Run don’t walk to this excellent post about “what it takes to create a great blog experience:” http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2007/10/the-4-cs-of-blo.html The description of the C’s and the corresponding insights for each are image grabs from a presentation, so please click through and have a look. This could be a great planning document for the library blog.
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Helene Blowers writes: http://www.librarybytes.com/2007/09/license-to-play.html One of all things I love seeing most it’s the creativity and fun that other libraries have add to their own programs. Today, I stumbled across the “@ play” signs for Lee County’s Play to Learn program and it totally made me laugh out loud. How cool is it to get a “License to Play” from the Library Director? Take a look at Lee County’s “Play to Learn:” http://library-playtolearn.blogspot.com/
Don’t miss adding to your aggregator the iLibrarian blog by Elyssa Kroski. Consistently these last few months, she’s offered up some concise, useful, well-written posts. For example: 18 Different Types of Blog posts A Librarian’s Guide to Creating 2.0 Subject Guides Thanks Elyssa!
Brenda Hough, Technology Consultant, Northeast Kansas Library System, writes: I just wanted to let you know about a new project we are starting here in NEKLS. The project is a book discussion for people working in libraries, focused on emerging trends in the intersection of society, libraries, and technology. We received grant funding to buy multiple copies of the books and we’ve developed an online site for discussion (we’ll also have discussions in other ways — OPAL? face-to-face?). We’re hoping to generate some great discussions! The website is at http://intersections.nekls.org Take a look at this cool way for library folk […]
Those South Carolina librarians just rock: http://librarytrax.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/teentrax/ Yesterday, we hosted our first teen services institute, TeenTrax. It was a blast! Patrick Jones, *the* teen services guru in my book, started the day with a great reality check. What do you call young adults in the library? By their names! It’s all about relationships, and you can’t have a relationship with someone if you don’t know their name. How true! Michele Gorman, the truly awesome Teen Services Manager at Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s ImaginOn, gave us some of the basics on doing Reference for teens, and followed up with practical approaches to creating programs […]
From Wearing Scarves Year Round: (emphasis mine) Yesterday, I walked into the brick wall that was the realization that many of the projects I want to work on at the Northern-most library I might not get to work on. It’s frustrating because I thought I would be able to get a lot of things off the ground and I got excited and invested in that, and then it turned out that the library’s promises of being interested in making themselves more 2.0 and integrating social networking services into their world was not on the level. They do seem to want […]
On the benefits of virtual worlds: http://www.smartmobs.com/2007/10/06/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/ On mapping Wikipedia: http://www.smartmobs.com/2007/10/07/wikipedia-mapping/ On Privacy 2.0 and allowing “opt in” services: http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2007/10/privacy-20.html
The Complete Conference Handouts for LITA Annual Originally uploaded by Adventures in Librarianship NICE! I would love to see this for more conferences. The secret important ingredient? A laptop! I will always advocate for libraries to provide their librarians with laptops whenever possible and encourage those laptop librarians to carry them as much as possible. Oops – another secret ingredient: FREE CONFERENCE WIFI!
Dear IM Librarians of the world. If you hear from one of my students in the next few days and you have time, please chat with them! I will really appreciate it! Topic: IM “There is much greater opportunity to bring service to wherever potential users of library service happen to be.” Michael Buckland Readings Due: Buckland, Chapter 9: The Challenge Schmidt, A. IM Talking Points Schmidt, A. & Stephens, M. IM me. Library Journal, Retrieved April 1, 2005 from http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA512192 Stephens, Embedding a librarian in Your Web Site with Meebo Assignment: From the readings and your own reflection, create […]
created by Rachel -LIS student Originally uploaded by [ iblee ] Steal this idea! Good work Rachel – LIS student.