LISNews: Librarian News

Question: Who is the librarian you' most like to see blogging?
Note: I'm not saying the world needs more librarians blogging, I'm just wondering if there is someone in particular we're missing. Also, I'm sure we can all think of people we'd like to see stop blogging, maybe we'll answer that question another day.

Ann The Hollywood Librarian writes:
Monica Hesse, the Washington Post reporter who filed this
terrific story is working on another librarian piece. She emailed me
with this:

"Several of the people I spoke with at Hollywood Librarian's premiere
mentioned how many homeless individuals came into their libraries to use
the computers. I'm really interested in this concept--how homeless people
can use the free technology in libraries to gain a degree of normalcy in
their lives. I'm particularly interested in finding out if any of them use
the computers to play virtual reality games like Second Life, in which they
could set up a house, etc, or if they use networking sites like MySpace.

I'm collecting stories of homeless people using technology in libraries,
and if you have one I would love to hear from you--especially if you have a
user who has become a "regular" in your library. I can be reached at
hessem@washpost.com or at 202-334-4831. And please, forward this on
to every public librarian you know--the more stories I have, the more
justice I can do to this story.

Contact this fine reporter with your story. She's wonderful to talk to.

Dr. Michael Stephens is look for a book: A Document (Re)turn: Contributions from a Research Field in Transition by Roswitha Skare (Editor), Niels Windfeld Lund (Editor), Andreas Varheim (Editor)

He needs some page numbers for the Michael Buckland chapter:

Michael Buckland discusses the model adopted by the Document Studies program at the University of Tromso, Norway. He notes that the specific conceptual framework looks at "three complementary lines of inquiry [that] can produce a rich analysis: document analysis; social interrogation; and comparison of practices across different genres and traditions." In discussing the third of these he notes: "Human life and human cultures form their patterns. Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that meaning is constituted through activity, through the use of language ("language games") within specific contexts."

Michael Buckland "Northern Light" in A Document (Re)turn: Contributions from a Research Field in Transition. Roswitha Skare, Niels Winfeld Lund, and Andreas Varheim, eds. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007.

Please email him at mstephens7 (at) mac.com if you can help.

Update: 05/17 14:16 GMT by B :The best dates seem to be either Saturday (23rd) or Monday (25th). OCLC is doing the blogger thing on Sunday, so either we need to make the LISNews party later in the evening (10pm-ish), or stick with Saturday or Monday.
I'm also having no luck with a location. I could use some suggestions still.
Update: 04/02 16:19 GMT by B :I'm shocked at the number of responses so far! I think it's safe to say there will defiantly be an LISNews event at ALA. Unfortunately almost everyone who has responded so far was short on ideas, so while there seems to be considerable interest, I still don't know when or where we'll be meeting.

Let's try to pick a day first? To help us pick a date/time maybe we can use the ALA Wiki, specifically the Parties/Receptions page and the Unofficial Events page.
In picking a day, what events do we need to avoid?

If all goes well I'll be at the big ALA conference in DC in June and that means a LISNews party!

I could use thoughts and ideas on the best way to plan this, specifically I need help choosing the date/time and a good location. Even if you're not going but have any ideas I'd love to hear them. Any thoughts you might have can go in the comments below, hit this form, or drop an email to Blake at LISNews, but the .com domain not the .org domain. Hopefully we can put together something fun! -- Read More