This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending October 29-30, 2006
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(Because of all the conference coverage, I only got through half my blog subscriptions–at twice the usual number of posts. Again, apologies to the bloggers I didn’t get to.)
Angel (Gypsy Librarian) comments re Todd Gilman’s column about librarians and academic faculty.
Jack Stephens (Conversator) comments re the Library Journal article on libraries, niches, and the long tail.
Two library-related Google Co-op custom search engines:
– LISZEN [temp url]: About.
– LIS Research: About.
Christopher Harris (Infomancy) has an analogy to explain the concept of libraries.
Rochelle (Tinfoil + Raccoon) tells a story about RuneScape as empathy-building tool for public service staff.
StevenB (ACRLog) on the importance of keeping up.
Anna Katterjohn (In the Bookroom) points to Jessamyn West’s article about Ask MetaFilter.
John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian) comments on K.G. Schneider’s list of “Library 1.0 versus Library 2.0” examples.
THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Librarian’s Sonnet, by Dave Alway.
Will the real Libraryman please stand up?
Library shelving ballet (via Lorcan Dempsey)
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
Internet Librarian 2006 (October 23-25):
– InfoTodayBlog has a long list of more bloggers.
– Another list of bloggers.
– Elizabeth Lane Lawley (mamamusings) posted links to her presentations.
– Technorati: il2006 – il06
– il2006.
LITA Forum 2006 (October 26-29):
– LITA Blog.
Join Conference of Librarians of Color (October 11-15):
– Angel (Gypsy Librarian) starts here.
ACRL Northwest 2006
– eclectic librarian.
mLearn 2006 (October 22-25):
– Rochelle Mazar (random access mazar).
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This Week in LibraryBlogLand
Week ending October 29-30, 2006
……….
(Because of all the conference coverage, I only got through half my blog subscriptions–at twice the usual number of posts. Again, apologies to the bloggers I didn’t get to.)
Angel (Gypsy Librarian) comments re Todd Gilman’s column about librarians and academic faculty.
Jack Stephens (Conversator) comments re the Library Journal article on libraries, niches, and the long tail.
Two library-related Google Co-op custom search engines:
– LISZEN [temp url]: About.
– LIS Research: About.
Christopher Harris (Infomancy) has an analogy to explain the concept of libraries.
Rochelle (Tinfoil + Raccoon) tells a story about RuneScape as empathy-building tool for public service staff.
StevenB (ACRLog) on the importance of keeping up.
Anna Katterjohn (In the Bookroom) points to Jessamyn West’s article about Ask MetaFilter.
John Dupuis (Confessions of a Science Librarian) comments on K.G. Schneider’s list of “Library 1.0 versus Library 2.0” examples.
THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Librarian’s Sonnet, by Dave Alway.
Will the real Libraryman please stand up?
Library shelving ballet (via Lorcan Dempsey)
CONFERENCE NOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
Internet Librarian 2006 (October 23-25):
– InfoTodayBlog has a long list of more bloggers.
– Another list of bloggers.
– Elizabeth Lane Lawley (mamamusings) posted links to her presentations.
– Technorati: il2006 – il06
– il2006.
LITA Forum 2006 (October 26-29):
– LITA Blog.
Join Conference of Librarians of Color (October 11-15):
– Angel (Gypsy Librarian) starts here.
ACRL Northwest 2006
– eclectic librarian.
mLearn 2006 (October 22-25):
– Rochelle Mazar (random access mazar).
………………..
This Week in LibraryBlogLand (TWiL) appears on lisnews.org every Monday before noon (Central time). [Feeds]
1.0 vs 2.0
I’m liking Dupuis response so far but I think he misses something –
followed shortly by –
That 2nd one is a very clear example why you have to ignore one in the favour of the other. Every library has to have a strong *community* presence in order to survive. And even if you have some services that are considered global they should have a strong local stamp on it.