By Michael Casey & Michael Stephens Properly handled and managed, adaptation to change ensures our survival Last month, we presented six mile markers for your transparent library. Here are six more. Have an open-door policy. You have to listen to be heard. And you have to be out there to be noticed. Whether you’re a director, leader, or manager, listening to your community and working with other leaders and managers is the only way you will remain relevant and grow stronger as a leader and help build a stronger organization. Seth Godin reminds us in his book Tribes (Portfolio, 2008) […]
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You may have seen “Wondrous” on ALA TechSource. Tad Beckwith wrote about it to me: He said: Although this is not “in library” or “virtual library” tech it is “near library” tech that is inspiring visitors to check out a brand new library in Marana, Arizona. When I was reading your About Page I felt appreciative when I read your comments about making a library welcoming in a variety of ways because I too want to bring back more commons spaces. I think this sculpture is an example of one library investing in visually welcoming art that seems to inspire […]
I have just one more presentation this year before school ends and I start my holiday break. Next Saturday, I’ll be in Pittsburgh for ACLA’s Future of Libraries speaking with futurist Thomas Frey. If you are attending, please say hi.
Via Lone Wolf Librarian: The Networked Student was inspired by CCK08, a Connectivism course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008. It depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler’s high school students. The Networked Student concept map was inspired by Alec Couros’ Networked Teacher. I hope that teachers will use it to help their colleagues, parents, and students understand networked learning in the 21st century. Anyone is free to use this video for educational purposes. You may download, translate, or use as part of another presentation. Please share. I’ll be sharing this with my classes and […]
Gaming in Libraries, originally uploaded by Shanachietour.
I’m always on the lookout for innovative uses of social tools in libraries. This weekend I got an email from John Wohlers, Library Technology Assistant, Waubonsee Community College, detailing his experiences using Twitter at his library. John writes: I thought you might like to know yesterday at the request of one of our librarians, I added a link to his twitter account on our library’s staff information page. Nothing big there of course… But then I decided that just the link was a big boring… So, I took a look at the API for twitter, and using it I then embedded […]
Books and Mobile Tags Shelf, originally uploaded by ACU Library. Some chosen books for the exhibit plus, in the bottom right corner, a QR barcode (mobile tag) that leads patrons to more information.
From the comments on the Question post.
On Friday, I asked a question: Made with snapper.net I wanted to see what type of response I might get putting it into the form above. Three events in three weeks lead to this post. This kind of synchronicity always makes my trendspotting radar go off. First, I met some great folks from Pasco Libraries in Florida when I spoke at the TBLC Annual Meeting. They shared with me a promotion for their Battle of the Bands event: the intial announcement was made via a 2D code. Not a flier, not a blog post, not a Facebook alert — but […]
Now grocery stores are hosting author events?!?!, originally uploaded by amy_kearns.