George from http://archdale.blogspot.com writes: Michael, Just wanted to point you to the video editing contest that our Teen Corner is having for National Library Week. We just debuted a Teen area with furniture, shelving and 4 computers with video editing software and dvd burners. http://rcplteencorner.blogspot.com/2007/03/teen-video-contest.html Thanks George! I also see that the library had a “Make a Movie Night” presented by the teen advisory board. This is good on many levels: The library has technologies the teens may want to use to create content (remember those Pew numbers?) and a space just for them. The TAB is actively working to […]
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One of my students shared this URL with our class: http://www.lapl.org/ya/. Take a look. It’s engaging and entertaining. I like the iPod earbuds and cell phone with images graphics. Dig a little deeper for discussion, book reviews and links out to some refreshingly frank and useful sites. A few more clicks led me too http://games.lapl.org/ — maybe I’ve missed coverage of this but it was new to me. In the tradition of The DaVinci Code, it’s a library adventure game! Here’s a shot: Well done LAPL!
By Michael Casey & Michael Stephens What prevents a library from being transparent? Barriers. Roadblocks. Inability to change. The culture of perfect. The transparent library contains three key elements: open communication, adapting to change, and scanning the horizon. We’ll explore these ideas and offer solutions for those struggling with new models of service, technology, and a decidedly opaque climate. The web has changed the old landscape of top-down decisions. “As the web becomes the greatest word-of-mouth amplifier in history, consumers learn to trust peers more and companies less,” said Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail. “And as the same […]
staff Originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. I’ve had fun following some libraries that did innovative programs and such for Teen Tech Week. If you didn’t put it on your schedule, plan ahead for next year. Gaming, explorations of technology, recording podcasts or videocasts are all fun things to do to engage young people. And just look at those smiling PLCMCV staff!
Don’t miss Brian Kenney’s new editorial at School Library Journal: Back when many of us signed up for this librarian gig, we were told that “keeping up” was a vital part of the job. That meant reading publications like SLJ, knowing what was being published in your field, tracking database content, while keeping abreast of your users’ world, whether that was elementary education or pharmacology. Now it’s all changed. We still need to read our professional publications (in some format or other) and keep current with our users’ lives. But we also need to be active participants in the new […]
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 […]
P1010002 Originally uploaded by teens_libraryloft. This is great — the teen librarians glide around the library…
“Spending too much energy on why we can’t change instead of changing what we can.” From yesterday’s retreat come the typed up flipchart notes from the L2 Barriers exercise and our brainstorming. Thanks to katia for typing them up! And thanks to the incredible Marshall Shore of Maricopa County Library for inviting me down and opening up the event to other library systems! How open..and participatory! 🙂 Barriers in the Library Negative signage (e.g. No cell phones) People have to come IN to the library to use it “Noise Police” Only one public phone (or worse, NO public phones in […]
Denver Public Library YouTube Contest Some things to note: Use of YouTube is not only encouraged by DPL but the site is used as an extension of the library’s presence within its community of teens The same goes for the library’s Teen MySpace page at http://myspace.com/denver_evolver — where the videos that meet contest criteria will be highlighted! On so many levels, this gets the library “out there” and in the minds of young people. They’ll market the content, the MySpace page and more by word of mouth. How open, participatory and decentralized is this? Wowza! (Thanks to Michael Sauers for […]
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 […]