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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending July 1, 2007
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Note: This Week in LibraryBlogLand will return in three weeks.

Marc Fisher (Washington Post) asks, Do we need libraries anymore? See also the comments.

Don Wood (Don Wood: Library 2.0) has posted links to ALA’s keystone intellectual freedom documents.

Keeping up: Chris Zammarelli (Libraryola) writes about his reading list. Mark Lindner (Off the Mark) notes that “keeping up” should also include learning from the past. Too much keeping up: Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) points to advice on dropping RSS feeds.

Michael Sauers (Travelin’ Librarian) learned that library break-ins can be stopped by porn filters.

George Butterfield (LLRX.com) asks, Is a J.D. necessary for law librarians?

Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch) lists ten reasons why your next pathfinder should be a wiki.

Phil Bradley answers the Web 2.0 questions he’s most often asked.

David Weinberger (Everything is Miscellaneous) discusses Thomas Mann’s article. (via librarian.net)

Jessamyn West (librarian.net) reviews ALA’s ilovelibraries.org/ website.

Improve ALA (wiki). [About]

THE LIGHTER SIDE

From Unshelved: “Hi, I’m in the Internet.” “And I’m a library.” Start here.

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

NFAIS User-Generated Content and Social Media (June 29)
– Notes from Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today)

ALA Annual Conference 2007 (June 21-27)
– LITA Blog
– Reader’s Advisor Online
– Aaron Dobbs (Aaron the Librarian)
– Stephen Leary (Reflective Librarian)
– Maurice (Chronicles of The (almost) Bald Technology Trainer)
– Rick Roche (ricklibrarian)
– LibWorm
– see also last week’s TWiL for more links.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday. [Feeds]

This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending July 1, 2007
……….

Note: This Week in LibraryBlogLand will return in three weeks.

Marc Fisher (Washington Post) asks, Do we need libraries anymore? See also the comments.

Don Wood (Don Wood: Library 2.0) has posted links to ALA’s keystone intellectual freedom documents.

Keeping up: Chris Zammarelli (Libraryola) writes about his reading list. Mark Lindner (Off the Mark) notes that “keeping up” should also include learning from the past. Too much keeping up: Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) points to advice on dropping RSS feeds.

Michael Sauers (Travelin’ Librarian) learned that library break-ins can be stopped by porn filters.

George Butterfield (LLRX.com) asks, Is a J.D. necessary for law librarians?

Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch) lists ten reasons why your next pathfinder should be a wiki.

Phil Bradley answers the Web 2.0 questions he’s most often asked.

David Weinberger (Everything is Miscellaneous) discusses Thomas Mann’s article. (via librarian.net)

Jessamyn West (librarian.net) reviews ALA’s ilovelibraries.org/ website.

Improve ALA (wiki). [About]

THE LIGHTER SIDE

From Unshelved: “Hi, I’m in the Internet.” “And I’m a library.” Start here.

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

NFAIS User-Generated Content and Social Media (June 29)
– Notes from Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today)

ALA Annual Conference 2007 (June 21-27)
– LITA Blog
– Reader’s Advisor Online
– Aaron Dobbs (Aaron the Librarian)
– Stephen Leary (Reflective Librarian)
– Maurice (Chronicles of The (almost) Bald Technology Trainer)
– Rick Roche (ricklibrarian)
– LibWorm
– see also last week’s TWiL for more links.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday. [Feeds]

This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 24, 2007

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Karen Schneider (ALA TechSource) discusses the RDA/DC initiative. Comment from Chris Schwartz (Cataloging Futures). Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian) highlights the Phoenix Public Library’s OPAC. Lots of discussion in the comments.

Laurie Prange (Laurie the Librarian) wonders whether the concept of library services for distance learning has died.

Eric Goldman (informit.com) lists the best and worst internet laws (via)

Article: Chronicle of Higher Education on the new metrics of scholarly authority. More from Scott Pfitzinger (BiblioTech Web). David Warlick (2 Cents Worth) discusses how information has changed. Later, he decides that maybe it’s hasn’t changed but its nature has.

Sabina Iseli-Otto (LibrarianActivist.org) has a series of posts about filtering of adult computers at the London (Ontario) Public Library. [starts here].

After finishing a Library 2.0 program, Alan Zuckerman (My 23 Journeys) asks: What do we *really* need to know to help our patrons on the computer?

Laurie Prange (Laurie the Librarian) notes that belonging to social networking sites is a lot of work. But, as Karen G. Schneider (Free Range Librarian) points out, sometimes it’s really worth it. For tips on more formal networking, see here and here.

Responses to Gorman: Jessamyn West (librarian.net) includes links to more; David Lee King; Sarah Houhgton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack);

Gerald Ward posted on the Publib mailing list about administrators and library work environments. For the rest, and discussion, search the list archives for “Perplexed Librarian.”

BLOGGING & PODCASTING

Judith A. Siess (OPL Plus) has compiled a list of library technician blogs. Laura Cohen (Library 2.0) thinks administrator blogs could be a very good thing.

At Infobib: LibWorld, a series in which guest authors introduce the library blogs of their particular country.

Greg Schwartz (Open Stacks) is starting a live web chat/show/podcast. Pilot episode of Uncontrolled Vocabulary on June 28.

LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS

Scott Walter’s four-part series on what’s it’s like to run for ACRL office: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

K. G. Schneider (Free Range Librarian) asks, What kind of ALA do we want for the next fifty years? Rochelle Hartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon) says goodbye to ALA Council and hello to the Library Society of the World.

THE LIGHTER SIDE:

Library t-shirt of the week: Miskatonic Library Staff

Movies: The Washington Post at the ALA premiere of Hollywood Librarian.

Pronouncing “Library 2.0”: Two Point Oh? Two Dot Oh?

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

Betsy McKenzie (Out of the Jungle) on Unconferences.

New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) 2007 (April 23-25)
– Mike Giarlo (Technosophia) posted his talk.

Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2007 (May 16-18)
– Notes from John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian)
– Notes from Mita Williams (New Jack Librarian)
– Conference blog

NASIG (May 31-June 3)
– “Column People: Comments from metaProjects, Anna (eclectic librarian), Steve Oberg (Family Man Librarian), and Michelle Boule (A Wandering Eyre)

(New Hampshire) Nonprofit Technology Conference (June 11)
– Notes by Lichen Rancourt (Remaining Relevant) start here.

Web 2007 (Penn State Web Professionals) (June 11-12)
– Notes from Tara Murray (diylibrarian.org)
– Conference blog.

International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) 2007 (June 11-14)
– Lots of notes from Richard Akerman (Science Library Pad)

International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) – France – Public Conference 2007 (June 21-22)
– Notes from Richard Akerman.

Podcasters Across Borders (June 22-24)
– Notes from Connie Crosby start here.

Edubloggercon 2007 at NECC (June 23, 2007)
– Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog)

BIGWIG Social Software Conference (around and during ALA Annual, late June 2007)
– Michelle Boule (A Wandering Eyre) explains how this unconference works. [More about it].
– Even more about it from Karen A. Coombs (Library Web Chic)
– Official wiki (where it all happens, I think).

ALA Annual Conference 2007 (June 21-27)
– Official wiki.
– PLA Blog.
– LITA Blog.
– Librarian Like Me.
– Christopher Harris (Infomancy).
– Chris Zammarelli (Libraryola).
– Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian).
– Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran (Impromptu Librarian).
– David Lee King
– Cindi Trailor
– Star Hoffman (i>geeky artist librarian)
– WordPress tag: ALA2007.
– Lots o’ posts aggregated at LibWorm (via).

Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual 2007 (August 28-September 1)
– Unofficial Wiki.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday. [Feeds]

This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 24, 2007

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Karen Schneider (ALA TechSource) discusses the RDA/DC initiative. Comment from Chris Schwartz (Cataloging Futures). Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian) highlights the Phoenix Public Library’s OPAC. Lots of discussion in the comments.

Laurie Prange (Laurie the Librarian) wonders whether the concept of library services for distance learning has died.

Eric Goldman (informit.com) lists the best and worst internet laws (via)

Article: Chronicle of Higher Education on the new metrics of scholarly authority. More from Scott Pfitzinger (BiblioTech Web). David Warlick (2 Cents Worth) discusses how information has changed. Later, he decides that maybe it’s hasn’t changed but its nature has.

Sabina Iseli-Otto (LibrarianActivist.org) has a series of posts about filtering of adult computers at the London (Ontario) Public Library. [starts here].

After finishing a Library 2.0 program, Alan Zuckerman (My 23 Journeys) asks: What do we *really* need to know to help our patrons on the computer?

Laurie Prange (Laurie the Librarian) notes that belonging to social networking sites is a lot of work. But, as Karen G. Schneider (Free Range Librarian) points out, sometimes it’s really worth it. For tips on more formal networking, see here and here.

Responses to Gorman: Jessamyn West (librarian.net) includes links to more; David Lee King; Sarah Houhgton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack);

Gerald Ward posted on the Publib mailing list about administrators and library work environments. For the rest, and discussion, search the list archives for “Perplexed Librarian.”

BLOGGING & PODCASTING

Judith A. Siess (OPL Plus) has compiled a list of library technician blogs. Laura Cohen (Library 2.0) thinks administrator blogs could be a very good thing.

At Infobib: LibWorld, a series in which guest authors introduce the library blogs of their particular country.

Greg Schwartz (Open Stacks) is starting a live web chat/show/podcast. Pilot episode of Uncontrolled Vocabulary on June 28.

LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS

Scott Walter’s four-part series on what’s it’s like to run for ACRL office: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

K. G. Schneider (Free Range Librarian) asks, What kind of ALA do we want for the next fifty years? Rochelle Hartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon) says goodbye to ALA Council and hello to the Library Society of the World.

THE LIGHTER SIDE:

Library t-shirt of the week: Miskatonic Library Staff

Movies: The Washington Post at the ALA premiere of Hollywood Librarian.

Pronouncing “Library 2.0”: Two Point Oh? Two Dot Oh?

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

Betsy McKenzie (Out of the Jungle) on Unconferences.

New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) 2007 (April 23-25)
– Mike Giarlo (Technosophia) posted his talk.

Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2007 (May 16-18)
– Notes from John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian)
– Notes from Mita Williams (New Jack Librarian)
– Conference blog

NASIG (May 31-June 3)
– “Column People: Comments from metaProjects, Anna (eclectic librarian), Steve Oberg (Family Man Librarian), and Michelle Boule (A Wandering Eyre)

(New Hampshire) Nonprofit Technology Conference (June 11)
– Notes by Lichen Rancourt (Remaining Relevant) start here.

Web 2007 (Penn State Web Professionals) (June 11-12)
– Notes from Tara Murray (diylibrarian.org)
– Conference blog.

International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) 2007 (June 11-14)
– Lots of notes from Richard Akerman (Science Library Pad)

International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) – France – Public Conference 2007 (June 21-22)
– Notes from Richard Akerman.

Podcasters Across Borders (June 22-24)
– Notes from Connie Crosby start here.

Edubloggercon 2007 at NECC (June 23, 2007)
– Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog)

BIGWIG Social Software Conference (around and during ALA Annual, late June 2007)
– Michelle Boule (A Wandering Eyre) explains how this unconference works. [More about it].
– Even more about it from Karen A. Coombs (Library Web Chic)
– Official wiki (where it all happens, I think).

ALA Annual Conference 2007 (June 21-27)
– Official wiki.
– PLA Blog.
– LITA Blog.
– Librarian Like Me.
– Christopher Harris (Infomancy).
– Chris Zammarelli (Libraryola).
– Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian).
– Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran (Impromptu Librarian).
– David Lee King
– Cindi Trailor
– Star Hoffman (i>geeky artist librarian)
– WordPress tag: ALA2007.
– Lots o’ posts aggregated at LibWorm (via).

Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual 2007 (August 28-September 1)
– Unofficial Wiki.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 17, 2007

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Laura Crossett (lis.dom) writes about doing some usability testing of her new library website.

Helene Blowers (LibraryBytes) on the MaintainIT Project which is “working with public libraries to identify best practices of technical support for public computers.”

Michelle McLean (Connecting Librarian) adds a couple more points to the “librarians keeping up” conversation.

John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian) has posted the final installment of his two-year series, My Job in 10 Years.

Emily Clasper (Library Revolution) shows that sometimes, simple changes make all the difference.

Steve Bertrand (She Said/He Said) has an anecdote about keeping the customer satisfied and wonders, was what he did unethical?

Great Western Dragon (LISNews.com) reports on the first two days without Dewey at the Perry Branch of the Maricopa County Library District.

Librarienne notes that, as an organized profession, librarianship is relatively young.

Report: Taxpayer Return-on-Investment (ROI) in Pennsylvania Public Libraries.

Magazine article by Tim Coates: “Our Libraries: Where Has All the Cash Gone?” (Reader’s Digest UK).

K. Matthew Dames (Copycense) writes about Fair use, copyright, and preemption.

Michael Gorman’s “Web 2.0” postings (and responses), Part 1, Part 2. More comments (and links to yet more comments) here, here, here, here, and here.

BLOGGING

Anne Welsh (Catalogue & Index Blog) notes some pros and cons of aggregators.

Ivan Chew (Rambling Librarian on being in an audience that was asked not to blog an event. [More]

THE LIGHTER SIDE

Library t-shirt of the week: Circ & Reference.

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

Andrea Mercado (PLA Blog) explains how to blog for PLA.

Dan Chudnov (One Big Library) has advice to a slightly less experienced geek librarian on how to deal with post-conference reality letdown.

Special Libraries Association (June 3-6, 2007)
– Ruth Kneale posted her text and links of her talk, Spectacles: How Pop Culture Views Librarians.
– Notes from misseli (Confessions of a Mad Librarian)
– Notes from Jill Hurst-Wahl (Digitization 101)
– Notes from Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant)

NASIG (May 31-June 3, 2007)
– Dan Chudnov (One Big Library) posted the slides from his talk.

10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Uppsala, June 13-16, 2007)
– Notes from Neil Godfrey (Metalogger)

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday. [Feeds]

This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 17, 2007

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Laura Crossett (lis.dom) writes about doing some usability testing of her new library website.

Helene Blowers (LibraryBytes) on the MaintainIT Project which is “working with public libraries to identify best practices of technical support for public computers.”

Michelle McLean (Connecting Librarian) adds a couple more points to the “librarians keeping up” conversation.

John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian) has posted the final installment of his two-year series, My Job in 10 Years.

Emily Clasper (Library Revolution) shows that sometimes, simple changes make all the difference.

Steve Bertrand (She Said/He Said) has an anecdote about keeping the customer satisfied and wonders, was what he did unethical?

Great Western Dragon (LISNews.com) reports on the first two days without Dewey at the Perry Branch of the Maricopa County Library District.

Librarienne notes that, as an organized profession, librarianship is relatively young.

Report: Taxpayer Return-on-Investment (ROI) in Pennsylvania Public Libraries.

Magazine article by Tim Coates: “Our Libraries: Where Has All the Cash Gone?” (Reader’s Digest UK).

K. Matthew Dames (Copycense) writes about Fair use, copyright, and preemption.

Michael Gorman’s “Web 2.0” postings (and responses), Part 1, Part 2. More comments (and links to yet more comments) here, here, here, here, and here.

BLOGGING

Anne Welsh (Catalogue & Index Blog) notes some pros and cons of aggregators.

Ivan Chew (Rambling Librarian on being in an audience that was asked not to blog an event. [More]

THE LIGHTER SIDE

Library t-shirt of the week: Circ & Reference.

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

Andrea Mercado (PLA Blog) explains how to blog for PLA.

Dan Chudnov (One Big Library) has advice to a slightly less experienced geek librarian on how to deal with post-conference reality letdown.

Special Libraries Association (June 3-6, 2007)
– Ruth Kneale posted her text and links of her talk, Spectacles: How Pop Culture Views Librarians.
– Notes from misseli (Confessions of a Mad Librarian)
– Notes from Jill Hurst-Wahl (Digitization 101)
– Notes from Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant)

NASIG (May 31-June 3, 2007)
– Dan Chudnov (One Big Library) posted the slides from his talk.

10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Uppsala, June 13-16, 2007)
– Notes from Neil Godfrey (Metalogger)

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 10, 2007

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P.C. at LibraryActivist.org wants to remind librarians that it’s easy to implement free and open source software, while Jessamyn West (librarian.net) wants to know why there aren’t more women in open source (comment from Karen Coombs (Library Web Chic).

David Lee King discusses four things to consider when changing the unchangeable.

There were several discussions on the Web4lib mailing list (April and May 2007) about Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders.

Christopher Harris (Infomancy) lists ten ways to express reservations about Wikipedia while avoiding being seen as someone who doesn’t get it.

Eric Schnell (The Medium is the Message) notes that the Association of British Columbia Public Library Directors has proposed a 5-year phased implementation of the Evergreen ILS for all of British Columbia.

Juliette Loebl guest-posts on Tame the Web: Is That a Bun in Your Hair, or Are You Just Happy to be a Librarian?

Michael Porter (Libraryman) notes that the 365 Library Days Project on Flickr is two months old.

THE LIGHTER SIDE

xckd.com cartoons: [1] [2]

CONFERENCE NOTES & PRESENTATIONS

OZarks SirsiDynix Users Group (June 5, 2007)
– Notes from suzyq (The Gordian Knot) and David Lee King.

Special Libraries Association (June 3-6, 2007)
– Notes at j’s scratchpad.
– Conference blog
– Infotoday Blog.

NASIG (May 31-June 3, 2007)
– Notes from Steve Oberg (Family Man Librarian). More.
– Technorati

(Thanks to Blake for his help this week.)
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 10, 2007

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P.C. at LibraryActivist.org wants to remind librarians that it’s easy to implement free and open source software, while Jessamyn West (librarian.net) wants to know why there aren’t more women in open source (comment from Karen Coombs (Library Web Chic).

David Lee King discusses four things to consider when changing the unchangeable.

There were several discussions on the Web4lib mailing list (April and May 2007) about Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders.

Christopher Harris (Infomancy) lists ten ways to express reservations about Wikipedia while avoiding being seen as someone who doesn’t get it.

Eric Schnell (The Medium is the Message) notes that the Association of British Columbia Public Library Directors has proposed a 5-year phased implementation of the Evergreen ILS for all of British Columbia.

Juliette Loebl guest-posts on Tame the Web: Is That a Bun in Your Hair, or Are You Just Happy to be a Librarian?

Michael Porter (Libraryman) notes that the 365 Library Days Project on Flickr is two months old.

THE LIGHTER SIDE

xckd.com cartoons: [1] [2]

CONFERENCE NOTES & PRESENTATIONS

OZarks SirsiDynix Users Group (June 5, 2007)
– Notes from suzyq (The Gordian Knot) and David Lee King.

Special Libraries Association (June 3-6, 2007)
– Notes at j’s scratchpad.
– Conference blog
– Infotoday Blog.

NASIG (May 31-June 3, 2007)
– Notes from Steve Oberg (Family Man Librarian). More.
– Technorati

(Thanks to Blake for his help this week.)
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 3, 2007

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Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) has been thinking about social networks and “friending.” Lots more from Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free).

Stephen Francoeur (Digital Reference) a short discussion of the frustrations of finding JSTOR articles on Google searches when your library doesn’t subscribe to JSTOR. He also discusses reference services and Twitter.

Hedgehog Librarian responds to Money Magazine’s article about Attracting the twentysomething worker.

Katie Dunneback (Young Librarian) on achieving–and defining–success

Katherine Gould (PVLD Director’s Blog) discusses her library’s current classification and compensation study.

There’s some discussion at LibrarianInBlack’s about Maricopa County’s Dewey-less branch. More from Bo Kinney (The Letter Z) and Emily Clasper [more] (Library Revolution).

Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free) has some thoughts about change, transparency, and customer relations.

CATALOGING

Planet Cataloging: a new “automatically-generated aggregation of blogs related to cataloging and metadata.”

Christine Schwartz (Cataloging Futures) has a short response to Jennifer Lang’s article about Google as a cataloguing aid. Wade Wyckoff (WadingIn) has also been using Google as a cataloguing tool.

Jonathan Rochkind (Bibliographic Wilderness) explains how “our current metadata environment is seriously and fundamentally broken in several ways.”

Christine Schwartz also has a short response to Roy Tennant’s article about hanging out with catalogers.

LIBRARIAN EDUCATION

Christine Schwartz (Cataloging Futures) asks, What skills do traditional catalogers lack for becoming metadata librarians?

Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today) wonders why library schools don’t encourage students to keep up with the literature.

What did you learn in library school? Answers from Jeff Scott (Gather No Dust) and Emily Clasper (Library Revolution).

OTHER LIBRARYBLOGLANDS

– Singapore LibraryBlogLand
– Australian library blogland

ODDS & ENDS

lolbrarians (huh?)

The April 2007 issue of Making Spaces, the online newsletter of the Project for Public Spaces, focused on libraries.

Via Techdirt: According to the Library of Congress, saying that your product is better than theirs constitutes endorsement, and that’s not allowed.

For the Doctor Who fans: BBC Wales will be filming scenes of Sarah Jane Adventures in Cardiff University’s Science Library on June 8.

CONFERENCES NOTES & PRESENTATIONS

Mid-Atlantic Library Futures Conference (May 7-8, 2007)
– website
– Three interview videos taped by Phil Bowerman (Speculist): If I live to be 100 – The future of libraries – Futures, past, present.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending June 3, 2007

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Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) has been thinking about social networks and “friending.” Lots more from Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free).

Stephen Francoeur (Digital Reference) a short discussion of the frustrations of finding JSTOR articles on Google searches when your library doesn’t subscribe to JSTOR. He also discusses reference services and Twitter.

Hedgehog Librarian responds to Money Magazine’s article about Attracting the twentysomething worker.

Katie Dunneback (Young Librarian) on achieving–and defining–success

Katherine Gould (PVLD Director’s Blog) discusses her library’s current classification and compensation study.

There’s some discussion at LibrarianInBlack’s about Maricopa County’s Dewey-less branch. More from Bo Kinney (The Letter Z) and Emily Clasper [more] (Library Revolution).

Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free) has some thoughts about change, transparency, and customer relations.

CATALOGING

Planet Cataloging: a new “automatically-generated aggregation of blogs related to cataloging and metadata.”

Christine Schwartz (Cataloging Futures) has a short response to Jennifer Lang’s article about Google as a cataloguing aid. Wade Wyckoff (WadingIn) has also been using Google as a cataloguing tool.

Jonathan Rochkind (Bibliographic Wilderness) explains how “our current metadata environment is seriously and fundamentally broken in several ways.”

Christine Schwartz also has a short response to Roy Tennant’s article about hanging out with catalogers.

LIBRARIAN EDUCATION

Christine Schwartz (Cataloging Futures) asks, What skills do traditional catalogers lack for becoming metadata librarians?

Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today) wonders why library schools don’t encourage students to keep up with the literature.

What did you learn in library school? Answers from Jeff Scott (Gather No Dust) and Emily Clasper (Library Revolution).

OTHER LIBRARYBLOGLANDS

– Singapore LibraryBlogLand
– Australian library blogland

ODDS & ENDS

lolbrarians (huh?)

The April 2007 issue of Making Spaces, the online newsletter of the Project for Public Spaces, focused on libraries.

Via Techdirt: According to the Library of Congress, saying that your product is better than theirs constitutes endorsement, and that’s not allowed.

For the Doctor Who fans: BBC Wales will be filming scenes of Sarah Jane Adventures in Cardiff University’s Science Library on June 8.

CONFERENCES NOTES & PRESENTATIONS

Mid-Atlantic Library Futures Conference (May 7-8, 2007)
– website
– Three interview videos taped by Phil Bowerman (Speculist): If I live to be 100 – The future of libraries – Futures, past, present.

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I’m taking a short break. This Week in LibraryBlogland will return on June 4.

This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 29

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David Lee King writes about technology and librarian/library resistance to change. Comments from John Blyberg (blyberg.net) and Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack).

Jessamyn West (librarian.net) writes about a painful experience with downloadable audiobooks.

ALA’s State of America’s Libraries 2007: comments from Jessamyn West (librarian.net).

Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) explains how to talk to IT about instant messaging and security.

BLOGGING

Tasha Saecker (Sites and Soudbytes) asks, should there be a Library Blogging Code of Conduct?

Matt Raymond (Library of Congress Blog) asks, are blogs “serial publications and should they get ISSN numbers?

THE LIGHTER SIDE

Video by Haunted Love: Librarian [I love it!] (via)

Matt Raymond (Library of Congress Blog) writes about filming at the Library of Congress.

META

In case anybody had noticed that, lately, This Week in LibraryBlogLand is shorter than in used to be: yes, it’s shorter, mainly because of a slight change in philosophy. Instead of striving to cover every single blog on my list (and kicking myself when I don’t), now I just cover the ones I can get to. Some weeks there are more, some weeks there are fewer. On weeks when I don’t do a complete review, I try to vary the ones I do hit. In general, I aim for complete reviews, but sometimes Life (and too many interesting posts!) get in the way. Thanks for your indulgence.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 29

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David Lee King writes about technology and librarian/library resistance to change. Comments from John Blyberg (blyberg.net) and Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack).

Jessamyn West (librarian.net) writes about a painful experience with downloadable audiobooks.

ALA’s State of America’s Libraries 2007: comments from Jessamyn West (librarian.net).

Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) explains how to talk to IT about instant messaging and security.

BLOGGING

Tasha Saecker (Sites and Soudbytes) asks, should there be a Library Blogging Code of Conduct?

Matt Raymond (Library of Congress Blog) asks, are blogs “serial publications and should they get ISSN numbers?

THE LIGHTER SIDE

Video by Haunted Love: Librarian [I love it!] (via)

Matt Raymond (Library of Congress Blog) writes about filming at the Library of Congress.

META

In case anybody had noticed that, lately, This Week in LibraryBlogLand is shorter than in used to be: yes, it’s shorter, mainly because of a slight change in philosophy. Instead of striving to cover every single blog on my list (and kicking myself when I don’t), now I just cover the ones I can get to. Some weeks there are more, some weeks there are fewer. On weeks when I don’t do a complete review, I try to vary the ones I do hit. In general, I aim for complete reviews, but sometimes Life (and too many interesting posts!) get in the way. Thanks for your indulgence.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 22

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Mary Carmen Chimato (Circ and Serve) has suggestions for revamping MLS programs.

365 Library Days Project: add 365 photos about your library.

FabGrrl reminds us that systems librarians are librarians too.

How to keep up with all the new tech stuff? Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) suggests application triage.

Annoyed Librarian doesn’t like the LIBRARIAN Act of 2007.

BLOGGING

New blog, Libraries and the High School Student: What If? to discuss hypothetical situations.

Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian) blogs about conference blogging.

THE LIGHTER SIDE

from Real Life (comic strip): a sound-activated search engine.

Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarim is style) highlights some of the 100,000 ideas created by the Library 2.0 Idea Generator.

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

Computers in Libraries 2007 (April 16-18)
– thoughts from Helene Blowers (LibraryBytes)
– notes from Michael Sauers (Travelin’ Librarian)
– notes from Michelle Boule (A Wandering Eyre)
– notes from Jill Hurst-Wahl (Digitization 101)
– notes from David Lee King

PLCMC 1 – Study Tour 2007 (April 2007)
– notes from Michelle McLean (Connecting Librarian)

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 22

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Mary Carmen Chimato (Circ and Serve) has suggestions for revamping MLS programs.

365 Library Days Project: add 365 photos about your library.

FabGrrl reminds us that systems librarians are librarians too.

How to keep up with all the new tech stuff? Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) suggests application triage.

Annoyed Librarian doesn’t like the LIBRARIAN Act of 2007.

BLOGGING

New blog, Libraries and the High School Student: What If? to discuss hypothetical situations.

Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian) blogs about conference blogging.

THE LIGHTER SIDE

from Real Life (comic strip): a sound-activated search engine.

Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarim is style) highlights some of the 100,000 ideas created by the Library 2.0 Idea Generator.

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

Computers in Libraries 2007 (April 16-18)
– thoughts from Helene Blowers (LibraryBytes)
– notes from Michael Sauers (Travelin’ Librarian)
– notes from Michelle Boule (A Wandering Eyre)
– notes from Jill Hurst-Wahl (Digitization 101)
– notes from David Lee King

PLCMC 1 – Study Tour 2007 (April 2007)
– notes from Michelle McLean (Connecting Librarian)

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 8

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Monica (Caffeinated Thoughts) writes about the fairness/unfairness of library services for unincorporated areas.

via Boing Boing (and everyone else): Copyright Renewal Database makes it “much easier to find out what books published in the U.S. between 1923 and 1963 are now in the public domain.”

Sarah Clark (Scattered Librarian) writes about student workers and how to use them effectively.

Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian) has conflicting thoughts about federated search.

Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran (Impromptu Librarian) explains how the Jackson County Libraries came to be closed.

Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free) says, What about Library Association 2.0?

StevenB (Designing Better Libraries) has a two-part posting on designing your objectives.

BLOGGING

Newest meme: Who are your blogger heroes? Answers from:
– Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector).
– Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free).
– Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian).
– Mark Lindner (Off the Mark).
– Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It).
– Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian).
– Walt Crawford (Walt at Random).
– Steve Lawson (See Also…).
– Joshua M. Neff (the goblin in the library).

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

Customer-Centered Library presentation by Karen Hyman (April 4):
– notes by Travelin’ Librarian.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 8

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Monica (Caffeinated Thoughts) writes about the fairness/unfairness of library services for unincorporated areas.

via Boing Boing (and everyone else): Copyright Renewal Database makes it “much easier to find out what books published in the U.S. between 1923 and 1963 are now in the public domain.”

Sarah Clark (Scattered Librarian) writes about student workers and how to use them effectively.

Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian) has conflicting thoughts about federated search.

Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran (Impromptu Librarian) explains how the Jackson County Libraries came to be closed.

Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free) says, What about Library Association 2.0?

StevenB (Designing Better Libraries) has a two-part posting on designing your objectives.

BLOGGING

Newest meme: Who are your blogger heroes? Answers from:
– Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector).
– Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free).
– Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian).
– Mark Lindner (Off the Mark).
– Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It).
– Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian).
– Walt Crawford (Walt at Random).
– Steve Lawson (See Also…).
– Joshua M. Neff (the goblin in the library).

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

Customer-Centered Library presentation by Karen Hyman (April 4):
– notes by Travelin’ Librarian.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 1

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Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian) has a plan for dealing with information overload.

Pamela Snelson (Inside Higher Ed) asks, is this the dawn of an exciting new age in academic libraries? (via)

Annoyed Librarian writes about theory and practice in library education.

Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarism is style) a Quick OPAC Survey until April 14. He has posted some of the results to date.

Christie Brandau (Travels with the State Librarian) points to a piece by a retired assistant library director about
the public library as an asylum for the homeless.

ALERTS:

from Steven Aftergood (Secrecy News): “The Director of the Congressional Research Service this week prohibited all public distribution of CRS products without prior approval from senior agency officials.” (via)

Cindy Fuerst (She Said/He Said: Kankakee Public Library Blog) points to ILA’s talking points re opposition to HB1727 (which would mandate filters on public and school library computers).

Sylvia (Classical Bookworm) alerts us to imminent closing of British Columbia’s 144-year-old Legislative Library. More here. (via)

BLOGGING & MAILING LISTS:

Jason (Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian) has been thinking about anonymity in the blogosphere.

guenifhar says mailing lists are “just so last century” and wonders if it wouldn’t be easier to replace them with Livejournal-style communities. Jeanne Kramer-Smyth (SpellboundBlog) thinks about archiving and weeding of listserv posts.

Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch Blog) posted her answers (and links to others’ answers) to American Libraries’ follow-up article about school library bloggers.

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

ACRL 13th Annual Conference (March 29-April 1)
– reports from Katie (Young Librarian)
– reports from ACRLog
– Website – Blog

UCISA Management Conference 2007 (March 28-30)
– reports from Overdue Ideas.

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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending April 1

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Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian) has a plan for dealing with information overload.

Pamela Snelson (Inside Higher Ed) asks, is this the dawn of an exciting new age in academic libraries? (via)

Annoyed Librarian writes about theory and practice in library education.

Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarism is style) a Quick OPAC Survey until April 14. He has posted some of the results to date.

Christie Brandau (Travels with the State Librarian) points to a piece by a retired assistant library director about
the public library as an asylum for the homeless.

ALERTS:

from Steven Aftergood (Secrecy News): “The Director of the Congressional Research Service this week prohibited all public distribution of CRS products without prior approval from senior agency officials.” (via)

Cindy Fuerst (She Said/He Said: Kankakee Public Library Blog) points to ILA’s talking points re opposition to HB1727 (which would mandate filters on public and school library computers).

Sylvia (Classical Bookworm) alerts us to imminent closing of British Columbia’s 144-year-old Legislative Library. More here. (via)

BLOGGING & MAILING LISTS:

Jason (Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian) has been thinking about anonymity in the blogosphere.

guenifhar says mailing lists are “just so last century” and wonders if it wouldn’t be easier to replace them with Livejournal-style communities. Jeanne Kramer-Smyth (SpellboundBlog) thinks about archiving and weeding of listserv posts.

Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch Blog) posted her answers (and links to others’ answers) to American Libraries’ follow-up article about school library bloggers.

CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS

ACRL 13th Annual Conference (March 29-April 1)
– reports from Katie (Young Librarian)
– reports from ACRLog
– Website – Blog

UCISA Management Conference 2007 (March 28-30)
– reports from Overdue Ideas.

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