Via John Schumacher on Twitter comers this opinion piece from Oregon Live: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/03/shhh_its_a_library_not_the_cor.html Ellen Hansen writes about her love of quiet and the lack of it in her library: (emphasis is mine) No, my full wrath is reserved for library-quiet abusers. When did the library turn into the local coffee shop? One man comes into our library and sets up as if it’s his own, private office space. That’s fine, if you’re reading, writing or even typing on your computer nonstop. But his work entails talking on the phone nonstop, for hours on end. Others conduct education tutorials or hours-long […]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
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Guten Abend nach Berlin! The talk at the US Embassy went well – what a great group. Tomorrow: StammTisch. See you there.
Via the Librarian by Day:
Social Media Talking Points View more presentations from Michael Stephens.
Here’s a breakdown of the events and presentation/discussions I’ll be doing over the next ten days or so in Switzerland and Germany. A big shout out to Nancy, Professor Hans-Christoph Hobohm and everyone at the embassies and U.N. Mission for making this trip happen. Geneva: March 8: Morning Tour of CERN March 8: Two hour lunch discussion with members of AILIS, the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists Trends Tech 2010 for LibrariansView more presentations from Michael Stephens. Due to security protocols, I cannot bring my Mac into the mission, so I will be working from PDFs stored on local […]
This provides so much food for thought – school librarians please take a look – and really, everyone in LIS – how will can we provide them a world for learning?
So nice to see this video conversation featuring Jenny Levine as another entry in ACPL’s ongoing “Conversation” series. Take a look for some insightful commentary about library content and reaching our users. My video (taped in December 2007) is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBC8q_hTHY
Dr Michael Stephens delivered the Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia, from 29 September to 2 October 2009. Reprinted with permission from the Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) Access 2010 24(1): 5. The evolving Web is an open and social place. The Web has changed everything. Its impact on every facet of our lives — home, work and school — would be difficult to measure but the ‘always on, always available’ Internet is certainly a game changer. Can you recall the first time you realised that the […]
A most enjoyable case study of using Twitter in a larger class environment to foster conversation/discussion.
Check-ins, badges, and becoming mayor have nothing to do with libraries and everything to do with the geolocation game foursquare…. well it did until some of the librarians here at Darien began hijacking our own venue (Darien Library). We began checking in every time we came into work, closely monitoring who among us was crowned Mayor of Darien Library. Possibly making snide comments to our new ruler – of course in good fun. Then it dawned on us: Why are we checking in all the time when we could offer up this service to our users? We began looking a […]