This kind librarian agreed to let me publish this email in response to our talk at CIL2008: Dear Michael: I attended the presentation about transparency given by you and Michael Casey at CIL2008, and I wanted to share a comment I had directly with you. As you talked about transparency, the one concept that seemed intrinsic to all you said, but I thought should have been said is “TAKE RESPONSIBILITY” I think it needs to be said because so few people actually do it when it comes to libraries. When I worked as a paraprofessional in a large library, I […]
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Leigh Anne Vrabel discusses articles on urban nomadism at Library Alchemy: http://libraryalchemy.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/part-i-the-new-nomadism/ And comes to an interesting conclusion: Cell phone lounge. This lounge accomplishes two things: Acknowledges that cell phones have permeated the culture and meets patron expectations for new nomadic spaces. Gives the library more control over how those nomadic spaces are governed. Our current cell phone policy asks users to take their calls in the hallway. While this is respectful to patrons who desire quiet, it’s kind of like asking your adult relatives to sit at the kids’ table for Thanksgiving dinner. Why not create a situation that’s […]
Quiet Reading Time at the Library Originally uploaded by leecolibrary http://curtisrogers.blogspot.com/2008/04/winners-of-2nd-annual-national-library_18.html Dr. Curtis Rogers writes: The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual National Library Week Day in the Life of South Carolina Libraries photo contest. During the days of April 14-16, South Carolina library staff members submitted a wide range of photographs of librarians working, teaching patrons, library events, and in some cases, just having fun doing what they love.
living library in the U.K. | Originally uploaded by a-birdie Via Robin at LISNews: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3790377.ece Back in the shelving room, the conversation was alive with first impressions. “Have you been borrowed yet?” was an opening line; “How was it?” the inevitable follow-up. Sikh, a former film and TV producer (“wears weird headdress”, “smelly” – she didn’t and wasn’t) said that she was beginning to realise that everyone carried stories inside them but had little chance to tell them. “This is my chance to tell those stories,” she said, and was going to do so when a librarian appeared to take me […]
tweetcloud Originally uploaded by Dave & Bry Tweet Cloud of popular OPAC keywords: www.daveyp.com/blog/index.php/archives/294/
NCSU Learning Commons Originally uploaded by mstephens7 There’s just so much good here! Take a look at North Carolina State’s Learning Commons Web presence: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/learningcommons/ Live computer availability Web cam of “The Brickyard” Flickr photos “We want your Ideas” for eboards Commenting form Borrow laptops, cameras, iPods, GPS units, etc I’m incorporating this and the Loyola Information Commons into my new talks.
By Michael Casey & Michael Stephens The most difficult part of 2.0 librarianship is not the creation of new services nor even the job of convincing those in charge to let you try those new ideas. No, the hardest part is often the reexamination of ideas. It’s a key factor of any library service and part of the definition of Library 2.0 that sometimes gets overlooked. The evaluation of newer and existing services is critical for any successful library. It can be accomplished via vertical teams or a mix of internal and external evaluators; either way, you must look at […]
Anthony Andros wrote this paper for LIS701 at Dominican in Fall 2006. He agreed to post an shorter version here. Library 2.0: Pandemic or Panacea? An Exploration of Old Wine in a New Bottle by: Anthony Andros T.S. Eliot said that, “Television…is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.” Technology has indeed found a way to influence civilization in both positive and negative ways. Why is it that twenty-first century Americans have innumerable technologies and novelties to conserve time and effort, yet we all […]