I’m thankful for many things: family, home, my work, and my online life. I’m also thankful for LISNews and the hosting services that Blake Carver provides. He puts up with the mountains of spam comments TTW gets as well as all my strange requests. If you are thankful for the sites and services Blake provides also, head on over to: http://www.lisnews.org/node/28308 to make a donation of any size to the efforts of the LISNews folks! Thanks to all who’ve made this year so incredble online. It’s been a heartbreaking and wonderful year and the support I’ve received from my friends […]
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From the ALA Code of Ethics: We provide the highest level of service to all library users through appropriate and usefully organized resources; equitable service policies; equitable access; and accurate, unbiased, and courteous responses to all requests. We strive for excellence in the profession by maintaining and enhancing our own knowledge and skills, by encouraging the professional development of co-workers, and by fostering the aspirations of potential members of the profession. We discussed the Code of Ethics last night. How might we update them 12 years after they were last approved? Another reason, in my book, that professions should not […]
DSC_0413 Originally uploaded by St. Joseph County Public Library Congrats to all my former colleagues at SJCPL for the planning, building and dedication of the new Lakeville branch. Click through for loads of pictures of Dedication Day festivities.
http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2007/07/congrats-to-amy.html An announcement from Connie Paul, Executive Director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative: Amy Kearns, will begin as (CJRLC)Program Coordinator on July 30, 2007! Currently the head of reference for the Paterson PL, Amy is a blogger, a trainer, a techie, and a library enthusiast. She has been very active in the Highlands RLC… She is eager to get to know our members (she knows many of you already), and we are delighted to welcome her. Rock On Amy!
OCLC Blog Salon Originally uploaded by cindiann If anything, ALA 2007 was flickr’d, twitter’ed and blogged from any and every angle. I was lucky to meet some folks whose work inspires me, including Cindi, who I blogged about here, and many others. Also, I appreciate the message of Cindi’s shirt. Can you feel something coming from the discussions, online conversations and conference chatter? I can.
FW: Originally uploaded by informationgoddess29 Gaming at the ALA Techsource Booth!
PAR-TIC-I-PA-TION, or 37 pieces of library flair (also a 365days shot) Originally uploaded by cindiann Read this: http://alreadygone.blogspot.com/2007/06/par-tic-i-pa-tion-or-37-pieces-of.html I am a “next generation” librarian, librarian 2.0 (1.5!), “young librarian,” whatever you want to call me, and I recently made the choice to get involved in ALA. I am currently attending the annual conference and having to make hard choices about what programming to attend and what to research later. Rather than continuing to believe that it’s hard to get involved, I chose to show up and agitate–ask people how to get onto committees, talk to those around me who are […]
Texas Library Association 2007 Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Thanks to everyone who attended our session! Download my sections of the presentation here: http://www.tametheweb.com/talks07/Texas2.0.pdf
The ALA election polls close on April 24. If you have not voted yet, please do. And please vote for Jim rettig for ALA vice-president/president-elect! see this for more: http://tametheweb.com/2007/02/rettig_for_president.html
Brian Kenney weighs in on the recent bloggers article in the March issue of American Libraries: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6430153.htmlM I don’t envy Leonard Kniffel’s job at all. AL has a huge array of issues to cover and serves many different constituencies, all of whom, I bet, are screaming for more ink. And I cringe at the idea of someone performing a similar analysis of SLJ’s content (yes, we are way overdue on a feature about middle schools). But the truth is, in AL, libraries mean public libraries, youth is code for children’s and young adult services, and students refer to college students. […]