This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending October 8, 2006
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Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) responds to Mark Hirschey’s anti-library opinion piece (Lawrence, Kans.). More from Michael Stephens (Tame the Web), Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today), and the director of the Lawrence (Kans.) public library (in Tame the Web comments). LibraryPlanet writes about Libraries and obsolescence. David Rothman (TeleRead) asks, Are physical libraries obsolete? John Blyberg (blyberg.net) notes that Mr. Hirschey raises a number of very serious and reasonable concerns. Michael Habib (LIS) comments on John Blyberg’s post.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) has posted her review of techniques for improving library services. Garrett Hungerford (Library Zen) invites us to think carefully when a patron asks “Why?” Lichen (Remaining Relevant) wonders how the concept of Jantelegan applies to how patrons see librarians.
Peter Bromberg (Library Garden) writes that libraries are transformative places.
Felicia (LibraryTrax) notes sadly, re budgets, that rural libraries have nothing left to cut.
Kathy Schalk-Greene (Library Garden) describes her library’s ““merchandised environment.” Andrea Mercado (Library Techtonics) explains how her her library has been interfiling nonfiction DVDs. Rikhei (Nevertheless) asks, are closed stacks really “Library 1.0”?
Greg McClay (The Notebook) says, Any public library that has money to spend on a “gaming librarian” needs a budget cut. Response from Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch). More from Greg McClay.
Paul Miller (Panlibus) reports on a code4lib discussion about freeing our library data.
Asked in Libraries Build Communities: is the “nextgen” term a bit condescending? K.G. Schneider (ALA TechSource) on the NextGenCatalog trend.
StevenB (ACRLog) is calling on all academic librarian bloggers to add entries for their blogs in the Academic Blog Portal. And now research libraries have a comic strip of their own.
Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) has some tips on how to develop your own knowledge community.
New ezine: Electrified.ca, “to encourage librarians and teachers to get excited about electronically-delivered education.” About.
Paul R. Pival (Distant Librarian) notes that undergrads who have never seen a hard-copy journal have a harder time discerning between scholarly and not-scholarly. Comment from Ken Varnum (RSS4Lib).
Gillian (Re:Generations) has a question for librarians: What were your motivations for entering the profession? Barbara Fister has advice for new librarians on how to get a foot in the door.
What we do at work: Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) has posted another installment in her A day in the life of a systems librarian series. [Corey Wallis (librariesinteract.info) asks, What exactly makes a systems librarian?] Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector) writes about staffing an institutional repository. Rachel Singer Gordon (Liminal Librarian) answers the often-asked question, “How do you find working for yourself?”
Helene Blowers (Library TechBytes) points out the Charlotte (N.C.) schools and library campaign to put a library card in the hands of every kindergartener to 5th grader.
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (ACRLog) notes that you can/should modify any contract you sign with a publisher to ensure that you retain the rights to use your work as you see fit. She also has a TurnItIn addendum.
The lighter side: Librarians in the Mist. Cartoon: Patches. From 1987, an “ad” for the Betty Glover Library Workout Tape. From 1947, a vocational film about librarians.
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
Missouri Library Association 2006:
– David Lee King;
– Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian);
– Redhaired Future Librarian.
Codi 2006:
– Phyllis (Something New Every Day);
– The Gordian Knot;
– Kevin Smith (Fiddling Librarian 3.0).
Illinois Library Association 2006:
– Library Vixens.
Southeastern Scholarship Conference on E-Learning: Report from
– Cliff (clifflandis.net).
Rural Library Sustainability Project workshop:
– shaet (LibraryTrax).
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday before noon (Central time). [Feeds]
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending October 8, 2006
……….
Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) responds to Mark Hirschey’s anti-library opinion piece (Lawrence, Kans.). More from Michael Stephens (Tame the Web), Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today), and the director of the Lawrence (Kans.) public library (in Tame the Web comments). LibraryPlanet writes about Libraries and obsolescence. David Rothman (TeleRead) asks, Are physical libraries obsolete? John Blyberg (blyberg.net) notes that Mr. Hirschey raises a number of very serious and reasonable concerns. Michael Habib (LIS) comments on John Blyberg’s post.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) has posted her review of techniques for improving library services. Garrett Hungerford (Library Zen) invites us to think carefully when a patron asks “Why?” Lichen (Remaining Relevant) wonders how the concept of Jantelegan applies to how patrons see librarians.
Peter Bromberg (Library Garden) writes that libraries are transformative places.
Felicia (LibraryTrax) notes sadly, re budgets, that rural libraries have nothing left to cut.
Kathy Schalk-Greene (Library Garden) describes her library’s ““merchandised environment.” Andrea Mercado (Library Techtonics) explains how her her library has been interfiling nonfiction DVDs. Rikhei (Nevertheless) asks, are closed stacks really “Library 1.0”?
Greg McClay (The Notebook) says, Any public library that has money to spend on a “gaming librarian” needs a budget cut. Response from Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch). More from Greg McClay.
Paul Miller (Panlibus) reports on a code4lib discussion about freeing our library data.
Asked in Libraries Build Communities: is the “nextgen” term a bit condescending? K.G. Schneider (ALA TechSource) on the NextGenCatalog trend.
StevenB (ACRLog) is calling on all academic librarian bloggers to add entries for their blogs in the Academic Blog Portal. And now research libraries have a comic strip of their own.
Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) has some tips on how to develop your own knowledge community.
New ezine: Electrified.ca, “to encourage librarians and teachers to get excited about electronically-delivered education.” About.
Paul R. Pival (Distant Librarian) notes that undergrads who have never seen a hard-copy journal have a harder time discerning between scholarly and not-scholarly. Comment from Ken Varnum (RSS4Lib).
Gillian (Re:Generations) has a question for librarians: What were your motivations for entering the profession? Barbara Fister has advice for new librarians on how to get a foot in the door.
What we do at work: Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) has posted another installment in her A day in the life of a systems librarian series. [Corey Wallis (librariesinteract.info) asks, What exactly makes a systems librarian?] Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector) writes about staffing an institutional repository. Rachel Singer Gordon (Liminal Librarian) answers the often-asked question, “How do you find working for yourself?”
Helene Blowers (Library TechBytes) points out the Charlotte (N.C.) schools and library campaign to put a library card in the hands of every kindergartener to 5th grader.
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (ACRLog) notes that you can/should modify any contract you sign with a publisher to ensure that you retain the rights to use your work as you see fit. She also has a TurnItIn addendum.
The lighter side: Librarians in the Mist. Cartoon: Patches. From 1987, an “ad” for the Betty Glover Library Workout Tape. From 1947, a vocational film about librarians.
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
Missouri Library Association 2006:
– David Lee King;
– Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian);
– Redhaired Future Librarian.
Codi 2006:
– Phyllis (Something New Every Day);
– The Gordian Knot;
– Kevin Smith (Fiddling Librarian 3.0).
Illinois Library Association 2006:
– Library Vixens.
Southeastern Scholarship Conference on E-Learning: Report from
– Cliff (clifflandis.net).
Rural Library Sustainability Project workshop:
– shaet (LibraryTrax).
………………..
This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday before noon (Central time). [Feeds]
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