I’m so happy to see John Schumacher named a Library Journal 2011 Mover & Shaker! John was a student in three of my classes. His work – with a strong focus on serving the needs of children – was outstanding in all of them. It’s so good to see him putting his skill set into practice. Congrats Mr. Schu! This makes John Schumacher (aka Mr. Schu) an xtreme librarian: he uses a high level of exertion—along with some gear and stunts—to get kids reading. Examples of his xtreme tactics include visiting Anderson’s Bookshop almost every day, “so that there […]
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From The Go Librarians, Steven V. Kaszynski writes: http://golibrarians.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/what-are-words-for/ Everybody loves ALA’s classic celebrity READ posters. And for good reason. Multi-age, culturally relevant celebrities inspiring multi-age people to read books and get literate. They’re popular and possibly even effective. Still, the READ poster is alone in its work. It wants a family. It needs siblings. Libraries continue to evolve and struggle against their own underrepresentation. They seek ways to break the mold. The READ campaign advocates literacy and promotes the library as a literacy center or, from a non-LIS perspective, a place to get free books. But isn’t that the […]
Just got the proof from our article in NRAL! Very excited about this piece.
47th Library WEEK PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, EDUCATORS AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS Monday, March 28th: Social Media Applications in Education-Embracing the 21st Century Learner Sabanci University Communications Center Tuesday, March 29th: Morning: Social Media Applications in Education-Embracing the 21st Century Learner Istanbul National Education Directorate Afternoon: Social Media Applications in Education-Embracing the 21st Century Learner Istanbul University Faculty of Communications I also have various meals and opportunities to meet and discuss emerging technologies and education with librarians, teachers and students. I am really looking forward to this adventure. If you are attending any of the activities, please say hello!
Navigating the New Normal: Strategies for Success Information Today invites proposals for presentations at Internet Librarian International 2011, to be held at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London on 27 & 28 October 2011. We are now in a time best characterised as the “New Normal”. The new normal isn’t just about austere budgets or the old chestnut of “doing more with less” – it’s also about new technologies. The new normal is having library patrons, users, customers and clients who know as much or more about technology than we do. It’s about partnerships and transparency, about new ways to […]
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I saw Gardner Campbell and Ellen Filgo present about the Twitter-embedeed librarain at EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives 2010. Nice to see their model getting press. I’d like to see many more examples of this trend: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/embedded-librarian-on-twitter-served-as-information-concierge-for-class/30000? At the start of each class session, the professor, Gardner Campbell, asked the 11 students to open their laptops, fire up Twitter, and say hello to their librarian, who was following the discussion from her office. During the hourlong class, the librarian, Ellen Hampton Filgo, would do what she refers to as “library jazz,” looking at the questions and comments posed by students, responding with […]
What’s the coolest emerging tech librarian title you’ve seen lately? “Geospatial Librarian” is rather HOT – what are some others? I’m working on a little project today, need some insights…
I’m honored to be playing a role in this event. My talk is called “Transforming Library Science Education: Heretical Thoughts.” http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/articlereview/889511-457/the_future_of_the_academic.html.csp May 16–17, 2011 McMaster University Burlington – Ron Joyce Center Burlington, Ontario Universities today are facing unprecedented pressures fueled in part by technological advances, transformations in scholarly communications, evolving student expectations, increased calls for accountability, and greater competition. Simultaneously, we are experiencing uncertainty in financial support owing to declines in public and private funding partnered with ever-increasing costs. The global financial crisis of 2008 has further compounded our challenges and has added a sense of urgency to the calls for […]
I’m leading a 6 hour technology trends and planning workshop today in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s nice to be back here again after visiting in March 2009. Here are today’s slides: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/TTWAzTecnoPlanning.pdf (might be a few minutes for Dropbox to sync the big file) Thanks to all who are attending!