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Yearly Archives: 2010
237 posts
"Why Do You Blog?" A survey of Early Adopting Librarian Bloggers, originally uploaded by mstephens7. One more…
Measuring the Value & Effect of Learning 2.0 in Australian Libraries, originally uploaded by mstephens7. Wordle of some of the survey results I’m using in my talk at Educause Learning Initiatives today.
Oh my, originally uploaded by mstephens7. I’m at EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives. Great sessions about technology in teaching today!
Have you seen this? “The ways that you’re teaching have to change as well.” There is a lot to think about here.
I was honored to do an interview with Finding Education‘s Shannon Firth last week. We talked a lot about the Australian research project as well as other topics. The post is now up: http://blog.findingeducation.com/assignment/educators-that-rock-michael-stephens/ Here’s a bit of the piece: fE: How important is branding to libraries? And what do things like blogs and wikis have to do with stewardship? MS: I think branding is important. I like seeing librarians who are actively engaging with users, via Facebook, via Twitter, and identifying themselves as a librarian or staff member at the library. I think that really helps carry the brand […]
January 20, 2010: “Creative Collaboration and Immersive Engagement: The Hyperlinked Campus,” EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. January 26, 2010: “Ten Trends & Technologies for 2010,” Education Institute, online program. February 11, 2010: “Measuring the Effect & Impact of Learning 2.0 Programmes in Australian Libraries,” with Warren Cheetham & Richard Sayers, VALA 2010, Melbourne, Australia. (Skype) Switzerland & Germany: March 8, 2010: Geneva: Program with AILIS librarians and tour of CERN March 9, 2010: Geneva: Tour of UN Library & program with senior librarians, followed by program at US Mission. March 10, 2010: Hamburg: The Hyperlinked Community Library at the Hamburg […]
Aaron Schmidt has debuted a new column in Library Journal called “The User Experience.” http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6713142.html The opening is wonderful: The importance of user experience (UX) dawned on me one day when a patron asked to use the stapler kept in a drawer behind the reference desk. It wasn’t the first time anyone had asked to use the stapler—it wasn’t even the first time that day. Considering it a bit more, I realized that it happened all of the time. Suddenly, I couldn’t imagine what the stapler was doing in the drawer in the first place. I liberated the stapler from […]
SJCPL locations in Local Books, originally uploaded by mstephens7. Don’t miss this! http://www.librarything.com/blog/2010/01/local-books-iphone-application.php Tim Spaulding writes: Why We Did It. Creating Local Books wasn’t free. We hired an outside house to help us. (Well, semi-outside; half of ConceptHouse is our in-house programmer Chris/ConceptDawg.) There’s no “monetization” at all. We did it because, despite the dozens of dining, clubbing and other location applications, nobody had done a good book one before. True, IndieBound recently came out with an elegant iPhone app.(2) But indies are not the only bookstores. And libraries, which far exceed bookstores and are almost everywhere, are absolutely critical. […]
I highly recommend everybody taking a look at an intriguing, impromptu, and important discussion on the future of librarianship being had at Toby Greenwalt’s theanalogdivide by some of the finest minds in the field. It all began when Seth Godin wrote a few paragraphs about what libraries/librarians should be doing to remain viable -which some librarians took exception to it on Twitter and elsewhere. Be sure to check out the comments by Kate Sheehan, Bobbi Newman, and even a response by Seth Godin himself! Mick Jacobsen – TTW Contributor