Sean Robinson sends this photo to TTW. Lynn, the new General Reference librarian at the recently-renovated Allen County Public Library tests out her new Segway at the construction site. Sean reports: “It is her personal Segway and she is traveling to work on it. Since we are bringing up the new library and moving material to the new location Lynn has been using the Segway to go back and forth from the old location which is just down the street to the new location. She said that it goes about 12 mph.” Sean talked tothe director about this and showed […]
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Mobile answers Originally uploaded by K Jane. http://mobile.answers.com/ Thanks K Jane!
http://www.bookswim.com/temp_index.php Jeff up in TC alerts me to this post at http://rossnotes.com/archives/2007/01/02/how-i-would-run-a-library-system/ How I Would Run a Library System: In a word: Netflix. The queue system is a perfect fit for books, maybe even a better fit than it is for movies. People will pay money for this service(perhaps not $20 a month). Removing unpopular books from shelves isn’t such a bad idea, but keep them somewhere, available for circulation. Stick a URL on the inside cover of every book that goes to an online discussion board for that book. Either after check-in or a week after check-out, email the […]
If your library is interested in video blogging, don’t miss Arlington heights Public library’s vlog for a prefect example of how to do it and do it well.
I’m a tad dumb-founded over this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/nyregion/02library.html?ex=1168405200&en=954c51bc14b566e8&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Every afternoon at Maplewood Middle School’s final bell, dozens of students pour across Baker Street to the public library. Some study quietly. The Baker Street library in Maplewood, N.J., near a middle school, will soon close from 2:45 to 5 p.m. Others, library officials say, fight, urinate on the bathroom floor, scrawl graffiti on the walls, talk back to librarians or refuse to leave when asked. One recently threatened to burn down the branch library. Librarians call the police, sometimes twice a day. As a result, starting on Jan. 16, the Maplewood Memorial […]
my entrance to the library makes news Originally uploaded by aaron schmidt.
P1010002 Originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. This is great — the teen librarians glide around the library…
Best Wishes to all! See you in the New Year.
January 8 & 9, 2006. The Hyperlinked Library. Staff Institutes, Hennepin County Library System, Minnetonka, Minnesota. January 12, 2007. Library 2.0: Planning, People & Participation. Columbia College Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois. January 19, 2007. “Who’s Watching YOUR Space?” Moderator. OCLC Symposium with danah boyd, Howard Rheingold & Marc Smith, ALA Midwinter. Seattle, Washington. January 21, 2007. Next-Gen Sharing Libraries. OCLC Program. ALA Midwinter. Seattle, Washington. January 23, 2006. Elmhurst College Library Honors Program. Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois. February 1, 2006. Library 2.0. McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario. February 2, 2007. Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries. Ontario Library Association. […]
A lot of folks have been looking back at 2006. I realized today what a year it’s been: more library and librarian blogs, RSS gains even more ground, Wikis rule the school (and ALA), IM is embedded directly in pages where our users may find themselves, YouTube offers a way to share a “Ray of Light” and other library content, comments in the catalog, and innovations such as the WPopac offer a view of a bright, open future… wowza… Who knew that 2006 would shake out to be a year of “participatory culture,” to borrow a phrase from Henry Jenkins. […]