Saw this article in the Univ. of Tennessee student newspaper titled “Library not a place for frivolity“. It’s mildly satirical (in my opinion) but raises some valid points. For example, “why do you come to the library at midnight to get on Facebook?” Or “Why come to the library just to check it out … … Read more
From Penny Arcade (apologies for the odd size)
May is almost over and I’m not sure where it went. Work has been going ok, the UT Libraries version of the new UT web templates should be ready in the next couple of weeks. Then the long and probably painful process of converting the libraries over to the new templates can begin. On a … Read more
I’ve been working on putting a podcast up for The Commons at work. Which is a little harder than it sounds. First I had to figure out podcast RSS feeds. The University of Washington has a good site for that. Then there was an issue with the .m4a file that GarageBand saves podcasts as. .m4a … Read more
Just got back from the TLA Conference in Chattanooga. I had a good time, saw several people that I hadn’t seen in a few years. The presentations were good, Loriene Roy, ALA President-Elect was the keynote speaker. Sadly I didn’t get to hear her speak since the room was standing-room only by the time I … Read more
Gaming & Libraries: Intersection of Services by Jenny Levine Jenny’s blog is always a good read and the upcoming Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium sounds like a lot of fun. It’s a good time to be a librarian. 🙂
Saw over at Michael Casey’s blog that his and Laura Savastinuk’s book has a website. Companion website to Library 2.0, the book – LibraryChange
Two of these aren’t published yet and at the moment my book budget is zero so I can only dream. But here’s the list. Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Library Service Michael E. Casey and Laura C. Savastinuk – not yet published, Information Today, Inc. (May 21, 2007) Balanced Libraries: Thoughts on Continuity and … Read more
Today appears to be Social Libraries Friday here at Library Monk. It may signal the beginning of a trend, you’ll just have to wait until next Friday to find out. 🙂 First we have 23 Things from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, which is described as: 23 Things (or small exercises) that … Read more
I’ve had a Ning account for about a year, but I really hadn’t used it much. Well recently Ning seems to have gained popularity, at least among library folks. ALA now has a Ning site, and Bill Drew has started a Library 2.0 site on Ning. There is also a Librarian Bloggers site. It will … Read more
