Wednesday, November 11, 2009
“New Librarianship” Keynote Charleston Conference 2009, Charleston, SC. Abstract: The best days of librarianship are ahead of us. However, to get there the field must step back, refocus, and reexamine our core principles. We as a profession have become so focused on the trees of standards and process that we are now at risk from [...]
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
10 questions about books, libraries, librarians, and schools .. .. from Dangerouslyirrelevant.org Random questions What constitutes a “book” these days? When books become electronic and thus become searchable, hyperlinkable, more accessible to readers with disabilities, and able to embed audio, video, and interactive maps and graphics, at what point do they stop becoming “books” and [...]
Digital School Library Leaves Book Stacks Behind : NPR Blogged with the Flock Browser
The Wired Campus – The Netflix of Academic Journals Opens Shop – The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogged with the Flock Browser
Library Catalog Wars – http://bit.ly/4fxf09
The Future of Reading – As the book changes form …. http://bit.ly/1ZW7Xa
Is the Library an Entitlement or a Privilege? http://bit.ly/1TWA7h
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Print Books on Demand – Espresso Book Machine ILL Buying instead of Lending Netflix Deep Dyve – Much Open Content is valuabvle and Much Open Content is Good – Mass Amateurization – Open Access Publishing Libraries are Becoming Publishers via Institutional Repositories Libraries Still Looking for ways to Effectively Integrate Electronically into Course Content (CMS) [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Taking Account: Mission Comments from: Books: OMM; GTG; GTG Social; True North; Leadership Ensemble + those to come Conferences/Projects: ACRL Greensboro CIT David Lewis SUNYLA 2.0 Tools Bergren Publishing Management / Leadership / Entrepreneurship / Thoughts Mission, Vision, Goals MBTI Flatten Orgs GTG Authentic Leadership Competition Visits and Biblioteca Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – Bavarian State Library: [...]
