http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-DacdfJPwM I would love to see more directors and other library staff sharing their thoughts on books, etc this way. Is anyone else giving it a try?
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Librarians in Smocks – Shush 2.0 Originally uploaded by CCL Staff Those smocks! checkout the fun some New Zealand librarians are having with Flickr showing off the smocks used in the 70s to protect clothes from dust. http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=nzlibfashion&m=text Thanks to Brenda Chawner for the link.
I try my best to be available to my student advisees. I do the office hours thing, share email and phone #s and give them my IM name. Today, however, was different — and could hint at things to come. I met a student in my office in the Cybrary City in Second Life for a few minutes of chat about the course he’s taking with me and about his library job. And it was the student, Kyle Jones, who suggested it. One thing we discussed was what might happen with Second Life and libraries in the future. I was […]
New fiction 2008_09 Originally uploaded by Books R Groovy Via Phill Bradley comes this striking image of the New Fiction Titles for August and September 2008 at Sutton Libraries. Well done!
http://blog.mash.yahoo.com/ YAHOO! announces a new social networking site. My questions: how will it tie into Flickr? How will Mash compare to the coolness of Facebook? (looks like they will have a “growing gallery of apps”)
http://lblog.jalcorn.net/archives/954-Whats-Wrong-With-Recreation.html Another from the archives. Louise at Librarian’s Rant comments on the blocking of MySpace on public computers at Manatee Library: I guess my ultimate question is what is this policy intended to solve? If it’s a question of equitable time limits on public computers, there are other solutions. Is it that they don’t want anyone to enjoy themselves while on the computers? That’s a great way to get people to hate your library system. This seems ridiculously self-defeating, and ultimately difficult to enforce. What a great question to ask when a new policy or policy change is coming up: […]
http://alreadygone.blogspot.com/2007/09/social-grieving.html Cindi Trainor shares a personal reflection on loss and grief for a colleague. My thoughts are withher and the staff of her library: I sat down tonight to write about how cool it is that many of us at EKU are grieving with each other through Facebook. We’re sending hugs and professing our sadness, and while I do take some comfort from seeing these electronic tidbits of humanity, it seems trite now to put it into words, the magic somehow hollowed and lost between seeing and posting. Instead I hope not to make the same mistake again. Of course […]
marilyn Originally uploaded by dblduchess Ellen Druda at Half Hollow Hills Community Library writes: We signed on with Recorded Books for their new MyLibraryDV service, and to promote it, we got some movie star standees and loaded them with bookmarks for patrons explaining how to download movies. The reaction has been great! Here we are: http://flickr.com/photos/halfhollowhills/sets/72157601806637231/
By Michael Casey & Michael Stephens When was the last time someone said lawyers or doctors needed to update their images into the 21st century? How many skits on Prairie Home Companion or Saturday Night Live have you seen where doctors appear as outdated, dowdy spinsters in need of love or romance? None. Yet Garrison Keillor’s “Adventures of Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian” parades antiquated and stereotyped images of librarians as humor. Unfortunately, librarians are often portrayed as technologically backward, fearful of teens and loud noises, and overly protective of books to the point of not wanting anyone to “touch our […]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/sets/72157600975093412/ What stories could you tell about your library? A day in the ______ department? The journey of a book from arrival to being placed on the shelf? The possibilities are endless! This might make a good exercise as well for learning Flickr, planning a story and creating it. Hmmmm. 🙂