This Week in LibraryBlogLand (Double Edition)
Two weeks ending January 14, 2007
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Note: I only got through 3/4 of my blog subscriptions. (You guys write a lot!) I’ll include the past two weeks’ worth of the remaining blogs in next week’s edition.
Reader’s Advisory: CrimeSpot.net (via). Also: Monster Librarian (via ???). Speaking of fiction: reading fiction => higher empathy (via).
In Brookfield (WI), librarians helped police catch a scammer. Right? Wrong? Discuss.
Phyllis (Something New Every Day) points to a WebJunction suggestion about always being ready to talk up your library. Steven Chabot (Subject/Object) points to a Globe and Mail article about Canada’s thriving libraries.
YALSA has a MySpace page (via). Michael Sauers explains how to run Second Life on a public computer. Speaking of: Second Life Library has podcasts.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) asks, Should tech support be an explicit library service? Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) has a tale from the trenches. Andrea Mercado (LibraryTechtonics) has some recommended reading. Ivan Chew (Rambling Librarian) wonders, if churches are doing it, will libraries have to resort to SMS-speak, too? Michael J. Giarlo (Technosophia) would like to start a BarCamp for New Jersey library geeks.
ACRLog comments on a Chronicle of Higher Education article about tenure, university presses, and libraries. Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) has co-written an eleven-part series about eBooks in libraries. Anna Creech (eclectic librarian) has been thinking about the future of the journal. Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch Blog) points to the set of articles in the December 1 Forbes that answer the question, Are books in danger?
Much talk about the press coverage of Fairfax County Public Library’s weeding practices: Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch); more comments at librarian.net; Simon Chamberlain (VALIS) points to several more blog posts (via). The library’s director responds.
Related to this, there’s a long discussion on Ezra Klein’s blog about libraries vs. bookstores (via).
Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) asks, is “open weeding” a Library 2.0 concept? More on weeding from Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant).
About the library that is closing for part of the day to keep out unruly teenagers:Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch). Late news: the library decides not to close.
Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) wonders what the library’s teens-related closing and the upcoming launch of the Netflix-like BookSwim forecast for the future of libraries.
Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibraryInBlack) points to a Linux.com article about open-source library ILS “Evergreen.” Comments from Corey Wallis (librariesinteract.info);
Jessamyn West (librarian.net) writes about Amazon’s nownow.com answers-by-email service.
Rochelle Hartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon) points out that, as a profession, library folks “are too damn polite.” Comments from Steve Lawson (See Also…); Walt Crawford (Walt at Random).
In Meredith Farkas’s blog, Information Wants to Be Free, the conversation morphed into a discussion about criticism, me-too-ism, and honesty; continued by Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian),
David Lee King has a series of articles about inviting participation in web 2.0. Joshua Neff (The Goblin in the Library) expanded the conversation to include his library’s patrons. In Elgin (IL), the community is invited to participate with YouTube videos. Meredith Farkas (Information Wants to Be Free) has some suggestions about encouraging participations in the wiki world.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) ties together the discussions about library politeness and online participation.
Mark Lindner (Off the Mark) is concerned about the future of the Carnival of the Infosciences.
Looking for the best Library Videos? (warning: some videos start automatically).
StevenB (ACRLog) has been thinking about the need to move ideas to practice. iSchool student Steven Chabot (Subject/Object) ponders the Theory and Practice Divide.
Nancy Dowd (The “M” Word) wants to know your “ten reasons why libraries are better than buying. Answers from tango (librariesinteract.info;
Peter Bromberg (Library Garden) has been thinking about how OPACs affect customer satisfaction. More from Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It).
Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today) on the limitations of assigning physical locations for books in the age of databases.
BLOGGING
When you blog, does/should your writing reflect on your employer? How about when you read or comment: how does it reflect on you? Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) explains why she blogs.
What are your “Must Read” library logs? Fiona Bradley (Blisspix) has a list of the uses made of blogs in librarianship. Need help keeping up with lib blogs? Kathryn Greenhill (librariesinteract.info) has some suggestions. Brian Mathews (The Ubiquitous Librarian) asks, are libraries’ news blogs worth it?
Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) asks, When is a blog a blog?
THE LIGHTER SIDE
Three-letter acronyms can be
Very confusing as you’ll see.
Wapsi Square (comic strip) had a sequence set in a library (via)
Jessica (The Cool Librarian) posted the Naomi Shihab Nye poem, “Because of Libraries We Can Say These Things.”
On the PUBLIB mailing list, Joe Schallan explains how to save money at conferences.
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
from Nancy Dowd (The “M” Word), what makes a good speaking celebrity.
eVisioning Maryland Libraries (January 10, 2007):
– Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant).
Five Weeks to a Social Library (February 12-March 12, 2007):
– The list of participants.
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday. [Feeds]
This Week in LibraryBlogLand (Double Edition)
Two weeks ending January 14, 2007
……….
Note: I only got through 3/4 of my blog subscriptions. (You guys write a lot!) I’ll include the past two weeks’ worth of the remaining blogs in next week’s edition.
Reader’s Advisory: CrimeSpot.net (via). Also: Monster Librarian (via ???). Speaking of fiction: reading fiction => higher empathy (via).
In Brookfield (WI), librarians helped police catch a scammer. Right? Wrong? Discuss.
Phyllis (Something New Every Day) points to a WebJunction suggestion about always being ready to talk up your library. Steven Chabot (Subject/Object) points to a Globe and Mail article about Canada’s thriving libraries.
YALSA has a MySpace page (via). Michael Sauers explains how to run Second Life on a public computer. Speaking of: Second Life Library has podcasts.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) asks, Should tech support be an explicit library service? Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) has a tale from the trenches. Andrea Mercado (LibraryTechtonics) has some recommended reading. Ivan Chew (Rambling Librarian) wonders, if churches are doing it, will libraries have to resort to SMS-speak, too? Michael J. Giarlo (Technosophia) would like to start a BarCamp for New Jersey library geeks.
ACRLog comments on a Chronicle of Higher Education article about tenure, university presses, and libraries. Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) has co-written an eleven-part series about eBooks in libraries. Anna Creech (eclectic librarian) has been thinking about the future of the journal. Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch Blog) points to the set of articles in the December 1 Forbes that answer the question, Are books in danger?
Much talk about the press coverage of Fairfax County Public Library’s weeding practices: Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch); more comments at librarian.net; Simon Chamberlain (VALIS) points to several more blog posts (via). The library’s director responds.
Related to this, there’s a long discussion on Ezra Klein’s blog about libraries vs. bookstores (via).
Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) asks, is “open weeding” a Library 2.0 concept? More on weeding from Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant).
About the library that is closing for part of the day to keep out unruly teenagers:Michael Casey (LibraryCrunch). Late news: the library decides not to close.
Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) wonders what the library’s teens-related closing and the upcoming launch of the Netflix-like BookSwim forecast for the future of libraries.
Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibraryInBlack) points to a Linux.com article about open-source library ILS “Evergreen.” Comments from Corey Wallis (librariesinteract.info);
Jessamyn West (librarian.net) writes about Amazon’s nownow.com answers-by-email service.
Rochelle Hartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon) points out that, as a profession, library folks “are too damn polite.” Comments from Steve Lawson (See Also…); Walt Crawford (Walt at Random).
In Meredith Farkas’s blog, Information Wants to Be Free, the conversation morphed into a discussion about criticism, me-too-ism, and honesty; continued by Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian),
David Lee King has a series of articles about inviting participation in web 2.0. Joshua Neff (The Goblin in the Library) expanded the conversation to include his library’s patrons. In Elgin (IL), the community is invited to participate with YouTube videos. Meredith Farkas (Information Wants to Be Free) has some suggestions about encouraging participations in the wiki world.
Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) ties together the discussions about library politeness and online participation.
Mark Lindner (Off the Mark) is concerned about the future of the Carnival of the Infosciences.
Looking for the best Library Videos? (warning: some videos start automatically).
StevenB (ACRLog) has been thinking about the need to move ideas to practice. iSchool student Steven Chabot (Subject/Object) ponders the Theory and Practice Divide.
Nancy Dowd (The “M” Word) wants to know your “ten reasons why libraries are better than buying. Answers from tango (librariesinteract.info;
Peter Bromberg (Library Garden) has been thinking about how OPACs affect customer satisfaction. More from Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It).
Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today) on the limitations of assigning physical locations for books in the age of databases.
BLOGGING
When you blog, does/should your writing reflect on your employer? How about when you read or comment: how does it reflect on you? Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It) explains why she blogs.
What are your “Must Read” library logs? Fiona Bradley (Blisspix) has a list of the uses made of blogs in librarianship. Need help keeping up with lib blogs? Kathryn Greenhill (librariesinteract.info) has some suggestions. Brian Mathews (The Ubiquitous Librarian) asks, are libraries’ news blogs worth it?
Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) asks, When is a blog a blog?
THE LIGHTER SIDE
Three-letter acronyms can be
Very confusing as you’ll see.
Wapsi Square (comic strip) had a sequence set in a library (via)
Jessica (The Cool Librarian) posted the Naomi Shihab Nye poem, “Because of Libraries We Can Say These Things.”
On the PUBLIB mailing list, Joe Schallan explains how to save money at conferences.
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
from Nancy Dowd (The “M” Word), what makes a good speaking celebrity.
eVisioning Maryland Libraries (January 10, 2007):
– Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant).
Five Weeks to a Social Library (February 12-March 12, 2007):
– The list of participants.
………………..
This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday. [Feeds]
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