For Dummies Book Display Originally uploaded by Lansing Public Library, Lansing Illinois. This is incredible – excellent marketing and use of Flickr! http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/04/14/dummies_at_lansing_public_library.html I’ll be using this in presentations! Thanks Kelli and Jenny!
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Via the Hacking NetFlix Blog: http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2007/03/netflix_brookly.html In an interview with The Post, Vitali said the library has also reached out to Netflix to serve as a provider of DVDs and videos. “What we want to do is work with Netflix and really get that inventory together, really use Netflix as the delivery mechanism,” Vitali said. “We’re getting some good vibrations back. Nothing formal has been settled. What’s really exciting is – it’s my understanding – really the first of its kind, a model for that kind of corporate partnership.” Watch how this deal plays out closely. If it goes through, […]
Rachel Singer Gordon is working on a book on alternative careers for librarians, andshe needs input from folks who have pursued nontraditional paths. Please see the survey questions posted at The Liminal Librarian, and feel free to distribute widely: http://www.lisjobs.com/liminal/2007/03/alternative-careers-survey.html
jb_1024 Originally uploaded by Dave & Bry. Thanks DaveyP! http://www.daveyp.com/blog/index.php/archives/180/ Follow the links to see a few other librarians made of books!
Trading Card for the Visitors Originally uploaded by mstephens7. We made this card as a group today in class! A big THANK YOU from LIS753 to Jaap and Erik for visiting with us and sharing their insights!
Desire makes us nervous. Spangled with breath mints and ink stains, we arrive sweet-breathed and primed to annotate. The increasing richness of information slows our progress. With damp eyes and stiffened muscles, with policies and credentials we gouge and shovel our way through, rediscovering patterns both organized and beautiful. more
Take a look at this thoughtful post at a Blog About Libraries: http://blogaboutlibraries.com/2006/08/which-culture-of-is-your-workplace.html Do you work within the “Culture of No”? If you are a leader, do you foster a “Culture of Maybe?” Continuing to wonder why it was that all libraries in the country have not started IM reference led me to start looking at organizational cultures. I came across some interesting stuff that I am certain applies to many libraries. Every innovator in libraries has probably dealt with “NO”, or “Death by a thousand cuts”. There is a subtle difference between the two, the former being (obviously) an […]
I’ve been telling the librarians I’ve been speaking with to read the Cluetrain Manifesto and apply it to library services. Networked conversations are changing business, and I honestly believe, changing libraries. Look at the incredible discussion, conversation and kerfuffle around the ALA L2 course! Into my aggregator comes Casey Bisson’s post about Nicole’s post entitled “Touched a Nerve.” Seems a staffer from iii was displeased with her blog post about the ILS… Here’s what I might say, quoting the Cluetrain: Markets are conversations! Here’s what your some of your market is saying: In the meantime, I tell people not to […]
This quote spoke to me. Beyond the techiness — strip that away — you get a good message we could apply to the development of many library initiatives. The harder we tighten things down, the less room there is for a creative, emergent solution. Whether it’s locking down requirements before they are well understood or prematurely optimizing code, or inventing complex navigation and workflow scenarios before letting end users play with the system, the result is the same: an overly complicated, stupid system instead of a clean, elegant system that harnesses emergence. Keep it small. Keep it simple. Let it […]
Kate the Hoosier Librarian writes: A friend of mine is going to do a speed dating program at her library in North Carolina in a couple weeks, and we’re trying to figure out if she is the first in the U.S. to do this. Have you heard of any other U.S. libraries doing this? I searched a couple of library literature databases and only found mentions of the program in Leuven. http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/ The program is listed on their June 2006 Calendar of Events. Kate Hmmm..speed dating at the library! Could be fun and the library could offer folks that make […]