Categories News & Life Updates

Grades are Done! Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I’m at Panera Bread in River Forest, IL..I just finished grading the last of 24 eight page research papers. Topics ranged from collection development issues, the future of the school library, Patriot Act examinations all the way to discussions and reflection on Library 2.0. I wish there was a way to share some snippets of my students’ incredible writing and insights…maybe soon.. LIS 701 students – if you are reading – well done! You should be proud of yourselves. And thank you for an excellent experience teaching 701 for the first time!

So nice to see the Holiday wishes from library staff to their users (and the world) popping up on Flickr this week. I’m impressed with the creativity and the sense that many folks are involved, such as the group shot of the folks from Dok in Delft! Merry Christmas from DOK, public library Delft Originally uploaded by DOK Delft.

A BIG congrats to my friend Aaron Schmidt on his new position as director of the North Plains Public Library.

http://youthtech.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/news-stuff/ News: As of January 2, 2007, I will be serving in a new capacity as the Emerging Technology Manager here at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Nice work PLCMC! The groundbreaking, open and “easy to steal” Learning 2.0 and now this position. Tell us more about it, Matt!

Press Release from Plymouth State University: Making Libraries Relevant in an Internet-Based Society PSU’s Casey Bisson wins Mellon Award for innovative search software for libraries PLYMOUTH, N.H. — You can’t trip over what’s not there. Every day millions of Internet users search online for information about millions of topics. And none of their search results include resources from the countless libraries around the world. Until now. Casey Bisson, information architect for Plymouth State University’s Lamson Library, has received the prestigious Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration for his ground-breaking software application known as WPopac. The Wpopac software will revolutionize the online […]

Just 2 more talks this December: Tuesday December 12, 2006 Top Technology Trends for Librarians, Education Institute Registration & Information for Teleconference Here Thursday, December 14, 2006, Maricopa County Public Library Staff Technology Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. 2007:(More details forthcoming) January, OCLC Symposium, “Who’s Watching Your Space?”, Moderator, ALA Midwinter. January, OCLC’s Raising the Next Gen Sharing Librarian presentation & panel, ALA Midwinter. February, Ontario Library Association Top Tech Trends & best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Toronto, Ontario. March, Library 2.0, Nassau County Library System, New York.

http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2006/11/27/new-job-news/ A big congrats to Michael Porter, AKA Libraryman who has accepted a job at WebJunction in Seattle! Wohoo! Michael has been doing some outstanding talks and presentations up and down the West Coast and here and there, including Hawaii and SRO crowds in California! Michael, who I admire greatly for his caring nature and passion for all things libs and libs, wrote this at his blog: I’d also like to thank the member libraries and librarians who have made it possible for me to pursue the tools and ideas that have such potential to fuel our vitality and growth. […]

SIRLS Symposium Reception 2006 Originally uploaded by coni_sue. What a great time! It was warm, the sunset was lovely and the conversation most enagaging. Thanks to my hosts at UA SIRLS! Thanks to everyone who chatted with me and asked questions. For more pics, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/sirlssymposium2006/

Today, I’m in sunny, warm Tucson Arizona to keynote at the University of Arizona’s School of Information Resources and Library Science Library Student Organization Graduate Student Symposium The Information Landscape: Emerging Perspectives. http://www.sir.arizona.edu/lso/symposium06/index.htm Last night, I got to sit in on the Library Student Organization”s meeting and chat with some of the students. Today I’ll attend the Symposium, have lunch and talk about Library 2.0. Then, we’ll head to a reception!