Library Signage, originally uploaded by calicorocklib. Don’t miss this: Our desire to avoid confrontation and our inability to understand the user get in the way of providing the highest level of service. Bad signs exist in all types of libraries, victimizing users without bias and leading to some unwelcome encounters. It makes me wonder if a bad sign is truly better than nothing or just making things worse. Signs can serve several functions but generally fall into two categories: library marketing and communicating library policies. Many librarians and administrators agree that it’s important to communicate that the library is a […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Team JBot (Justin Hoenke, Rafia Mirza, Jeannie Chen, Anne Krakow, Susan Jennings) Phew…time flies. It’s been six months since my first post on being an Emerging Leader and now that I’ve “emerged”, what have I learned? Here goes. THE PROJECT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION To view the full report from our project, click here. As a project, our group was tasked with surveying librarians about “how web 2.0 should ALA go with ALA.org”. Before we jumped in, our first goal was setting up communication. Be it ALA Connect, Google Talk, or even a simple email, as an Emerging Leader […]
Batch 3, originally uploaded by wertheim. I finished my two year stint as chair of the ALA Web Advisory Committee this week. After our meeting, my last duty was to present a brief report to Council on our activities. I want to publicly thank all the members of WAC and the INCREDIBLE ALA ITTS staff for working with me these past two years. I learned so much about the divisions, ALA protocols and the HUGE amount of work that goes on to give ALA web presence. Thanks all! (Thanks to Dr. Andrew Wertheimer for the spiffy pic too!)
Pretty amazing! In under 30 minutes I downloaded the app, shot the video, edited it on the phone and uploaded it!
Thanks to Dave Lisa for taking a few minutes yesterday to help me test Apple’s FaceTime – we had a video conversation via our wifi connections on iPhone 4! More about FaceTime: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/facetime.html
River Forest, IL – Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) has appointed Dr. Ken Haycock as the Follett Chair in Library and Information Science. Haycock is the recipient of the American Library Association’s 2010 Beta Phi Mu Award, presented annually for distinguished service to education in librarianship, as well as the association’s Herbert and Virginia White Award for promoting the profession of librarianship. A prolific writer and editor, he currently serves as regional editor for Library Management and series editor for Neal-Schuman’s The MBA for the MLIS Bookshelf. Haycock has held senior positions in both his […]
Open System, Open Learning – WordCamp Chicago 2010 View more presentations from Kyle Jones. I’m pretty darn proud of my former graduate assistant and TTW Contributor Kyle Jones. Take a look at his recent presentation at WordCamp Chicago. I’m also incredibly proud of him because he’s been accepted into the doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin Madison to study LIS and instructional technology. He’s got a great TA position and everything!! With Kyle’s library background from Elmhurst and Dominican, his excellent coding skills and a focus on instructional design in his coursework, he’s going to be an incredible professor! […]
The Dark Ages began with closing a library, originally uploaded by Travelin’ Librarian.
(a brief interview between Portland Public Teen Library @justinlibrarian and Portland teen @davidchuphoto) What are you using it for? I’m usually sitting in bed and using it as a computer instead of a laptop. I would go back to a laptop if I got a MacBook. What are your favorite apps? Twitter, ABC Player, Doodle Jump, Tap Tap Revenge 3, Safari What would you like to see the library do with Ipads? Libraries should lend them out as ebook readers or portable computers and people could read them in the teen lounge. People could be more relaxed with the iPad in […]