Nancy Dowd, from the New Jersey State Library, responds to the astounding news of the Illinois bill to ban on social networking sites in libraries: Sounds like the right time for your readers to join our experimental marketing campaign! The goal is to make a “library video” not only the most viewed, but to break the record for the most comments ever posted to one video on YouTube. Talk about the value of social networking! The idea is to have people post their three reasons and then pass the word to five friends. Of course what makes it even better […]
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I can’t believe this… I hope the Illinois Library Association rallies around this to oppose it! Illinois librarians — are you listening? I hope we get a statement soon from the ILA and Illinois State Library! (Emphasis mine) ILA Update # 1 NEWS RELEASE — For immediate release Saturday, 10 February 2007 Latest Developments Yesterday, Senator Matt Murphy (R-27, Palatine) filed Senate Bill (SB) 1682, only minutes before the bill introduction deadline in the Illinois Senate. The summary is below: Senate Bill 1682 Creates the Social Networking Web site Prohibition Act. Provides that each public library must prohibit access to […]
Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Service Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Library 2.0 A Guide to Participatory Library Service By Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk Two of the first and most original thinkers on Library 2.0 introduce the essential concepts and offer ways to improve service to better meet the changing needs of 21st century library users. Describing a service model of constant and purposeful change, evaluation and updating of library services, and user participation, the book both outlines the theoretical underpinnings of Library 2.0 and provides practical advice on how to get there. From incorporating technology to reaching “the […]
February 22, 2007. The Hyperlinked Library. Boston Public Library Staff Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. February 22, 2007. Library 2.0. Simmons GSLIS, Librarty 2.0. Boston, Massachusetts. March 1 & 2, 2007. Blogs & RSS Building Community & Library 2.0 with Jenny Levine. Nassau County Library System, Uniondale, New York. March 23, 2007. Library 2.0: Planning, People & Participation. Workshop for Capital Area Library Directors. Williamsburg, Virginia. April 12, 2007. Library 2.0 with Jenny Levine. Texas Library Association. San Antonio, Texas. April 26, 2007. Southwest Florida Library Network Technology Day April 27, 2007. Charleston Public Library Staff Day May 3, 2007. Massachusetts Library […]
I heart (heh) how my Flickr friends have noted themselves… 🙂 “Blame it on my wild heart!”
You have new Picture Mail! Originally uploaded by libraryman. Nice signage at OCLC… How many times, librarian, have you sat in a meeting for three hours and realized at the end nothing was decided? These rules might help with that. 🙂
IM Office Hours – No Class Tonight Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Physical, real time class is cancelled because it is NASTY here in Chicago but the class can still meet with me via IM and work on the Collection Development module online at Blackboard. To everyone in the path of the winter storm..stay safe and warm!
http://blogaboutlibraries.com/2007/02/i-didnt-get-mls-to-do-that.html Steve at Blog About Libraries presents and excellent answer to that question I get a lot at presentations: “What about about all of the stuff we’ve always done and continue to do? How can we possibly add anything new?”: Professions do not stand still. We don’t have a choice. The jobs we signed up for may not exist anymore. Please go read his explanations of each. I couldn’t agree more. thanks Steve!
Let me point you to John Berry’s blog at Library Journal: http://blatant.libraryjournal.com/blog/?p=17 Jobless Jitters NEWLIB-L should be required reading for library administrators, library school faculty and deans, and any librarian who has settled into that mid- and late-career comfort zone. It is the discussion list for librarians with brand new Master’s degrees in the library and information professions operated by Susan Scheiber, Assistant Director at the RAND Corporation (but she’s no Herman Kahn). Some posters and subscribers are employed and some are not. Recent threads, like those called “unemployed” and “toxic first jobs” and others, display a growing bitterness at […]
At the OCLC Symoposium, we used an audience polling mechanism that allowed on the spot feedback and answers. I was able to contribute a question as was Howard Rheingold. The OCLC folks sent me the results that were displayed in the room so I could include them here. It’s fascinating and might be viewed as a reliable data set/cross section of the profession. We had between 350-400 people in the room. One bit of data that would help is a breakdown of what types of librarians were present. Over half of the crowd said “no” (my work is not yet […]