Open!, a photo by mstephens7 on Flickr. Little Free Library #2099 – Library Steward: Michael Stephens The Little Free Library Balsam Circle at Spider Lake in Traverse City, Michigan is a neighborhood project spearheaded by Michael Stephens and Erin Henshaw. The library itself was built by Erin Henshaw and Steven Hoggatt and was built to match Stephens’ cottage across the street. It was dedicated for use by our lake community of Balsam Circle and Lakeview Trail on July 21, 2012. In the weeks since its dedication, the library has seen a lot of traffic and impromptu story times have occurred […]
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Ancient Library Signage, a photo by JenWaller on Flickr. 🙂
Once upon a time…, a photo by Paul Hagon on Flickr. Paul Hagon writes: “This is how you used to find things, people & places. A relic from a bygone era.”
Question of the Moment: “What is the nicest thing anyone ever said to you?” Students and staff are enjoying answering our newest Question of the Moment posted on one of the library hallway windows. Within minutes of the question being displayed, we had some funny answers such as, “Someone said I had thick hair!” written by a teacher whose hair is very sparse, and some deeply felt answers such as, “You are a good son.” and “Someone said they wanted to help me.”
LogoColors, a photo by widgetsandstone on Flickr. Via one of my students, just discovered this campaign: http://www.widgetsandstone.com/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=3999890 Various fluorescent colors of the campaign logo. This was part of a marketing campaign to draw citizens to a visioning event to give their ideas on how the Chattanooga library system could be reinvented. Other parts of the street marketing campaign were stickers, coasters and coffee cup sleeves — all done with the initial “Nothing Will Change” message, then followed by the altered “Everything Will Change” message. Ads direct mailers and web page were also part of the overall campaign. The end […]
Don’t miss: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=2045 TTW Contributor Justin Hoenke answers some questions about the library as a creation space for teens: How do artists use your library? Every day after school we get anywhere from 30-60 teens using our teen library space. I see the teens making music, art, and videos on their laptops everyday. A lot of them also sit around and doodle, and the almost always give me their finished products. I’ve got quite a compilation of teen artwork created in the library that someday I hope to put together and feature in the library! This image gallery is a […]
If you can be in charge/start your/be part of a Digital Media Lab (DML) I highly recommend it… for you. Now, I think all the community building, etc. aspects of a DML are awesome and one of the futures of libraries – see a Library Journal article I co-authored for that all important aspect.  However, this post is for those of you who are considering starting a DML and wondering if you will enjoy it as an aspect of your job. This is what my work life looks like being in charge of the Skokie DML ( I have other […]
I still can’t check out a new book at my library…., originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian. The new director at Jenny’s home library emails to inform me that new books may be checked out as soon as they arrive on the New Books shelves. I’ve been using Jenny’s pics of these signs in my talks for a few years.
At DOK in October 2011, Erik Boekesteijn demonstrates an app the pulls in the library’s Flickr feed into the Surface table. Update: Erik Comments:  If people are interested in having this app or any of the other apps we make in their library, they are welcome to contact us at info@doklab.nl