“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 missing [...]
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 start becoming something [...]
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
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) .. Is this possible? Really?
E-Book Readers [...]
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: Munich Bavarian State Library: Located in Munich, this large library was named Germany’s library of the year last year. [...]
