Ready, Set…, originally uploaded by St. Joseph County Public Library. Congrats to the folks at SJCPL as they break ground for the updated Roger B. Francis Branch. Find out more here and here! Nice use of Flickr and the library blog. Maybe it’s time for a construction blog for to gather all of the cool things the library is doing with its buildings!
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“Opening New Windows of Opportunity: Creating Breakthrough Instructional Experiences” On Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 3 pm. EST. Brian Mathews will speak on “breakthrough opportunities” as he shares his latest ideas on creating interactive library experiences for students. This session will feature tactics for engaging students in both the classroom as well as in digital environments. Brian will also discuss possibilities for the library and librarians to become a more integrated part of campus and will highlight his ubiquitous “push-out” philosophy. Guest Speaker Bio: Brian Mathewsis the User Experience Librarian at Georgia Tech. He frequency writes and speaks on the […]
Congratulations Tony!, originally uploaded by Michael Casey. Via Michael Casey: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php
Haven’t had a reinvention post in a while. I was tickled to read about Karen Schneider’s new position with Equinox. As of June 23 (just in time for ALA!), I’m the Community Librarian at Equinox, the support and development company for Evergreen, the premier, industrial-strength open-source integrated library system software. What, you ask, is a Community Librarian? It’s a chief blogger, presenter, evangelist, community liaison, birds-of-a-feather organizer, strategist, branding specialist, user-experience person, project management advisor, and whatever else happens to need doing. (I wrote the job description, and I think that hits the high notes.) After sixteen years in LibraryLand […]
Mac Central, originally uploaded by Betchaboy. Judy O’Connell & Will Richardson at a workshop in Australia. Read this: http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-creative-edge/ Tells a story doesn’t it…bloggers, innovators, champions of change, creators of 21st century learning. Using a MAC of course!
Michael introduces Karen, originally uploaded by Michael Casey. I was nervous!
SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting, Atlanta, GA, originally uploaded by mstephens7. I really enjoyed opening the 2008 SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting. The crowd was lively and fun. Download the slides from my keynote here, it’s a customized hybrid of THL. The reception last night rocked as well. I got to mix and mingle with library folk from all over the Southwest. Today, I’m looking forward to Karen Schneider’s closing keynote.
Dominican Graduate Schools Commencement May 2008, originally uploaded by mstephens7. Congratulations to all of the Dominican GSLIS graduates! Leah kindly posed with me at the after party. I had a bit of a moment, realizing that she was in my very first LIS701 class the semester I started teaching full time in Fall 2006. Fresh from her undergrad, she jumped right into our program, was featured in the “If You’re not Gaming, You’re Losing” video and she just got a job! Again: Congrats to Leah and all of our GSLIS students. Go forth!
Too much on this professor’s plate folks. I missed marking the five year anniversary of this blog on April 1st 2008. What an incredible time it’s been! These past 12 months were something and I’m so glad I’ve had the community we’ve built for support and inspiration. Last year at this time, I did remember and actually blogged about blogging at ALA TechSource too. Remember the Points of Unity? I’ll thank Blake for keeping TTW healthy and online. I’ll thank Kyle and Lee for contributing their time and viewpoints. And I’ll thank YOU – for reading, responding and for sending […]
Margaret Fosmoe writes at the South Bend Tribune: (Link will expire very soon) The county library plans to cut service hours, purchases and staff by 12 percent this year and 12 percent in 2009. Staff will be reduced through attrition and not layoffs, Napoli said. The summer Saturday closings will help achieve the goal of fewer service hours, thus reducing salaries and utilities, he said. Very similar to what ACPL has planned. I feel bad for Indiana libraries. Didn’t the folks in charge down in Indy realize how the prperty tax reform would mess with library budgets? Do they care? Library […]