Categories News & Life Updates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljQRIqia_9I Please see: http://www.library20.com/page/2011-conference I will be doing two presentations: Impact and Effect of Learning 2.0 Programs in Australian Libraries at 7pm EST  (with Warren Cheetham, CityLibraries Townsville) KEYNOTE: Michael Stephens  – Hyperlinked Library Services for Everyone 9pm EST

Greetings from London and Internet Librarian International! Don’t miss this conference theme-related article by Ulla De Stricker at Info Today Europe: http://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/The-new-normal-needs-you—to-tell-it-like-it-is-78092.aspx Fragmented, opaque, multidimensional, fast-changing … however we view the profession we chose, we share the need to assess constantly how our professional contributions match the evolving needs of employers in light of their new tools – and translate that assessment into language they understand: Because society is brimming with new technologies and new ways of communicating, our unique capabilities and skills, and the results we can produce, are ‘lost in the din’ more and more frequently. Because the workplaces of today are […]

http://www.followalibrary.blogspot.com/   Just like last year there will be a #followalibrary day on October First :-). This year we added a subject: #myfavoritebook. Libraries give access to many great books that people love to read and we want to know what your favorite one is. What do I have to do on October first?  Make a tweet about your favorite book and add the hashtag #followalibrary. For instance: Share your greatest book inspirations with the rest of the world on October 1st 2011 on Twitter 

I’m honored to be included in this new book: Working in the Virtual Stacks: The New Library and Information Science – Books / Professional Development – Books for Academic Librarians – Books for Public Librarians – New Products – ALA Store. Take a look at all the other cool folks as well.

I have long agreed with Jessamyn West’s take that we should use “our online powers for good.” One way I try to do this is by highlighting unique, original and not often heard voices here at TTW. I realized I hadn’t announced two new members to the TTW family of contributors: Ben Lainhart & Carrie Straka. Please welcome them and watch for their future posts. Here are their bios: –Ben Lainhart Professional Interests: Ben recently graduated with an MLIS from Drexel University’s iSchool where he spent a lot of time thinking about social media and digital libraries and how they […]

http://www.valiz.nl/en/IReadWhereIAm I am honored to have a short piece written with Jan Klerk in this new book  just released in The Netherlands. I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. We read anytime and anywhere. We read of screens, we read out on the streets, we read in the office but less and less we read a book at home on the couch. We are, or are becoming, a different type of reader. The question remains which shape will it take and what experience does one want? To answer […]

Wow! More about Mr. Schu here.   I am very interested to read the 2011 Technology Survey.

Just a few more talks before I have most of the summer off to work on some research projects and prepare for classes at SJSU SLIS: May 2, 2011: Library Unconference Day, Keynote Lightning Talk. May 2-4, 2011: New Jersey Library Association, President’s Program/Keynote & Tech Trends TTW Goes to Canada: May 12, 2011: Keynote,  Association des bibliothécaires du Québec Library Association, Montreal, Québec. May 17, 2011: “Heretical Thoughts about LIS Education,” The Future of the Academic Library Symposium, Burlington, Ontario. (Registration is full, waitlisting is possible.) June 9, 2011: Finger Lakes Library System Technology Workshop, Ithaca, New York. June 17, 2011: […]

Be sure to check out http://lisevents.com/ From the About page: About LISEvents LISEvents is a community-based site intended to aggregate listings of library-related events of all types, sizes, and locations. The site also helps speakers find gigs and event planners find speakers. The idea for the site has been kicking around in one form or another for quite a few years. Peter Murray did some work on a beta version around 2005. Community-Driven The LISEvents project leverages the entire library community. Anyone can post an event, and we encourage speakers and vendors to sign up for an accounts and build their […]

  http://ischool.sjsu.edu/about/news/detail/dr-michael-stephens-joins-sjsu-slis The San José School of Library and Information Science is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Stephens as a new full-time faculty member. Stephens is a recognized scholar and teacher in the areas of emerging technologies and library services, Learning 2.0 programs, social software, social media, digital library services, virtual communities, user-centered planning for libraries, Internet users’ information needs and behaviors online, and future roles of librarians and libraries. Stephens has been a faculty member with Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science since 2005. Prior to joining Dominican, he spent more than 15 years working in public libraries […]