staff Originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. I’ve had fun following some libraries that did innovative programs and such for Teen Tech Week. If you didn’t put it on your schedule, plan ahead for next year. Gaming, explorations of technology, recording podcasts or videocasts are all fun things to do to engage young people. And just look at those smiling PLCMCV staff!
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I am most impressed with Timothy Grieg’s post about his research project for his Masters: [My] project seeks to develop a framework for the ways in which game design and e-learning theories might inform the future design and development of library interfaces within virtual world environments by considering an example of an emerging online library, the Second Life Library, and the experiences of users and virtual librarians using the service. Read his whole post here: http://timothygreig.com/archives/64
Please vote for Jim Rettig for ALA president on March 15.
Read my interview with Robert Doyle: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/02/thoughtful-advocates-an-ala-techsource-interview-with-ilas-robert-doyle.html “If people were better informed about social networking sites and knew and used basic Internet safety tips, the cloud of fear may decline.”—Robert Doyle, Executive Director of the Illinois Library Association
Michael Stephen’s self-tag Originally uploaded by Alice Sneary. OCLC did the coolest thing at Symposium in Seattle. The audience got to tag themselves via this nifty nametag and highlighter setup and then we collected the data and made a Tag Cloud. For the result, follow this link: http://scanblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/tag-cloud-from-oclc-symposium.html
http://mlincoln.lishost.org/ Dr. Margaret Lincoln launches another book doiscussion blog at her school! Check it out! This Weblog brings together students, teachers, library media specialists and adults in our community. Through a reading of the memoir All But My Life by Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein, we will participate in joint discussion and sharing of reflections. The project will culminate with an author visit to Battle Creek, Michigan on April 16, 2007.
Check us out! Originally uploaded by Newport Public Library. Just a nice Flickr moment I thought I’d share. It does my heart good to see the human side of the library.
Social Technologies Roadshow: Princeton PL Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Jenny and I are taking the Social Technologies Roadshow to Nassau County, NY this Thursday and Friday. Looking forward to it!
The more I think about this type of organizational shift to make the library Website just as important as a branch or department, the more it rings true. How do you create your Web presence in your library? Search for the job here: http://www.maricopa.gov/human_resources/jobs_index.asp Virtual Branch Manager Library District, Virtual Branch Library Location Address 2700 N. Central Ave., Suite 700 Phoenix, AZ Salary $49,150.40 – $60,444.80 Per Year ($23.63 – $29.06 Per Hour) Position Qualifications Master’s Degree in Library Science from an academically accredited college or university and three (3) years of public library experience which includes 2 years of […]
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