There is a new blog at Moraine Valley Community College that is sure to inspire other similar blogs at other colleges. http://ext.morainevalley.edu/green/ The Moraine Valley Library is excited to announce the a new blog, Green Today, Green Tomorrow as part of the library’s One Book, One College initiative in conjunction with the college’s larger Sustainability Initiative. This new blog is available at: http://ext.morainevalley.edu/green/. “We hope that this blog will be a point of connection between the college community, the sustainability efforts on campus, and the educational opportunities that are part of the One Book program,” commented Troy Swanson, librarian, who […]
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Clotilde comments about using NetVibes to build a portal: The French Lille Management School’s library had made “virtual communities” with NetVibes. You can see for example the HR communtiy on http://www.netvibes.com/esc-lille_rh You can also visit their website 2.0 : http://mediatheque.esc-lille.fr/index.php?id=362&L=1 (in english)
(I realized some of the old TTW content was lost in the move. I’ll be posting a few downloads, etc to get them back up. This was a handout I used in blogging workshops 2005-2007)) Blogger’s Toolkit: Evaluating LIS Weblogs Use Librarian’s Tools: This is similar to evaluating sites for reference and inclusion on subject list. Questions to ponder when adding blogs to your aggregator or recommending them to colleagues: • Author: Who is the blog author? Is that information easily accessible? Where do they work? • Purpose: What’s the mission or goal of the blog? Is it stated? Is […]
Karen Schneider has an insightful post up at FRL: http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/01/06/how-to-be-famous-wink-wink-nudge-nudge/ There are some gems: Don’t let ambition turn you into Eve Harrington. Remember All About Eve, where an ingenue claimed to be Margo Channing’s biggest, bestest fan, then walked all over her? Let your friendships be sincere, and don’t use people or filch their ideas and then “forget” to acknowledge them. On the flip side, some people will latch on to you for no other reason than you’re well-known and you’re useful to them. Don’t worry, they’ll disappear when your star fades. … Some stuff needs to stay unsaid. When […]
Troy Swanson writes: This is very cool. Our IT department has helped out the by putting up our own Feed Parser. Now, sure what a feed parser it? Basically, it’s a tool that lets you take display an RSS feed in a Web page (Blackboard page, blog, etc) as a bulleted list. It is an easy way for the less technically savvy faculty members to incorporate outside content into course sites. I’ve put together this Feed parser help page to explain how this works a bit more. http://www2.morainevalley.edu/default.asp?SiteID=10&PageId=2066
“What’s a good starting point for my library to get into blogs?” someone recently asked me at a conference. What a great question! Weblogs, or “blogs,” are simply applications that take the muss and fuss out of generating Web pages. Weblog software can be configured, adapted, and tweaked for many uses, and it allows librarians to concentrate more on content and information sharing than on coding pages or using a Web editor. Why not try using Weblogs for staff communication in your library? It’s a great first step! You’ll benefit from improved communication, practice with technology, and experience using social […]
A nice meme to cap the year via Kathryn Greenhill: December: Last night in LIS701: Introduction to Library and Information Science, we discussed our five “context” books. November: Have you seen these jobs open at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County? October: I was honored to be asked by Brian Kelly to write a guest post for his blog UK Web Focus. September: What a great way to welcome students back to the university library! August: I keep coming back to this post “I didn’t get an MLS to do that.” July: I’ve been watching for the first reports […]
One of the foundations of my dissertation was an analysis of virtual communities and the theories concerning information behavior and exchange within them. This post from the Church of the Customer Blog was most interesting: http://www.churchofthecustomer.com/blog/2007/12/the-4-types-of.html The authors identify four types of communities online: Clique Network Cult Nation Where does the Biblioblogosphere fit in? I’ve always called it a “Community of Practice” after the work of Henri & Pudelko, who presented a concise, useful typology for virtual communities back in 2003, comprised of four distinct categories and descriptions of the exchanges that occur within them: Community of interest – Information […]
Many folks who were at my talk in Lincoln, Nebraska sent this link along. Tom Casady, the Chief of Police in Lincoln is blogging. His about the blog statement: “What’s up at the Lincoln Police Department? What’s on the chief’s mind? I’ll give you my thoughts a couple times weekly–things you’re unlikely to hear about in the media.” http://lpd304.blogspot.com/ He covers police matters, crime reports and responds to comments with thoughtful posts. I wish we had more city officials blogging like this in Oak Park or Mishawaka!
Faculty Seminar Series, Tuesday, December 4 at 12:30 p.m. in the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (Parmer 115C). Michael Stephens (Graduate School of Library and Information Science) will present Weblogs, Libraries & Librarians. Lunch will be available (a chili bar, including meat and vegetarian chili). Yesterday I had the honor to talk about my research and the Biblioblogosphere with faculty from all over the university. It was a great experience – and oh boy was I nervous! The presentation went well as did the discussion after. And the vegetarian chili rocked. I promised all who attended a copy of […]