittai studies the technological fluency of college freshmen. She found that they lack a basic understanding of such terms as BCC (blind copy on e-mail), podcasting, and phishing. This spring she will start a national poster-and-video contest to promote Web-related skills. Eszter goes on to explain her study and its results. I found the comments as interesting as the interview itself. One comment in particular made me laugh: Finally someone says […]
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