A BIG congrats to my friend Aaron Schmidt on his new position as director of the North Plains Public Library.
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The mayor of Cybrary City, Paul Miller of Talis, will officially welcome Cybrary City residents and other interested librarians on Wed, December 6 at 2:30 pm sl time, 4:30 central, and 5:30 Eastern to welcome everyone. The welcome will be held on the plaza in front of the new conference center. Second Life Blog A few of the Dominican faculty gathered and we projected my Mac running SL up on the screen in a library training room yesterday for this event. Afterward, we toured some areas of the island and SL in general. My avatar got stuck in a sitting […]
You have new Picture Mail! Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian. I can’t wait to get my copy! Have you ordered yours? http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/gaming-and-libraries-intersection-of-services.html If you are any type of librarian and you are curious about all this talk about gaming, gamers, library services, learning and literacy, then this is certainly a publication to checkout. Even if I didn’t present with Jenny and write with her at TechSource, I’d still point you all to this resource!
Via Michael Casey: I appreciate Director Charles Brown’s encouraging remarks and Helene Blower’s enthusiasm. I feel honored to have helped kick off this learning initiative with Michael Casey back in August. A great shout out to the folks at PLCMC! And don’t miss the PLCMC Orientation Video for new staff, another innovative use of YouTube!
Via AL Direct comes this news story about Plainfield Library in Illinois, where instead of trying to block access, they are embracing their young users and diving into social networking: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/158984,4_1_JO04_MYSPACE_S1.article Young Adult Librarian Joe Marcantonio noticed this summer that nearly every teenager on a computer terminal had their MySpace.com Web site pulled up the entire time. For some, it was the only reason they ventured into the library. Librarians decided to join them in the world of social cyber-networking and put up their own MySpace site, www.myspace.com/plainfieldpubliclibrary. There, they post bulletins about programs and pictures from events, and can […]
Wandering Eyre points to a Job 2.0 http://ac2.aclin.org/item.cfm?code=joblinei&mid=4939 Librarian 2.0, Wilkinson Public Library, Telluride (Open Until Filled) Librarian to deliver techno-savvy reference to an educated, enlightened resort community in SW Colorado. Must have MLS, strong general reference skills, and be an enthusiastic team player. Interest in blogging, RSS, wikis and IM reference essential. Strong Spanish skills a plus.
Thanks to Brenda Chawner, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand for having me back on Thursday to present to folks at the library at VUW. It amazes me how easy it is with a mic, headphones and some software to reach across the (flattening) globe and across the date line to discuss social technologies with librarians! We tested the connection from my office at Dominican today and it worked great! Update: Oops! Just got word from Brenda we are rescheduling to February. Oh well. The world may be a bit more flat by then anyway!
David King & Michael Porter Originally uploaded by davidking. These two fine fellows just announced they will be writing the Internet Spotlight column in 2007! Well done! I look forward to their articles. If they are anything like the incredible essays and insights at LibraryMan and David Lee King – watch out! Congrats Gents! http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/12/05/david-king-and-michael-porter-make-an-announcement/ http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2006/12/05/public-libraries-magazine-david-lee-king-libraryman-internety/
Via the Social Customer Manifesto comes this post announcing the release of a report: “Social Networking For Businesses And Associations” “The connections enabled by social networks are the glue that put the humanity back into business to solve the trust problem. In other words, the organizations that will win are the ones that most easily enable individuals to build relationships and communities with people they trust.” Libraries can win at this game too! Read the report (and balance ouit the fact they are also advertising their social networking project) and check out the “Ten Ways Businesses, Assosciations and Organizations Can […]
Photo_12.jpg Originally uploaded by willrich. This morning, I’m checking my Flickr feeds and I see a familiar locale in one of my favorite edublogger’s streams. A photo from Will Richardson is snapped in my classroom at Grayslake! How cool! I would have never know he had been presenting in the same classroom.