Meeting with St. Catherine’s LIS Students Originally uploaded by mstephens7. One of the many. many highlights of the TTW goes North tour of Minnesota was meeting up with this group of St. Catherine’s SLIS students. Leah, in the blue jacket, was in my LIS753 class at Dominican. She arranged the gathering. We went to a nearby Caribou Coffee and talked about libraries. You know what fires me up? These four ladies are gearing up to make a difference in libraries! We were all over the board in our talk: L2, barriers, next generation librarianship, etc. Leah wrote the talk up […]
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The advance information for IL2006 is up! Don’t miss these useful sites: www.infotoday.com/il2006 http://il2006.pbwiki.com/ Note that there is going to be a podcast studio as well! And, for public librarians and others interested folks (because this stuff translates well to almost any library!), don’t miss our PL Futures track on Monday, October 23, 2006: Track B: Public Libraries’ Futures This track focuses on planning, people, and participation. It explores the shift toward patron involvement, librarians building resources for collaboration and communication, and how public libraries (PLs) are changing to meet the needs of the plugged-in, socially networked user. Organized and […]
LJ Printed the Five Phrases! Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I didn’t even know this was in the 5/1/2006 issue! Thanks LJ! Here’s the original post: http://tametheweb.com/2006/04/ten_phrases_i_hope_i_never_hea.html
Wooohoo… take a look and comment if you’d like! http://heleneblowers.alablog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/23/1978472.html
Library 2.0 Workshop, Arrowhead Library System Originally uploaded by pkchrist. Second to last day in Minnesota. this is when I tripped over furniture THREE TIMES!
L2 Friendly Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian.
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Don’t miss this set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84811535@N00/sets/72057594139405502/
Library Bloggers are Cordially Invited to Join ALA President-Elect Leslie Burger At a Reception to Honor Gulf Coast Librarians Affected by Hurricane Katrina Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:30 pm – Midnight Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel Bienville Suite 27th Floor Two Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70140 R.S.V.P. by June 14, 2006 800-545-2433, ext. 4258 rsvp@ala.org
I’ve been following the ALA L2 Blogs and exchanging emails with many of the participants. This little bit comes from Don Wood, an ALA staff member who I go to meet in person at the ALA 2.0 Roadshow we did this spring. Don really taps onto something that is important: the concepts of L2 do not seek to push aside everything we’ve always done or alienate current users of libraries. My comment on Brian Gray’s blog pretty well sums up how I feel about how I see the spirit of this 2.0 project. Libraries should become, to coin a phrase, […]