http://www.wtmx.com/podcast/20060411-Eric_and_Kathy_-_WTMX-FM_Chicago.mp3 WTMX talked to the SJCPL Branch Librarian who had a turkey fly into the branch window! Use the link above to hear the podcast of the interview (it’s about halfway through the ‘cast.).
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At TechSource this week, I ponder the 2.0 Job and charge libraries and library schools to look at their offerings! http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/03/on-the-20-job-description-part-1.html
Congrats to Stephen Abram, the new president-elect of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/archives/2006/03/the_new_sla_pre.html
Good reading at ALA Techsource: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/03/the-monster-mashup.html I think I need to say that THIS is OVERDUE! It may be time for our profession to seriously reconsider the value of the traditional conference, where a conference planning committee asks for conference proposals twelve to eighteen months in advance of the conference. How can library and information conferences—gatherings, happenings, bashes, mashupcamps—better aid and abet quality growth in the library and information science ecosystem? I feel the urge to utter a manifesto coming on: A conference should try to actually foster and facilitate the discipline, movement, or ecosystem it represents. It should be […]
I have a new post at TechSource, with some fascinating comments by Mary Ghikas from ALA: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/02/on-change-library-20-and-ala.html Jenny and I will be with the ALA folks this afternoon for a special “Association 2.0” version of the Roadshow. And Jessamyn reports about the ALA Council Facebook! Woohoo!
Library Conferences… plugged in and turned on, baby! Like never before… Check out Steve’s hot post: http://library.coloradocollege.edu/steve/archives/2006/02/keeping_up_with_2.html and grab his snazzy OPML file. Now, a dumb question, can Safari use OPMLs?
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/02/the-digitally-re-shifted-school-library-a-conversation-with-christopher-harris.html
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/01/on-the-l2-train.html I’d suggest that librarians not shut themselves off to the discussions taking place. “Library 2.0″ may be a buzz word, but it’s not a weightless one. There is actual work and intelligent discussion that accompanies it. L2 is certainly not about exclusion—quite the opposite. You will do yourself and your organization a great disservice is you embed yourself in a semantic quagmire.
..because if I don’t, I get to speak at PLA for FREE! I could renew right after the conference in March and save myself $65! http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2005/12/13/why_im_not_joining_ala_right_now_after_all.html
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