Timothy Grieg presents a short session on MMOs and Digital Libraries in one of his MLIS classes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/sets/72157594497271106/ “MMODLs, Traditional Digital Libraries, what can they both learn from Massively Multiplayer Online Games, World of Warcraft in particular. A short (5 minutes, with 10 minutes of discussion) presentation I gave in my MLIS Digital Libraries Class.”
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Via The Blog about Libraries: http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2007/0123/local/stories/guest_library_column.htm Does my heart good. Except – the libraries where the author works ARE CLOSING! Read more here: http://www.selco.info/blog/2007/01/10-reasons-for-public-libraries-and.html (Thanks Multitype Librarian!) 8. Libraries provide a neutral community gathering place for the free exchange of ideas, culture, and entertainment. Libraries promote a sense of belonging and interpersonal connection in a society that is increasingly “virtual.” 9. A vital and attractive library helps define a community, encourages civic pride, and invests residents with a sense of ownership. 10. Libraries are the heart and soul of a community and reflect the value residents place on literacy, education, […]
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/MLIS-ad.pdf Brenda Chawner at the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington alerted me to their snazzy print ad for the MLIS degree… see any tags that might draw students to their program? Steal this idea! Not just library schools, but libraries could do some FUN advertising with tag clouds. 🙂
Have I mentioned my Monday office hours at Corner Bakery? Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I teach upstairs so this is a nice place to meet students and prep classes.
ALA TechSource Rockstars Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre. I agree with Michelle! I looked around the table at the incredible folks dining and chatting and told them: “I’m honored to be here.”
http://www.blyberg.net/2007/01/21/aadlorg-goes-social/ Blyberg works his code magic on his catalog, Drupal and improves the social aspects of their Innovative Interfaces Inc catalog: So what is the SOPAC? It’s basically a set of social networking tools integrated into the AADL catalog. It gives users the ability to rate, review, comment-on, and tag items. The concept is nothing new, but the nature of our systems do not yield readily to this kind of retrofitting–something I plan to really start tackling in earnest, but that’s a topic for another post. If you’re wondering (and didn’t know already), AADL’s automation system is III which recently […]
2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting Originally uploaded by ALA staff. The hottest place to be is queued up for some DDR at the ALA TechSource/AL Booth. here Michael Golrick and Jenny Levine cut the proverbial rug. Click through to leave a comment on their snazzy style!
Just thinking about the Cluetrain and library managers/administrators this morning. Command-and-control management styles both derive from and reinforce bureaucracy, power tripping and an overall culture of paranoia. Is your library steeped in a culture of paranoia?
Libraries and Web 2.0 Originally uploaded by crr29061. Via Dr. Curtis Rogers: Beaufort County Library has puit up a page about Web 2.0 for library users. http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/web.htm Take a look. (WOW! He just posted another cool use of Flickr for historical photos at Pickens Library.)
For some tips and strategies on dealing with librarians, IT and this 2.0 world, don’t miss Karen Schneider’s most wonderful post at TechSource “IT & Sympathy.” http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/01/it-and-sympathy.html First, if they haven’t told you what they’re up to, sit down with your IT people and ask what their schedule is, and where your needs for new stuff fit in. It would be wise for IT to do this proactively, but they may not think this way, and you can help them get there. You may find out that IT has some pretty important stuff on the docket, pretty far down Maslow’s […]