This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending November 5, 2006
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Another conference-heavy installment, but at least this one is not all about Internet Librarian)
Krafty Librarian writes about “love to hate” clinical information vendor UpToDate.
Leeanne Romane (Re:Generations) re the role of academic librarians: BI or IL?
Greg (Open Stacks) announces that the Carnival of the Infosciences is under new management.
Janie L. Hermann (Library Garden) asks, Where are the 2.0 classes in public libraries? Comment from ‘brary web diva.
Rochelle (Tinfoil + Raccoon) reports on her visit to the Second Life Library. Be sure and read the comments, too. [Today’s Morning Edition on NPR had a story about money in Second Life.]
StevenB (ACRLog) on the information literary facade.
Jonathan Frater (The Rogue Scholar) lists 10 things about electronic resources that librarians need to know.
Steven Cohen (Library Stuff) points to a college newspaper’s article, “Library science examines future tech.”
Greg (Open Stacks) points to a “terrible guerrilla marketing idea” of placing bookmark adverts into library books.
A recent local Chicago news report (timed for November sweeps ratings) about libraries and crime was the topic of discussion on the LivejournalLibraries community.
TIPS
– from Michael Sauers (Travelin’ Librarian): Mining Flickr for fair-use photos for presentations.
– Aaron Schmidt (walking paper) posted several IM talking points to help get your library IMing.
– Carleen Huxley (Library Shrine) points to YALSA’s list of Positive Uses for Social Networking.
THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Librarian: King Solomon’s Mines: the comic book series. (via Catalogablog)
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
– long list of Library Related Conferences compiled by Marian Dworaczek.
KMWorld & Intranets 2006 (October 31-November 2):
– Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today).
Internet Librarian 2006 (October 23-25):
– Michael Stephens (ALA TechSource).
– Rick Roche (ricklibrarian).
– Kate Carter (Without a Blogger Badge).
Access 2006 (October 11-14):
– Podcasts (via)
Educause 2006 (October 9-12):
– Tom Keays.
ASIST2006 (November 3-8):
– Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant).
LITA (October 27-29):
– Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian).
– LITA Blog.
SILRC
– Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian).
Stellenbosch Ninth Annual Symposium (November 2-3)
– Richard Wallis (Panlibus).
FSOSS 2006 (October 26-27)
– John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian).
SLJ Leadership Summit 2006 (November 3-4):
– Christopher Harris (Infomancy).
– More bloggers.
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending November 5, 2006
……….
Another conference-heavy installment, but at least this one is not all about Internet Librarian)
Krafty Librarian writes about “love to hate” clinical information vendor UpToDate.
Leeanne Romane (Re:Generations) re the role of academic librarians: BI or IL?
Greg (Open Stacks) announces that the Carnival of the Infosciences is under new management.
Janie L. Hermann (Library Garden) asks, Where are the 2.0 classes in public libraries? Comment from ‘brary web diva.
Rochelle (Tinfoil + Raccoon) reports on her visit to the Second Life Library. Be sure and read the comments, too. [Today’s Morning Edition on NPR had a story about money in Second Life.]
StevenB (ACRLog) on the information literary facade.
Jonathan Frater (The Rogue Scholar) lists 10 things about electronic resources that librarians need to know.
Steven Cohen (Library Stuff) points to a college newspaper’s article, “Library science examines future tech.”
Greg (Open Stacks) points to a “terrible guerrilla marketing idea” of placing bookmark adverts into library books.
A recent local Chicago news report (timed for November sweeps ratings) about libraries and crime was the topic of discussion on the LivejournalLibraries community.
TIPS
– from Michael Sauers (Travelin’ Librarian): Mining Flickr for fair-use photos for presentations.
– Aaron Schmidt (walking paper) posted several IM talking points to help get your library IMing.
– Carleen Huxley (Library Shrine) points to YALSA’s list of Positive Uses for Social Networking.
THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Librarian: King Solomon’s Mines: the comic book series. (via Catalogablog)
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
– long list of Library Related Conferences compiled by Marian Dworaczek.
KMWorld & Intranets 2006 (October 31-November 2):
– Nicole C. Engard (What I Learned Today).
Internet Librarian 2006 (October 23-25):
– Michael Stephens (ALA TechSource).
– Rick Roche (ricklibrarian).
– Kate Carter (Without a Blogger Badge).
Access 2006 (October 11-14):
– Podcasts (via)
Educause 2006 (October 9-12):
– Tom Keays.
ASIST2006 (November 3-8):
– Christina Pikas (Christina’s LIS Rant).
LITA (October 27-29):
– Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian).
– LITA Blog.
SILRC
– Joy Weese Moll (Wanderings of a Student Librarian).
Stellenbosch Ninth Annual Symposium (November 2-3)
– Richard Wallis (Panlibus).
FSOSS 2006 (October 26-27)
– John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian).
SLJ Leadership Summit 2006 (November 3-4):
– Christopher Harris (Infomancy).
– More bloggers.
………………..
This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday before noon (Central time). [Feeds]
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