This little fact snuck it’s way this week onto Michael Casey’s About Page at Library Crunch: He’s also the Division Director of Technology Services for the Gwinnett County Public Library. WoooHoo! Congrats to Michael for moving up from Branch Manager to Division Director of Technology! I have been knocked out by the caliber of the posts at Library Crunch since last fall, Michael’s work opening the new branch at Gwinnett and his thoughts on technology planning, creating new services and user-centric libraries. What a perfect position to move into! I am also happy to report Michael and I will be […]
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To bury the grape tendril in such a way that it shoots out new growth I recognize easily as a metaphor for the way life must change from time to time if we are to go forward in our thinking. Frances Mayes Under the Tuscan Sun (For everyone on the brink of change, or in the thick of it all….)
“This course was so popular, we had to move to a larger room, and there still weren’t enough seats.” So cool to see reports from Jenny Levine’s RSS presentation yesterday at SLA in Baltimore! This morning I’m writing my acknowledgements for my forthcoming Library Technology Report and I realized how much she has inspired me and countless other librarians, including the 50 folks in the ALA library 2.0 Exploration! Yes, we’ve done over 28 presentations so far this year, together or apart, and I wouldn’t have missed a single minute! Well Done Jenny! Thank you! Update: More coverage from the […]
Via Michael Casey’s photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/166106405 Gwinnett library board fires director By DUANE D. STANFORD The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/13/06 The Gwinnett County Library Board fired its executive director of 15 years Monday night, enraging a crowd of patrons who wanted her to keep her job. Sparking cries of “Incompetent!” and “Fire the Board!” from the audience, three of the library board’s five members voted to oust director Jo Ann Pinder without cause. The panel’s majority also used a parliamentary procedure to block the board’s only dissenting member, Brett Taylor, from speaking on the motion. Phyllis Oxendine, who sponsored the […]
I am starting my summer session of LIS753 this weekend.
http://www.aadl.org/node/2086 Launched on July 1, 2005, the new aadl.org has been selected by the American Library Association as the best library website in the nation for libraries with budgets of $6,000,000.00+. Skidmore Studio located in Royal Oak, MI worked with seven members of the AADL staff for five months in 2005 to determine the site goals, conduct usability studies with the public, determine a new site logo, and to develop simple administrative tools for maintenance. We wanted our site to be functional for all levels of computer proficiency, and we wanted to use interactive tools to facilitate communication with our […]
Arrived at the Cottage Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Greetings from Traverse City! I’ll be blogging a bit at the Up North Blog and tagging images UpNorth2006. Have a good holiday weekend!
Meeting with St. Catherine’s LIS Students Originally uploaded by mstephens7. One of the many. many highlights of the TTW goes North tour of Minnesota was meeting up with this group of St. Catherine’s SLIS students. Leah, in the blue jacket, was in my LIS753 class at Dominican. She arranged the gathering. We went to a nearby Caribou Coffee and talked about libraries. You know what fires me up? These four ladies are gearing up to make a difference in libraries! We were all over the board in our talk: L2, barriers, next generation librarianship, etc. Leah wrote the talk up […]
LJ Printed the Five Phrases! Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I didn’t even know this was in the 5/1/2006 issue! Thanks LJ! Here’s the original post: http://tametheweb.com/2006/04/ten_phrases_i_hope_i_never_hea.html
Greetings! I am heading North today, not to TC, but to Minnesota and five presentations in five cities in five days! I’ll be reporting from the road and posting pictures at Flickr. I am really excited to meet a bunch of Minnesota librarians. If you are attending any of the session, please say HI! http://www.selco.lib.mn.us/apps/training/courseDescription.cfm?courseID=10226