Steven Cohen writes at LISCareer.com: http://www.liscareer.com/cohen_marketing.htm TTW gets a mention as do some great tips for marketing ourselves and the profession. Never miss a chance to tell someone what you do as a librarian!
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Aaron and I will also be participating in the Online Social Networks Conference — discussing blogs in libraries. Note that Howard Rheingold will be there. I’ve been reading his book on virtual communities for my big UNT class this semester! From the site: SN2004 will be a summit meeting where you will have a chance to hear from and interact with many of the pioneers in the field of online social networks as well as some of the current trendsetters now exploring the latest technologies and applications. In 2001, the first Online Social Networks conference explored the emerging field of […]
Yesterday, Aaron of walkingpaper fame and his wife Kate drove over from Illinois. During the day, we worked on our blog article. We write well together and I’m pleased with our results. We had dinner as well last night: Aaron, Kate, Steve, and I …outside, with my two dogs and their sweet little Pug Mao cavorting about the yard. http://www.tametheweb.com/galleries/AaronKateMao/ Nice.
Library consultant Richard Dougherty detailed the five requirements of offering digital reference in the May 2002 issue of American Libraries. They include: ? Creating policy ? Acquiring the Technology ? Staffing ? Training staff ? Promotion These five gems could be used as a guide for any technology planning in a library setting. You can’t do one part and not do the other or you are setting up your new initiative or service to fail. No policies for that new service? An untrained, unfamiliar staff? No promotion? Forget about it! (I know I posted before but it needs to be […]
That’s what I said to the T-Mobile rep on the phone yesterday… I’m taking the plunge… I’ve read there should be no problem with the treo and my Mac…we shall see…
I like Tuesdays. It’s the day the new music hits the stores and ITMS. Today, I had 100 new posts inside my Itunes RSS folder in net News Wire. It takes just a couple of minutes to scan through them. I found some gems!
CJ at technobiblio shared this link with me via IM this am: http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3087291 QUOTE: Add another airport to the ever-growing list of those with Wi-Fi access. Opti-Fi Networks says it will launch wireless service at the South Bend Regional Airport in north central Indiana. 2.5 million people pass through it each year. — September 13, 2004 “
Take a look: http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/asksjcpl/asksjcpl.html The site instructs our patrons : Ask a question via a live chat session Monday through Saturday during the Main Library hours of operation. We have user names for AIM, Yahoo! and MSN Messenger. A professional librarian will gladly help you find the information you seek, be it in print or online. For AIM, our screen name at SJCPL is asksjcpl. For Yahoo!, our screen name at SJCPL is asksjcpl. For MSN, our screen name at SJCPL is asksjcpl@hotmail.com I am very happy our reference staff has jumped on the IM thing!!!
Will the next big wave of video chat for online collaboration result in folks like me paying more attention to their dress when connected? Here I am after a long soak, in my robe and chatting with Bob and Jude who were still at work at IUSB!
Steven mentions the information cacscade. I wrote about it here… I do believe there are cascades in the world of LIS! I’ve been thinking a lot these days about technology planning — for last week’s retreat at SJCPL, for articles, etc. I do see how an info cacscade might affect a library as it plans new technology. Cool stuff to ponder…