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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (October 31, 2006)

November 1, 2006 - 7:42am — bentley

This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending October 29-30, 2006

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(Because of all the conference coverage, I only got through half my blog subscriptions--at twice the usual number of posts. Again, apologies to the bloggers I didn't get to.)

Angel (Gypsy Librarian) comments re Todd Gilman's column about librarians and academic faculty.

Jack Stephens (Conversator) comments re the Library Journal article on libraries, niches, and the long tail.

Two library-related Google Co-op custom search engines:
- LISZEN [temp url]: About.
- LIS Research: About.

Christopher Harris (Infomancy) has an analogy to explain the concept of libraries.

Rochelle (Tinfoil + Raccoon) tells a story about RuneScape as empathy-building tool for public service staff.

StevenB (ACRLog) on the importance of keeping up.

Anna Katterjohn (In the Bookroom) points to Jessamyn West's article about Ask MetaFilter.

John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian) comments on K.G. Schneider's list of "Library 1.0 versus Library 2.0" examples.

THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Librarian's Sonnet, by Dave Alway.

Will the real Libraryman please stand up?

Library shelving ballet (via Lorcan Dempsey)

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

Internet Librarian 2006 (October 23-25):
- InfoTodayBlog has a long list of more bloggers.
- Another list of bloggers.
- Elizabeth Lane Lawley (mamamusings) posted links to her presentations.
- Technorati: il2006 - il06
- il2006.

LITA Forum 2006 (October 26-29):
- LITA Blog.

Join Conference of Librarians of Color (October 11-15):
- Angel (Gypsy Librarian) starts here.

ACRL Northwest 2006
- eclectic librarian.

mLearn 2006 (October 22-25):
- Rochelle Mazar (random access mazar).

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November 1, 2006 - 4:07pm — GregS*

1.0 vs 2.0

I'm liking Dupuis response so far but I think he misses something -

Walk-in services --> Globally available services
Yes, I agree. Both. But, we have to understand that the uses of our physical and virtual spaces are both important and not to ignore one in favour of the other.

followed shortly by -

Print newsletter mailed out --> Team-built blog
It's a great idea to have a blog. On the other hand, if I were a public library I would also recognize that I have a very substantial audience that isn't as online as I'd like them to be, either by choice or necessity. We have to meet our communities where they are, not where we'd like them to be. We have to serve all our constituencies, not just the ones we think are the coolest or the ones we identify with the most.

That 2nd one is a very clear example why you have to ignore one in the favour of the other. Every library has to have a strong *community* presence in order to survive. And even if you have some services that are considered global they should have a strong local stamp on it.

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