Archive for November, 2007
Attempt at Midwinter
In youthful naiveté, I assumed being a new member of the profession (and ALA) that I would just go to Midwinter, attend some stuff, get involved, etc. My brother moved to Philadelphia a few months ago so it sounded like a great time to make a visit to him and attend my first ALA [...]
Posted by Josh Petrusa on November 28th, 2007 under ACRL Chapters, Professional Development.
Comments: 20
How Libraries Might Once Again Become Technology Leaders
Joe Lucia, Villanova University’s University Librarian, made some interesting suggestions about open source development in a recent post to NGC4Lib, a mailing list dedicated to “Next Generation Catalogs for Libraries.”
What most frustrates me in a general sense is the degree to which in libraries our human capital and our financial resources are tied into commercial [...]
Posted by Brett Bonfield on November 27th, 2007 under Innovation, Technology Issues.
Comments: 2
Every Librarian A Leader, But…
There were two comments to my post about this profession needing to do more to develop its future leaders. Intentionally, my post was intended to speak to the need for upper echelon administrators, and the importance of developing our next generation of leaders who will take over those posts. Now perhaps that caused some umbrage [...]
Posted by StevenB on November 26th, 2007 under Administration/Leadership.
Comments: 10
Kindling Debate
It’s a trifle ironic that, on the same day that the new NEA jeremiad, er, report on how reading is going to hell in a handbasket (again) Amazon finally released its e-book reader, Kindle. So, if nobody reads anymore, is Kindle - or, as Newsweek puts it in swooningly glowing terms, “the future of reading” [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on November 19th, 2007 under Books, Technology Issues.
Comments: 5
Warming Up To The Idea Of User Education
Reading the latest (November 2007) issue of Against the Grain brought two surprises in one article. In his regular column (In My Humble But Correct Opinion) Rick Anderson takes up a public service issue, not his usual fare. So surprise number one is that he’s taking on the problem of the reference desk and the [...]
Posted by StevenB on November 19th, 2007 under Libraries and Learning, Public Services.
Comments: 2