February 2008
The Archives
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Observations
Library in the living room?
LIS News linked to an article describing how libraries are more about community activity than hosting books: “Libraries today are like your extra living room,” said Christy Ragle, public relations coordinator for the New Castle-Henry County Public Library. “They’re community centers, meeting places, the places where anyone can go — for free — to hang [...]
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Library 2.0
Library School- Not Web 2.0 enough?
02.25.08 | Permalink | 8 CommentsSteven at Library Stuff recently posted about a report from ARIADNE entitled, Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are they Missing the Boat?, which reads: This preliminary survey indicates that LIS schools in the United States are not adequately prepared for the rapid changes in Web technology and use. It seems that the LIS programmes [...]
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Library School
Don’t become a librarian?
02.25.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsMonday mornings are always a little weird in the library. You never know what’s happened over the weekend or what state the library will be in. (Graduate students have keys to the library, and apparently it’s a happening place in off hours.) We’ve found laptops, bags of produce, and pairs of pants left behind. Today [...]
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Library School
Why do I want to be a librarian?
02.19.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsIt’s a hard question to answer. Last week the
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Observations
No rhinestones in the library.
The Well Dressed Librarian wrote an amusing (to me) post about the scourge of library fashion – “festive” sweaters. It does raise the whole question of library fashion/dress codes, but I feel like I’m not the best person to weigh in on the issue. I am easily pigeon-holed in the hipster librarian clique, though I [...]
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Trends
What’s wrong with people who Google?
Absolutely nothing. LIS News linked to a story on ZD Net called, I love Google… don’t tell the librarian!. I don’t think that her librarian is alone in her dislike of Google. Unfortunately, despite its outstanding search algorithms and wide variety of free, value-added resources, it gets a bad name with library scientists since so [...]
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Observations
Meet me at the meeting.
I haven’t been the diligent blogger I hoped I could be. Part of the problem has been the number of meetings I’ve had to attend recently. I always thought I’d have to wait until I finished library school to start attending meetings, but some how I gained early acceptance. Many of the librarians at work [...]
