http://www.state.sc.us/jobs/positions/P000019014.html The individual we seek will: Have strong budgeting skills, the ability to reach out to a diverse community, be comfortable with challenging situations and emerging technologies, and the ability to communicate effectively with the staff, the community, and the media. I like the emerging technologies part. From what I’ve seen of the State Library Portal, their new IM reference service, their blogs and from meeting the folks who make it all happen in person, this is one plugged in, 2.0 state library. Dr. Curtis Rogers even Flickr’ed the job!
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(That’s Terence Huwe in the screen grab!) http://www.dok.info/index.php?cat=home&video_id=33 Take a look at this video! Reporters Jaap van de Geer and Erik Boekesteijn have created a 10 minute overview of ILI2006. There are interviews, snippets of the sessions and many little glimpses of how this conference goes. Thanks Jaap and Erik!
Jill Hurst-Wahl writes about a recent visit by a TV news crew asking her to talk about Second Life: Below is a link to the news story online as well as the video. It ran in the second spot on the 11 p.m. news, because it was evidently a slow news night. Good for me though. http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=08C5F34B-0836-468F-80D6-5BEC96741B60 The reporter was interested in SL because she had heard a bit about it and then had explored, and just thought it would be a good story. She and I spent nearly an hour together talking and going through SL, so there is […]
I’m doing a CLA 2006 Infopeople Mini-Demo today. The topic is FLICKR! Here are the resources: Flickr Web 2.0 Commonalities: Tagging Hey! Does this conference have a tag? It should! (Update: Just saw bethh Gallaway, she decided the tag is CLA2006! Comments Ten Ways to Use Flickr in Your Libraries: To highlight New Materials To show the face of the Teen Advisory Board To highlight Programs & Some Young Library Users To create a presence in the site itself To create an easy virtual tour for users and staff! To store and use images for Wikis, etc To promote what […]
I’m serving on the ALA Participation Task Force this year. President Leslie Burger established the ALA Participation Task Force “to develop recommendations for expanding member opportunities, especially for the for the next generation of leaders, to participate in their association in meaningful ways,” according to the document Jim Rettig sent this summer. I just heard that Jim is a candidate for vice-president/president-elect and if elected he will serve as VP in 2007-08 and President in 2008-09. Woohoo! Jim asked the group to envision “ALA 2.0” and asked for submissions by today. Jim put his up at his blog: http://keillor.richmond.edu/blojsom/blog/jrettig/American+Library+Association/?permalink=font-face-Arial-Helvetica-sans-serif-size-2-ALA-2-0-font.html Below […]
It always gives me a thrill to see “Dominican University” on my nametag. 🙂
New from Pew: http://www.pewinternet.org/presentation_display.asp?r=80 Libraries are the living, breathing internet that existed long before the digital network that we know today. They are the connected nodes of information and community exchange that we have relied on to communicate, collaborate, share resources and preserve knowledge in our societies for centuries. But there are concerns about the future of physical libraries, given that so many of us have easy access to virtual libraries of information on our computers at home. Recent Pew Internet Project research examines technology use by teenagers and suggests how the behavior and expectations of young internet users might […]
Via Digg: http://www.crmlowdown.com/2006/11/the_10_best_and.html This fascinates me: the top ten best customer service sompanies includes Apple (hurrah!), GE and Hilton Hotels. I’ve achieved Hilton Honors Diamond staus because of all the Hamptons and Doubletrees I’ve stayed while on the road and have no complaints about their service, so I wasn’t surprised. This bit did intrigue me: 7. HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION – Laboratory Studies for Improved Customer Service Innovation combined with a desire to better the customer’s experience is apparent in Hilton’s programs like the Hilton Technology Room, which is basically a laboratory for gathering customer feedback on new and emerging technologies. […]
http://www.techsource.ala.org/pr/getting-game-your-library.html New Issue of LTR Reveals Benefits of Gaming Services at Libraries ALA TechSource is pleased to announce the publication of its latest issue of Library Technology Reports, “Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services” by Jenny Levine, librarian, author of the popular The Shifted Librarian blog, and an avid gamer. “What if traditionally apathetic library users were instead motivated to get up early on a Saturday morning and plead for library staff members to open the doors?” she asks in the introduction to this highly accessible report. Lookout! Jenny’s take on gaming in libraries, along with the case studies, will […]
I hope Laura Cohen doesn’t mind me quoting so much of this. Go, read the whole thing, print it and share it with your staff. http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/11/a_librarians_20_manifesto.html A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto I will recognize that the universe of information culture is changing fast and that libraries need to respond positively to these changes to provide resources and services that users need and want. I will educate myself about the information culture of my users and look for ways to incorporate what I learn into library services. I will not be defensive about my library, but will look clearly at its situation […]