Mini Golf Family 5, originally uploaded by Missouri River Regional Library.
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UGame Ulearn 2009, originally uploaded by UGame – ULearn. Find out more: http://www.ugame-ulearn.com (in Dutch)
If you have some time, don’t miss this engaging chat between two of my favorite innovators in the technology/education world. Their discussion centers around social networks, learning and the future of education. http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/a-talk-with-howard-rheingold/
Freedom to Read photo shoot, originally uploaded by guybrariang. Graham Lavender writes: To promote Freedom to Read Week (http://www.freedomtoread.ca) at McGill, we had a photo shoot of students reading challenged books. Here I am with A Clockwork Orange. Credit: Brittany Trafford
I had a great time at Web 2.You and visiting Montreal was wonderful. Thanks to Graham, Amanda and all the folks at McGill who worked on the conference. The slides for my Web 2.You Version of the Hyperlinked Library are here.
ALA Emerging Leaders, 2009, originally uploaded by Peter Bromberg. Peter Bromberg writes: [photo taken by ALA photographer. Posted with Permission] A group of 106 Emerging Leaders gather for a fast track to ALA and professional leadership. Began in 2007 as one of ALA Immediate Past President Leslie Burger’s six initiatives, the program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity in a leadership capacity. I am very happy to be mentoring two EL groups this year as part of my duties […]
Wii want you to play., originally uploaded by jblyberg.
Scavenger Hunt, originally uploaded by STDL. What a cool photo from Schaumburg Township District Library. Another cool thing is this Flickr account is the work of a student of mine. Carrie is doing a 12 week practicum at the library and part of her work is creating, implementing and evaluating the library Flickr presence. I am serving as her practicum advisor for the semester. She’ll also be teaching a class all about Flickr! She’s blogging her experience here: http://classes.tametheweb.com/librarybug/ Take a look at the photos and the blog!
Cheerleaders, originally uploaded by UIC Digital Collections. Cheerleaders Chicago Urban League Records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago Library This image may be used freely, with attribution, for research, study and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago Library. The Library welcomes verifiable information on the people, places, and events depicted. Contact us at digitizeuic@yahoo.com Cite as CULR_04_0229_2563_001 , Chicago Urban League Records, University of Illinois at Chicago Library This project was funded through a generous […]
TTW Contributor and Dominican GSLIS student Kyle Jones writes this month’s NextGen column in LJ: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6630793.html With the dawn of Library 2.0, a philosophy based on user-centered services and change, new librarians—start-up librarians—are arriving at library directors’ doorsteps by the semester with the same kind of fervor and ability that built today’s great technology companies. Can librarians let go of some of their old, restrictive ways to give these new librarians the kind of environment and support that will drive the profession successfully in the 21st century? Library leaders would do well to observe some characteristics of successful Silicon Valley […]