January 2008
The Archives
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Observations
Librarians and Pollworkers – Cut from the same cloth.
Yesterday I did the first part of my civic duty for Super Tuesday by attending a poll worker training class. I guess I became a poll worker for the same reason I decided to become a librarian- I like contributing to the public good and I saw something of an age gap. I don’t think [...]
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Library 2.0
Library 2.0 Weltschmerz
Laura Cohen at Library 2.0 has a nice post about whether or not Library 2.0 is snake oil or a new direction. She’s more circumspect about it than I could be, and it’s nice to read a moderate examination of the topic. This following passage really stuck with me: I would love to see design [...]
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Trends
Have gamers taken over libraries?
01.22.08 | Permalink | 5 CommentsToday Steven Cohen at Library Stuff posted an article by Dave Gibson about video games in libraries. Gibson writes: Libraries are now offering video games and movies to children. Paula Brehm-Heeger, president of the Young Adult Library Services Association said of the new entertainment available: “Librarians are really trying to respond to teens and to [...]
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Uncategorized
Hello, World.
This is the first post of this blog that I meant to start a while ago. Get ready for lots of posts and links and such to other library blogs around the way.
