The New York Times has released TimesMachine, a specific wayback machine that allows you to browse replicas of past issues, from September 18, 1851 to December 31, 1922. Hovering over an article brings a little box that contains the beginning text of the article and a link to read more, which opens up a PDF […]
Utterly despicable.
New federal legislation says universities must agree to provide not just deterrents but also “alternatives” to peer-to-peer piracy, such as paying monthly subscription fees to the music industry for their students, on penalty of losing all financial aid for their students…
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) applauded the proposal, which is embedded in […]
My coworker Erin has started a new blog, schooling.us. If you’re interested in the intersection of schools, education, libraries, and technology, check it out.
I love that I get to work with people who think great thoughts and want to put them into action. (That would be the blogger, not Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken’s speech is great, too, and I encourage everyone to watch it, but I don’t work with him.)
Here’s an assumption of mine: the majority of library professionals expect that continuing education and professional development in the field will be done through formal classes, seminars, and conferences–which cost someone (the library professional or their place of employment) money and require face-to-face, in-person attendance.
Technology and society being what they are, this isn’t as necessary […]
In the Library Journal, ALA President Leslie Burger talks about reforming library education:
I’ve asked Dan O’Connor (chair, ALA Education Committee) to focus his group’s attention on creating an action plan for reforming library education at the ALISE/ALA Education forum planned for Midwinter 2007 in Seattle. Rather than getting educators and practitioners together for a “shoot […]
I was asked not too long ago to give my rant about having an MLS (or whatever your local library graduate program is calling its degree). I don’t usually do requests, but that’s mostly because I don’t usually get requests. Since this particular request came from a friend of mine, and since this is a […]
Even though it’s my day off work today, I logged into OPAL to participate in Brenda Hough’s and Michael Porter’s “Top-Notch Technology Training for Patrons” presentation. I got some great ideas for technology training classes to have at MPOW and how to do those classes.
Erica Reynolds made a great comment about library staff getting “tech-time […]
Overall, I had a good library school experience. You know me, I’m not one to complain. But reading Meredith Farkas’ blog post about LIS education and training has got me thinking. Thinking, of course, leads to blogging. So, here we go.
In both my core courses and my electives, here’s some of what I learned and […]
Chris Harris speaks the truth:
Filter a website, and you protect a student for a day. Educate students about online safety in a real world environment, and you protect your child for a lifetime.
(Found via washtublibrarian.)
