This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending January 28
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Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) lists his Top 10 library 2.0 “No-brainers” for public libraries. Mary Carmen Chimato (Circ and Serve) asks, can access services be included in Library 2.0? Meredith Farkas (Web4lib) points to Bonaria Biancu’s Library 2.0 meme map. Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) posts his 2006 article about the most important traits of Librarian 2.0. Comments from Scott Pfitzinger (BiblioTech Web). Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian) writes about what she perceives to be The Dark Side of Library 2.0.
Jon Udell points out the difference between use experience and user experience and notes the importance of the “aha” moment.
Follow-up re Karen Schneider’s article about IT planning by non-IT departments: comments from Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) and Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It). LIGHTER SIDE: Sean (ACPL’s IT blog) presents a PC-and-Mac-style ad about librarians and the IT dept.”
When you digitize, are you preserving the content or the original item? Some thoughts from Jill Hurst-Wahl (Digitization 101). Mary Minow (LibraryLaw Blog) explains how the Kahle v. Gonzales decision is bad for libraries. Jessamyn West (librarian.net) comments re U.S. National Archives/footnote.com digitization deal. More about it from Jill Hurst-Wahl. More comments from Jeanne Kramer-Smyth (Spellbound Blog) and Dan Cohen.
Jessamyn West says, go read “More on What is Going on at the Library of Congress.” David Bigwood agrees and also points to a paper about the elimination of Series Authority Records. Thom Hickey (Outgoing) has a short note about finding legendary characters in bibliographic records.
Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarism is style) has also been working on adding user ratings to the OPAC. Richard Akerman (Science Library Pad) comments about the D-Lib Magazine article about OPACs. Also many comments about Karen Coyle’s article, “Resource Description and Access: Cataloging for the 20th Century” in her blog (Coyle’s InFormation).
About John Blyberg’s SOPAC: comments from techxplorer (librariesinteract.info). Josh Neff (the goblin in the library) says it’s the code-sharing that is the most significant aspect and that we should do more of it.
Want to play with an Open Source CMS? Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) is proposing to let up to 20 people ‘play’ with the backend of a Joomla-powered website on a test-server.
Ryan Eby (ebyblog) points to Nelsonville Public Library’s Q&A about their 2003 move to Koha.
Follow-up re Wired News article about libraries, OverDrive, and DRM: comments from Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack); David Fulton (Daveman’s Tech Tips).
Peter Suber (Open Access News) has several posts about the Association of American Publishers’s (AAP) PR campaign against open access. More comments from Barbara Fister (ACRLog), Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector), Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian), and Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rants). Also from Dorothea Salo, AAP/PSP’s response, translated.
Information Today, Inc.’s 2007 InfoTubey Awards: “InfoTubies recognize those libraries or individuals who have created YouTube library-related productions that promote a library, or library services, or enhance the library’s value. Deadline for submissions: February 14, 2007.” (via)
Eri (Z Words) responds to DC librarian’s lament. More from Jason (Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian). Eri (Z Words) also points to a Christian Science Monitor editorial calling for more classics in school reading lists.
Weeding: David Bigwood (Catalogablog) points to the SUNLINK Weed of the Month Archive.
Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian) has more job searching advice.
Another custom search engine: ALA-RUSA Best Free Reference Web Sites (via)
Karen A. Coombs (Library Web Chic) explains her love-hate relationship with ALA. Michael Golrick (Thoughts from a Library Administrator wishes there were a way to follow ALA Council proceedings from afar.
Meredith Farkas (Information Wants to Be Free) writes at length about when distance learning goes bad.
Doug Johnson (The Blue Skunk Blog) posts his 1995 column, “How Important is Certification?
Mary Minow (LibraryLaw Blog) writes about best policies for dealing with unattended children.
Mary Carmen Chimato (Circ and Serve) writes about Circ/Ill/Reserves’ collective self-esteem problems.
David Rothman (davidrothman.net) writes about using iPods for library training.
Paul R. Pival (The Distant Librarian) comments on a preliminary study of Google Scholar.
Mary Beth (Imprompty Librarian) points out a shooting incident at the Anderson County (SC) Library. [Google News]
T. Tallent (Yes to Know) that golf pencils are “a perfect little example of old ideas or practices that aren’t really serving us any more in libraries.” (via)
Mita (new jack librarian) has strong feelings about collection development policies.
Getting the word out: Nichole (nichole’s auxiliary storage) points to a Feb 2007 Macworld article that includes “Use your local library” among the tips and tools to “find the good stuff fast.”
From St. Joseph Public Library: “Top 10 things you probably didn’t know your library offered” (via(. Jason (Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian) tackles the question, Should libraries offer video games?
HOW TO choose CD/DVD archival media (via)
Mark Leggott (LoomWare) points to Laura Rein’s article (Inside Higher Ed) about the changing “place” of the library.
More food metaphors: Rochelle Mazar (Random Access Mazar) explains how information is like beef brisket.
Dave Lankes (Virtual Dave…Real Blog) points to the ALA-OITP/IIS technology brief, “Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation.”
Michel-Adrien Sheppard (Library Boy) comments on the recent study on book snobbery.
From LISNews: 10 blogs to read in 2007. Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian) is planning to do a weekly round-up of posts she has marked in her feed reader.
[More after the jump]
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending January 28
……….
Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) lists his Top 10 library 2.0 “No-brainers” for public libraries. Mary Carmen Chimato (Circ and Serve) asks, can access services be included in Library 2.0? Meredith Farkas (Web4lib) points to Bonaria Biancu’s Library 2.0 meme map. Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) posts his 2006 article about the most important traits of Librarian 2.0. Comments from Scott Pfitzinger (BiblioTech Web). Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian) writes about what she perceives to be The Dark Side of Library 2.0.
Jon Udell points out the difference between use experience and user experience and notes the importance of the “aha” moment.
Follow-up re Karen Schneider’s article about IT planning by non-IT departments: comments from Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack) and Jennifer Macaulay (Life as I Know It). LIGHTER SIDE: Sean (ACPL’s IT blog) presents a PC-and-Mac-style ad about librarians and the IT dept.”
When you digitize, are you preserving the content or the original item? Some thoughts from Jill Hurst-Wahl (Digitization 101). Mary Minow (LibraryLaw Blog) explains how the Kahle v. Gonzales decision is bad for libraries. Jessamyn West (librarian.net) comments re U.S. National Archives/footnote.com digitization deal. More about it from Jill Hurst-Wahl. More comments from Jeanne Kramer-Smyth (Spellbound Blog) and Dan Cohen.
Jessamyn West says, go read “More on What is Going on at the Library of Congress.” David Bigwood agrees and also points to a paper about the elimination of Series Authority Records. Thom Hickey (Outgoing) has a short note about finding legendary characters in bibliographic records.
Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarism is style) has also been working on adding user ratings to the OPAC. Richard Akerman (Science Library Pad) comments about the D-Lib Magazine article about OPACs. Also many comments about Karen Coyle’s article, “Resource Description and Access: Cataloging for the 20th Century” in her blog (Coyle’s InFormation).
About John Blyberg’s SOPAC: comments from techxplorer (librariesinteract.info). Josh Neff (the goblin in the library) says it’s the code-sharing that is the most significant aspect and that we should do more of it.
Want to play with an Open Source CMS? Ryan Deschamps (The Other Librarian) is proposing to let up to 20 people ‘play’ with the backend of a Joomla-powered website on a test-server.
Ryan Eby (ebyblog) points to Nelsonville Public Library’s Q&A about their 2003 move to Koha.
Follow-up re Wired News article about libraries, OverDrive, and DRM: comments from Sarah Houghton-Jan (LibrarianInBlack); David Fulton (Daveman’s Tech Tips).
Peter Suber (Open Access News) has several posts about the Association of American Publishers’s (AAP) PR campaign against open access. More comments from Barbara Fister (ACRLog), Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector), Iris Jastram (Pegasus Librarian), and Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rants). Also from Dorothea Salo, AAP/PSP’s response, translated.
Information Today, Inc.’s 2007 InfoTubey Awards: “InfoTubies recognize those libraries or individuals who have created YouTube library-related productions that promote a library, or library services, or enhance the library’s value. Deadline for submissions: February 14, 2007.” (via)
Eri (Z Words) responds to DC librarian’s lament. More from Jason (Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian). Eri (Z Words) also points to a Christian Science Monitor editorial calling for more classics in school reading lists.
Weeding: David Bigwood (Catalogablog) points to the SUNLINK Weed of the Month Archive.
Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian) has more job searching advice.
Another custom search engine: ALA-RUSA Best Free Reference Web Sites (via)
Karen A. Coombs (Library Web Chic) explains her love-hate relationship with ALA. Michael Golrick (Thoughts from a Library Administrator wishes there were a way to follow ALA Council proceedings from afar.
Meredith Farkas (Information Wants to Be Free) writes at length about when distance learning goes bad.
Doug Johnson (The Blue Skunk Blog) posts his 1995 column, “How Important is Certification?
Mary Minow (LibraryLaw Blog) writes about best policies for dealing with unattended children.
Mary Carmen Chimato (Circ and Serve) writes about Circ/Ill/Reserves’ collective self-esteem problems.
David Rothman (davidrothman.net) writes about using iPods for library training.
Paul R. Pival (The Distant Librarian) comments on a preliminary study of Google Scholar.
Mary Beth (Imprompty Librarian) points out a shooting incident at the Anderson County (SC) Library. [Google News]
T. Tallent (Yes to Know) that golf pencils are “a perfect little example of old ideas or practices that aren’t really serving us any more in libraries.” (via)
Mita (new jack librarian) has strong feelings about collection development policies.
Getting the word out: Nichole (nichole’s auxiliary storage) points to a Feb 2007 Macworld article that includes “Use your local library” among the tips and tools to “find the good stuff fast.”
From St. Joseph Public Library: “Top 10 things you probably didn’t know your library offered” (via(. Jason (Thus Spoke Pragmatic Librarian) tackles the question, Should libraries offer video games?
HOW TO choose CD/DVD archival media (via)
Mark Leggott (LoomWare) points to Laura Rein’s article (Inside Higher Ed) about the changing “place” of the library.
More food metaphors: Rochelle Mazar (Random Access Mazar) explains how information is like beef brisket.
Dave Lankes (Virtual Dave…Real Blog) points to the ALA-OITP/IIS technology brief, “Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation.”
Michel-Adrien Sheppard (Library Boy) comments on the recent study on book snobbery.
From LISNews: 10 blogs to read in 2007. Sarah Clark (The Scattered Librarian) is planning to do a weekly round-up of posts she has marked in her feed reader.
[More after the jump]
BLOGGING
Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) writes about personal blogging and professional common sense.
Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) has a couple of posts about team blogs and institutional provision of blogs.
Is your listing in the Open Directory Project wrong or outdated? You probably can’t fix the listing, but Darlene Fichter (Blog on the Side) shows how to fix some search engine results.
Angel Rivera (The Gypsy Librarian) has collected some posts on finding ideas for blogging.
THE LIGHTER SIDE
The winners of Overdue Media’s (“the Unshelved guys”) Pimp My Bookcart contest.
The Library Predic-o-matic 3000 (by Dave Pattern (Self-plagiarism is style).
Videos: David Rothman (davidrothman.net) points to a trailer for independent film Shelf Life, a “dark comedy of petty office politics in a library. Also via David, Three of a Kind: The One at the Library.
Mark Lindner (Off the Mark) is “collecting songs ‘about’ cataloging, classification, naming, lexicography, language issues, and a small group of related topics not fully explicated (yet).”
Illustrated Librarian Temporary Tattoos. (via)
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
In the February Cites & Insights,* Walt Crawford combined a lot of advice about conference speaking.
StevenB (ACRLog) has some thoughts for better conference discussions. He also discusses the idea of having research paper programs at ALA.
Open Repositories Conference 2007 (Jan. 23-26)
– Dorothea Salo (Caveat Lector).
– Karen A. Coombs (Library Web Chic)
Association for Library and Information Science (ALISE) Annual (Jan. 15-18)
– Joyce Valenza (NeverEndingSearch Blog) attended ALISE and ALA back to back. Short report.
Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting (Jan. 18-20)
– Barbara Fister (ACRLog)
ALA Midwinter 2007 (Jan. 19-24)
LITA Blog
Katie (Young Librarian)
David Lee King
PLA Blog
Anna Creech (eclectic librarian)
QuestionPoint blog
Rochelle Hartman (Tinfoil + Raccoon)
Michael Porter
(Libraryman).
Andrew Pace (Hectic Pace)
Jim Rettig (Twlight Librarian)
Jonathan Rochkind posted a report as a comment in FRBR Blog. (via)
– More bloggers at the MidWinter2007 wiki.
* Yes, I know C&I is not a blog.
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