This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending July 10, 2005
Meredith Farkas (Information Wants to Be Free) discusses what she learned from the success of the ALA Wiki and starts a new project, Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. John Hubbard, who recently started LISWiki, explains why he believes there is plenty of room for both. Over at Information Efficiency, Liming Zhu puts together an “incomplete list of things a conference website can do.”
Panlibus’ Lindsay Cooper talks about measuring the real impact of libraries. Over at Wanderings of a Student Librarian, Joy Weese Moll explains why she’s becoming a librarian.
duanez, the information auditor, asks, What is the cost of an information disaster?
On LibraryLaw Blog, Helen Adams discusses whether student library records are protected by federal law.
Chad Haefele (Hidden Peanuts) and Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) continue the discussion about “managing your online presence.”
Meanwhile, Ivan Tribble (Chronicle of Higher Education) wrote a job-hunting article entitled, “Bloggers Need Not Apply.” Comments from Rochelle Mazar (random access mazar,) Angel (Gypsy Librarian), Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector), and, from academia, Matthew G. Kirschenbaum (MGK). Walt Crawford points out that his July/August DisContent column, “This is going on your permanent record,” (not out/online yet), also covers this topic.
Speaking of job hunting: Luke Rosenberger (lbr) wonders how to communicate the value of virtual reference experience. Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free) has tips and advice for new librarians looking for jobs. Comments from Amy (All Things Amy).
In the June 30 Library Journal, Steven Bell wrote of his dislike for ALA’s “standard, ‘Gee, I really, really like you’ [keynote] speech.” Discussion from Karen Schneider (Free Range Librarian), Steven Cohen (Library Stuff), and Michael McGrorty (Library Dust).
After reading Barbara Fister’s article, “Choosing Sources in the Library of Babel,” Gypsy Librarian Angel has some thoughts about teaching how to choose/evaluate sources. Jane at A Wandering Eyre, writes about the Educational Testing Service’s new “Information and Communication Technology” standardized test.
Stephen Cohen (Library Stuff) and BlogJunction’s Chrystie have been talking about the differences between mailing lists and online communities.
Long discussion about RDF and library metadata interoperability. Start with this entry from Kevin Clarke (Kevin’s Worklog), then read the comments and follow the links.
Jenn Riley (Inquiring Librarian) discusses LoC’s request for comments re adding birth/death dates to existing personal name headings.
Several follow-ups: Rochelle random access mazar has further thoughts about radicalizing reference. Karen Schneider and Christopher Harris (Infomancy) continue their discussion re using RSS to populate catalogs with web resources. Alane at It’s all good didn’t like Chris Dodge’s “Knowledge for sale” Utne article. EFF has added a section on Labor Law to its Legal Guide for Bloggers.
ALA 2005: Some final thoughts from Michael Stephens (Tame the Web), Laura Crossett (lisdom), and Sherri Vokey (schwagbag). The ALA Chicago Wiki now has an alphabetical listing of its 70+ conference reports. Biblioblather’s Lisle had a great time at the OCLC bloggers salon.
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending July 10, 2005
Meredith Farkas (Information Wants to Be Free) discusses what she learned from the success of the ALA Wiki and starts a new project, Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. John Hubbard, who recently started LISWiki, explains why he believes there is plenty of room for both. Over at Information Efficiency, Liming Zhu puts together an “incomplete list of things a conference website can do.”
Panlibus’ Lindsay Cooper talks about measuring the real impact of libraries. Over at Wanderings of a Student Librarian, Joy Weese Moll explains why she’s becoming a librarian.
duanez, the information auditor, asks, What is the cost of an information disaster?
On LibraryLaw Blog, Helen Adams discusses whether student library records are protected by federal law.
Chad Haefele (Hidden Peanuts) and Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) continue the discussion about “managing your online presence.”
Meanwhile, Ivan Tribble (Chronicle of Higher Education) wrote a job-hunting article entitled, “Bloggers Need Not Apply.” Comments from Rochelle Mazar (random access mazar,) Angel (Gypsy Librarian), Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector), and, from academia, Matthew G. Kirschenbaum (MGK). Walt Crawford points out that his July/August DisContent column, “This is going on your permanent record,” (not out/online yet), also covers this topic.
Speaking of job hunting: Luke Rosenberger (lbr) wonders how to communicate the value of virtual reference experience. Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free) has tips and advice for new librarians looking for jobs. Comments from Amy (All Things Amy).
In the June 30 Library Journal, Steven Bell wrote of his dislike for ALA’s “standard, ‘Gee, I really, really like you’ [keynote] speech.” Discussion from Karen Schneider (Free Range Librarian), Steven Cohen (Library Stuff), and Michael McGrorty (Library Dust).
After reading Barbara Fister’s article, “Choosing Sources in the Library of Babel,” Gypsy Librarian Angel has some thoughts about teaching how to choose/evaluate sources. Jane at A Wandering Eyre, writes about the Educational Testing Service’s new “Information and Communication Technology” standardized test.
Stephen Cohen (Library Stuff) and BlogJunction’s Chrystie have been talking about the differences between mailing lists and online communities.
Long discussion about RDF and library metadata interoperability. Start with this entry from Kevin Clarke (Kevin’s Worklog), then read the comments and follow the links.
Jenn Riley (Inquiring Librarian) discusses LoC’s request for comments re adding birth/death dates to existing personal name headings.
Several follow-ups: Rochelle random access mazar has further thoughts about radicalizing reference. Karen Schneider and Christopher Harris (Infomancy) continue their discussion re using RSS to populate catalogs with web resources. Alane at It’s all good didn’t like Chris Dodge’s “Knowledge for sale” Utne article. EFF has added a section on Labor Law to its Legal Guide for Bloggers.
ALA 2005: Some final thoughts from Michael Stephens (Tame the Web), Laura Crossett (lisdom), and Sherri Vokey (schwagbag). The ALA Chicago Wiki now has an alphabetical listing of its 70+ conference reports. Biblioblather’s Lisle had a great time at the OCLC bloggers salon.
Thanks for providing this service!
I am not leaving Bloglines behind me, but I do really appreciate this weekly round-up. It’s has helped me discover new voices and ideas, and it’s a lot less hit and miss than reading comments on other blogs.
I did plan to write this comment before I saw you had mentioned my little boxcar while you were covering the biblioblogosphere express! Thank you. /blushing
Re:Thanks for providing this service!
You’re welcome, and thanks for the kind words. In your piece, I especially liked the bit about “bloggers started to fall from the sky.” That’s the way it felt to me, too, and I wish I could’ve stayed longer. It was the best way to end a long day.