This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending September 17, 2006
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Joyce Valenza (Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search) writes about how things have changed since she left library school 30 years ago and the implications for the future.
LibrarianInBlack continues the discussion about library signs. Woody Evans (ISHUSH) doesn’t like that he has to hush grown folks.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) points to Patricia Digh’s story about learning the art of saving face at the library. Jennifer also finds there are unexpected benefits from blogging.
Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian) recommends that parents and library boards read the U.S. News & World Report article about MySpace.
Leslie Burger (Burger’s Blog) writes about George Needham’s proposal re librarian education. Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) has some advice for library students. Comment from Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It).
Do you allow users to post comments in your digital collections? Congratulations to John Blyberg (blyberg.net) on winning the first annual Mashing Up the Library competition. Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian) talks about being one of the judges.
Reference: A proposal from Steve Back (Blog About Libraries): Naked Reference Month. Long follow-up re Jessamyn’s post about using virtual reference from Luke Rosenberger (lbr); more from Jessamyn (librarian.net) and Rick Roche (ricklibrarian). Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) posted a reader’s response to his post about online reference services threatening “real” library workers’ jobs.
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
“Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Conference, Workshop, and Program Organizers”: A list from Rachel Singer Gordon (Liminal Librarian)) (also see comments). More comments from Michael Stephens (Tame the Web).
South Carolina Public Library Technology Institute. Report from Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch). Mr Krumpus (Library of Terror) attended (this?) Library 2.0 conference and wasn’t terribly impressed. Comments from Helene Blowers (Library TechBytes).
Podcamp Boston: Reports from Andrea Mercado at LibraryTechtonics and PLA Blog.
Internet Librarian 2006 (October 21-25): Wiki.
Hackfest (October 11), when “dozens of people from all walks of library life…get together for one day to work together on projects suggested by the library community,” is looking for project suggestions.
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending September 17, 2006
……….
Joyce Valenza (Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search) writes about how things have changed since she left library school 30 years ago and the implications for the future.
LibrarianInBlack continues the discussion about library signs. Woody Evans (ISHUSH) doesn’t like that he has to hush grown folks.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) points to Patricia Digh’s story about learning the art of saving face at the library. Jennifer also finds there are unexpected benefits from blogging.
Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian) recommends that parents and library boards read the U.S. News & World Report article about MySpace.
Leslie Burger (Burger’s Blog) writes about George Needham’s proposal re librarian education. Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) has some advice for library students. Comment from Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It).
Do you allow users to post comments in your digital collections? Congratulations to John Blyberg (blyberg.net) on winning the first annual Mashing Up the Library competition. Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian) talks about being one of the judges.
Reference: A proposal from Steve Back (Blog About Libraries): Naked Reference Month. Long follow-up re Jessamyn’s post about using virtual reference from Luke Rosenberger (lbr); more from Jessamyn (librarian.net) and Rick Roche (ricklibrarian). Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) posted a reader’s response to his post about online reference services threatening “real” library workers’ jobs.
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
“Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Conference, Workshop, and Program Organizers”: A list from Rachel Singer Gordon (Liminal Librarian)) (also see comments). More comments from Michael Stephens (Tame the Web).
South Carolina Public Library Technology Institute. Report from Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch). Mr Krumpus (Library of Terror) attended (this?) Library 2.0 conference and wasn’t terribly impressed. Comments from Helene Blowers (Library TechBytes).
Podcamp Boston: Reports from Andrea Mercado at LibraryTechtonics and PLA Blog.
Internet Librarian 2006 (October 21-25): Wiki.
Hackfest (October 11), when “dozens of people from all walks of library life…get together for one day to work together on projects suggested by the library community,” is looking for project suggestions.
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday before noon (Central time). [Feeds]
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