The Library Day in the Life project, inspired by blogger Bobbi Newman, is definitely worth checking out for all the aspiring librarian students out there: A growing number of librarians are signing up, and writing about a day in their work life on their blogs. The project is reminiscent of a book I’ve been reading: [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Librarian
Posted in library stuff on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Copyright Confusion?
Posted in education, library stuff on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
I just came across this nifty website that offers a simple slider to determine copyright status of a work. I wouldn’t necessarily claim the information provided is food proof, but it sure does offer a good starting point for navigating the ever more complicated realms of copyright and permissions. This would have been super handy [...]
The Creative Library
Posted in library stuff on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
The Urban Library Journal’s Spring 2008 issue is dedicated to creativity in the library. There are some really terrific articles in here, on library transformation, using technologies in new ways in the library, and promoting work and leisure in libraries. I’ve never read this journal before, but I want to sit down and read this [...]
The Digital Divide: Some thoughts on our panel discussion
Posted in library stuff, technology on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Our panel discussion last Monday went well, despite our rather haphazard planning process. Of course, my foray into moderating exposed some of my lack of public speaking abilities: I completely jettisoned the whole introduction I spent the weekend writing in favor of letting the speakers get right to it, and most of the questions we [...]
The Digital Divide: Rural, Urban, and International Issues
Posted in library stuff, technology on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Can’t believe I haven’t posted this here yet! Bad blogger.
If you’re in Boston on Monday, Simmons College GSLIS is hosting a panel discussion on the Digital Divide. Come and hear Jessamyn West of librarian.net, Susan O’Connor of the Timothy Smith Center, and Pat Oyler, Simmons GSLIS faculty member, talk about access issues in the US [...]
Kik-Step Library Edition? I must have it!
Posted in ephemera, library stuff on February 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Just two days ago I was thinking, “I really need to get a step stool in this house.” I’m not a tall woman, and alas, many things in our house are stored far above my reach. Dragging a chair around the house constantly is getting pretty annoying. And lo! What did I see today? The [...]
ALA Midwinter, or A Little Lost in Philadelphia
Posted in ALA, library stuff on January 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I decided to come down to ALA Midwinter before I knew that Midwinter is primarily a business meeting, where ALA Committees take care of all their Very Important Business. I wondered if perhaps I shouldn’t come, but was told that it’s actually good for newbies like myself to go to Midwinter, because it’s easier to [...]
Do libraries really need Kindles?
Posted in library stuff, technology on December 5, 2007 | No Comments »
An article in newsday.com asks the (frankly boring) question, “Has the digital e-book moment arrived?” but looks for its answer in an unusual place: libraries.
Thomas Maier specifically asks Long Island librarians whether they will be purchasing Amazon Kindles for their libraries, and not surprisingly, the answer is largely no. Or at least, not yet. [...]
You cannot escape the consumer culture
Posted in library stuff on November 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Not even at the library, apparently. At least not in certain counties in England anymore. What I don’t understand is why the plan seems to be so ill thought out. The Policy Director, Guy Daines, says they used to give advertising bookmarks, and he’s concerned about the work of putting ad inserts into all the [...]
It’s all about playing around
Posted in library stuff, technology on November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Alright, so I am a bit behind the times, but I just read Terence Fitzgerald’s article on Library Journal, “All Work and No Play. I thought it was so interesting and worth reading that I wanted to share. I am all about the idea of bringing playfulness into the workplace, to foster creative thinking and [...]
