This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending 16 October 2005
Bloglines has a list of Quick Picks. Shifted Librarian is listed under “Bookworm” and “Wordsmith”; Librarians’ Internet Index: New This Week can be found under “Blogosphere Buzz.”
Since now you can buy ABC shows the day after they air for $1.99 each and play them on your video iPod, could a library buy a video iPod, load it with a season’s worth of downloaded (and paid for) episodes, and lend it out?
Jenny Levine (ALA TechSource) writes about ways to get library content and services out to the world rather than forcing users to go to the website. Michael Casey at LibraryCrunch comments. Steve Lawson at See Also replies.
Librarianship as penance? Not likely, says Mark Lindner (the thoughts are broken).
Steven M. Cohen (Library Stuff) comments re Peter Jacso’s article, “Informed and Underinformed Librarians.” So does Angel (Gypsy Librarian) and Amanda Robertson (Data Obsessed).
Christopher Harris (Infomancy) talks about the Dungeons & Dragons library initiative.
Discussion on LISNews re Wikipedia founder admits some quality-control problems. Alec (Librarians at the Gate) and MaissonBisson point to a web4lib discussion about the nature of truth and the definition of “Authority.”
Open Worldcat has released a commenting system for Open Worldcat records, write Steven M. Cohen (Library Stuff), Alane Wilson (It’s all good), Karen G. Schneider (Free Range Librarian), Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free), dcornwall (Free Government Information), and Chrystie (BlogJunction).
Angel (Gypsy Librarian) continues the series of posts, What I do as a librarian and Ivan Chew (Rambling Librarian) continues his series about becoming a librarian. Heidi Dolamore (quiddle) posted a few of the questions she was asked at job interviews.
Dave Hook (Industrial Librarian) has some suggestions for how to increase your chances that people will fill out your survey.
Andrea Mercado (LibraryTechtonics) reports that they’re doing NaNoWriMo at her library this year.
A juvenile lawyer said that librarians are mandated reporters. rhartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon) said it’s not so. Discussion ensued.
Walt Crawford’s latest Cites & Insights is out. Mark Lindner (the thoughts are broken) has comments.
Candi, at LibTalk Blog, asks, how to you promote your library’s blog?
Mary Minow (LibraryLaw Blog) tackles the question, is a patron’s computer that is connected to the library’s wireless network subject to the same scrutiny under the Patriot Act as the library’s computers?
lislemck at Biblioblather writes about the holes in the historical record caused by the Tasini decision.
Dave Hook (Industrial Librarian) wonders whether someone could come up with a way to quantify a negative search.
Following up on a post from Walt Crawford, Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian) writes about watching TV as professional development.
Stephen Abram (Stephen’s Lighthouse) has posted the final part of his 32 tips to inspire innovation for you and your library.
The Krafty Librarian has converted her library’s card catalog to an online catalog and posted her review and thoughts re CyberTools for Libraries.
Marylaine Block (Ex Libris) writes about library outreach and what if the interior design of libraries were a bit more “manly.”
Follow-up: More talk about digital services and the death (?) of print from Luke Rosenberger (lbr) (here and here) and Walt Crawford (Walt at Random). The discussion also continues at LISNews.com.
Follow-up: Chad F. Boeninger (Library Voice) writes about librarianship, degrees, and perceptions of educational level.
Follow-up: Last week, Michael McGrorty told a hypotherical story about a challenged library book and asked how we’d write the note to the patron. Angel, the Gypsy Librarian, has an answer.
Follow-up: Michael McGrorty (Library Dust) re blogging (This Pleasant Slavery).
Follow-up: Travis Ennis has more about “should librarians be coders.”
Conference notes and presentations
Debbie Stafford is curious about how people have used the AASL conference blog.
Marydee Ojala (ONLINE Insider) continues to blog Internet Library International (ILI2005), as does Richard Akerman (Science Library Pad). Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) covers the Blogger’s Toolkit Workshop and posted his and Rob Coers presentation, “Twenty Technology Training Tips for Trainers. The ILI2005 official website has posted links to presentations. (via)
Andrea Mercado has posted her WebJunction presentation, “Using Flickr @ Reading Public Library.”
Access 2005 (aka Hackfest): all the posts and some photos. (via).
Jonathan Furner (025.431: The Dewey Blog) has three posts about the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee (EPC) meeting. Starts here.
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on LISNews.com every Monday before noon (Central time).
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending 16 October 2005
Bloglines has a list of Quick Picks. Shifted Librarian is listed under “Bookworm” and “Wordsmith”; Librarians’ Internet Index: New This Week can be found under “Blogosphere Buzz.”
Since now you can buy ABC shows the day after they air for $1.99 each and play them on your video iPod, could a library buy a video iPod, load it with a season’s worth of downloaded (and paid for) episodes, and lend it out?
Jenny Levine (ALA TechSource) writes about ways to get library content and services out to the world rather than forcing users to go to the website. Michael Casey at LibraryCrunch comments. Steve Lawson at See Also replies.
Librarianship as penance? Not likely, says Mark Lindner (the thoughts are broken).
Steven M. Cohen (Library Stuff) comments re Peter Jacso’s article, “Informed and Underinformed Librarians.” So does Angel (Gypsy Librarian) and Amanda Robertson (Data Obsessed).
Christopher Harris (Infomancy) talks about the Dungeons & Dragons library initiative.
Discussion on LISNews re Wikipedia founder admits some quality-control problems. Alec (Librarians at the Gate) and MaissonBisson point to a web4lib discussion about the nature of truth and the definition of “Authority.”
Open Worldcat has released a commenting system for Open Worldcat records, write Steven M. Cohen (Library Stuff), Alane Wilson (It’s all good), Karen G. Schneider (Free Range Librarian), Meredith Farkas (Information Wants To Be Free), dcornwall (Free Government Information), and Chrystie (BlogJunction).
Angel (Gypsy Librarian) continues the series of posts, What I do as a librarian and Ivan Chew (Rambling Librarian) continues his series about becoming a librarian. Heidi Dolamore (quiddle) posted a few of the questions she was asked at job interviews.
Dave Hook (Industrial Librarian) has some suggestions for how to increase your chances that people will fill out your survey.
Andrea Mercado (LibraryTechtonics) reports that they’re doing NaNoWriMo at her library this year.
A juvenile lawyer said that librarians are mandated reporters. rhartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon) said it’s not so. Discussion ensued.
Walt Crawford’s latest Cites & Insights is out. Mark Lindner (the thoughts are broken) has comments.
Candi, at LibTalk Blog, asks, how to you promote your library’s blog?
Mary Minow (LibraryLaw Blog) tackles the question, is a patron’s computer that is connected to the library’s wireless network subject to the same scrutiny under the Patriot Act as the library’s computers?
lislemck at Biblioblather writes about the holes in the historical record caused by the Tasini decision.
Dave Hook (Industrial Librarian) wonders whether someone could come up with a way to quantify a negative search.
Following up on a post from Walt Crawford, Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian) writes about watching TV as professional development.
Stephen Abram (Stephen’s Lighthouse) has posted the final part of his 32 tips to inspire innovation for you and your library.
The Krafty Librarian has converted her library’s card catalog to an online catalog and posted her review and thoughts re CyberTools for Libraries.
Marylaine Block (Ex Libris) writes about library outreach and what if the interior design of libraries were a bit more “manly.”
Follow-up: More talk about digital services and the death (?) of print from Luke Rosenberger (lbr) (here and here) and Walt Crawford (Walt at Random). The discussion also continues at LISNews.com.
Follow-up: Chad F. Boeninger (Library Voice) writes about librarianship, degrees, and perceptions of educational level.
Follow-up: Last week, Michael McGrorty told a hypotherical story about a challenged library book and asked how we’d write the note to the patron. Angel, the Gypsy Librarian, has an answer.
Follow-up: Michael McGrorty (Library Dust) re blogging (This Pleasant Slavery).
Follow-up: Travis Ennis has more about “should librarians be coders.”
Conference notes and presentations
Debbie Stafford is curious about how people have used the AASL conference blog.
Marydee Ojala (ONLINE Insider) continues to blog Internet Library International (ILI2005), as does Richard Akerman (Science Library Pad). Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) covers the Blogger’s Toolkit Workshop and posted his and Rob Coers presentation, “Twenty Technology Training Tips for Trainers. The ILI2005 official website has posted links to presentations. (via)
Andrea Mercado has posted her WebJunction presentation, “Using Flickr @ Reading Public Library.”
Access 2005 (aka Hackfest): all the posts and some photos. (via).
Jonathan Furner (025.431: The Dewey Blog) has three posts about the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee (EPC) meeting. Starts here.
………………..
This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on LISNews.com every Monday before noon (Central time).
I don’t know how you do it…
But I hope you continue. You scan an astonishing range of library-related blogs and do a fine job of selecting and clustering interesting items.
Great job, as usual
Excellent job as usual and thanks for all the hard work! This is definitely where I discover the most new-to-me blogs. Eagerly awaiting the RSS feed.
Re:I don’t know how you do it…
Thanks. I still need to work on time management so it doesn’t eat up so much of my Sundays, but so far it’s been worth it.
Re:Great job, as usual
Thanks. I was supposed to prune my Bloglines subscription list but instead it’s still growing a bit (not as fast as it used to, fortunately).