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 17, 2007
……….
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]
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