First Monday, originally uploaded by Darien Library. Darien’s Kate Sheehan in the Non-fiction Library.
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What if we get a negative comment?, originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. “In an environment where many corporations are scared witless about social media, here a huge global organization firmly committed to social media communications to spread messages, stories, knowledge and ideals. Capt. Faggard says that the focus is on: “Direct Action within Social Media (blogging, counter-blogging, posting products to YouTube, etc.); Monitoring and Analysis of the Social Media landscape (relating to Air Force and Airmen); and policy and education (educating all Public Affairs practitioners and the bigger Air Force on Social Media).”
This book was a very easy read about a subject that is not intuitive to me being a digital immigrant. I appreciate that the book has chosen a broad audience to address that includes parents, educators, and librarians— to create a conversation between all those who have high stakes in dealing with the changing needs of the digital native population. The idea of creating a dialogue between parents and their children, educators and their students, librarians and their users, was a strong point throughout the book and reiterated in the synthesis, “…this book is an invitation to conversation. It’s an invitation sent out especially […]
The Physics midterm is tomorrow!, originally uploaded by Darien Library. Putting one of the study rooms to good and total use!
Library Word Find Puzzle, originally uploaded by herzogbr. Brian Herzog writes: Everyone knows how a Word Find puzzle works. Use the Add Note tool above to circle the words. Read more about this on my website. Here are the words to find: ala archive bookgroup books budget catalog circulation community cookery databases dewey dvd fiction flickr genealogy ill information library librarycard loc localauthor network patrons programs reading reference request selfcheck service storytime unshelved website weeding wordpress
Easy to Contact… anywhere. But, not sure how its possible, left out a few things the first time…, originally uploaded by ktmikel. My friend Kurt posts an interesting question… Easy to Contact… anywhere. But, not sure how its possible, left out a few things the first time…is this a good thing? I can be reached virtually every waking minute. Updated to truly reflect every subscription and or communication service I have access to.
http://libraryalchemy.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/technology-with-heart/ Leigh Anne Vrabel writes: Thought for the day, from Thich Nhat Hanh’s recent work, The World We Have: Technology has to be supported by brotherhood, sisterhood, understanding and compassion. In other words, it’s not necessarily the tools you have, but how you use them. When you staff virtual reference, are you merely searching for the fastest answer, or are you giving the best possible answer under the circumstances? How do you handle a question that simply cannot be answered in 5 minutes or less (there are many that can’t)? If your library has a blog, does it simply have a […]
Plainsong, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library. Did you know we read this book for book club?
Kay wrote a paper for LIS768 on the Cluetrain ten years later. She graciously allowed me to post an edit here. Thanks Kay! Michael Today’s economic situation would seemingly make libraries indispensible. Yet with budget cuts, many libraries are threatened with cut backs and closings. The natural reaction, based on fear, would be to go into preservation mode. Instead, libraries need to be moving into innovation mode, viewing this time as a chance to move ahead and connect with the public that hasn’t been using them. The disenfranchised public wants to know how the library will be relevant to them […]
iTunes goes DRM-free. http://www.macworld.com/article/137946/2009/01/itunestore.html What will the implications be for the way folks consume music? For our collections?