Gen*Y Librarian

Gray ceiling

2006-08-16T17:39:00.000-04:00

We wouldn't have this problem in libraries, now would we?
*clears throat*

LIS Conferences

2006-03-09T10:54:00.000-05:00

Next year, I'll be prepared:

ALA Midwinter - January
Code4Lib - February
E-Resources & Libraries - March (Atlanta)
Information Highways - March (Toronto)
Computers in Libraries - March/April
ACRL National - March/April (2007)
ILF Annual - April/May
LOEX - May (East)
WILU - May (Canada) *added 3/11
ALA Annual - June
ALA Immersion - July/August
Library Assessment - September (Charlottesville)
Blog University - September
Web 2.0 Conference - October
EDUCAUSE - October
Internet Librarian - October
Brick & Click Libraries - October/ November (NW Missouri)
ALAO - November

More here: http://www.fiu.edu/~hastyd/lcp.html

Inventio

2006-02-13T08:28:00.000-05:00

An online journal dedicated to "creative thinking about learning and teaching" from GMU. It has potential, but not much substance right now.

Anyone else know other good resources on developing effective teaching skills?

Idea Store

2006-01-17T11:30:00.000-05:00

I get it. So cool.

One Big Pond

2005-12-30T11:24:00.000-05:00

According to Phil Bradley's weblog, the UK Government has created an e-innovations wiki to encourage discussion on local government. Meanwhile, my government plays big brother.

More proof that the internet's not good or evil by itself; it's all about how you use it.

That Pesky Job Market

2005-12-30T11:02:00.000-05:00

According to the Dept of Labor, we librarians now have to wait until at least 2014 to see job opportunities improve. Great.

Librarians want to be free

2005-12-20T12:37:00.000-05:00

ALA had better get their act together. I'll let Meredith explain the rest.

OpinMind Poll

2005-12-15T10:04:00.000-05:00

New web application OpinMind searches blogs for your keyword, then uses context clues to give it a positive or negative assignement.

The (mostly frivoulous) statistics are in:
1) 68% of bloggers have a positive view of the library;
2) But this falls short of Google's 73% approval rating.

Note: results are not edited for profanity.

Tip: Portal

2005-12-13T10:33:00.000-05:00

I have found that Portal: Libraries and the Academy makes a good browsing journal, especially if you have access to it through Project Muse.

Squidoo Live

2005-12-07T15:02:00.000-05:00

An e-mail from the Squidoo team that came through yesterday:

"You may notice something special about Squidoo today.

"We have quietly — and completely — moved out of the closed beta test... and into a public beta.

"That means that anyone can visit Squidoo, find lenses, claim lenses, and build their own. We're thrilled to open our doors to the public, and to let everyone use the platform that you've been helping us test and improve these last few weeks."

This service works like wikipedia (with "experts" contributing to information areas) on a blog platform. Not sure what this latest web 2.0 betaware will mean for library-world, but try it out here if you're interested.

On My Mind

2005-12-02T12:51:00.000-05:00

Hint: it ain't Georgia.

In no particular order

partnering with Apple or other MP3 service to offer MP3s for "check-out" (certainly this is being done somewhere in library world already?);
using the wiki platform to generate subject resource guides (buh-bye old pathfinders);
why do the call me "information services librarian"? I certainly hope I can serve you more than just information (hey, not that! jeesh!). Although, on second thought, I don't think I'd like my title to be Happy Person Who Helps With Stuff. Just "librarian" is ok though;
how our collections are bloated with useless material (volume does not indicate quality. it indicates volume. that's it);
how can we have a space set aside for food and beverage consumption in the library and NOT offer a coffee shop? or coffee cart? or anything coffee related (other than the coffee vending machines, which fail to satisfy consumers even at highway rest areas)?

Someday I'll Read: The Bibliography

2005-12-01T16:26:00.000-05:00

In pseudo-APA style

Chad, K. and P. Miller (Nov. 2005). Do libraries matter? The rise of Library 2.0. Talis (white paper).

Fortunato, S. and others (1 Nov. 2005). The egalitarian effect of search engines. (Indiana University study.)

Gordon, R. S. (n.d.). Publish, don't perish! Emerald Library Link, available at link (1 Dec. 2005).

Landesman, M. (2005). Getting it right: The evolution of reference collections. The Reference Librarian, 44:91/92, p. 5-22.
From the summary: The author concludes that while reference questions will always be with us; it is perhaps less certain that they will always be answered from “reference works” in collections labeled “reference.”

Olsen, S. (18 Nov 2005). The millenials usher in a new area. CNET NEWS.com.
How the new generation views technology and online portals.

Rouch, W. (Aug 2005). Social machines: Computing means connecting. Technology Review.
A discussion of social technology online.