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John Blyberg has more thoughts about the Lawrence anti-library piece. He’s got a point: we should be listening to what people like Mark Hirschey have to say, even if their conclusions are completely off. That being said, the library can’t be all things to all people, and some folks will never be on our side. [...]
At this point, I’m sure everyone who reads this blog is aware of the opinion piece “Libraries are limited, obsolete” in the Lawrence, KS, Journal-World. The piece breaks my heart and angers my soul. But, honestly, talking about it in blogs doesn’t really do much good. (It’s not “strategic,” to quote Karen G. Schneider.) This [...]
I’m back home after NEST. It was a good conference day, all told. Besides Pattie’s talk about seniors, we got Rachel Singer Gordon, who is quite droll and engaging, talking about different generations (Veterans, Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, and Millennials) working together. And I sat on a panel with Rachel, Pattie, and Melissa Batson (who [...]
Jessica the Cool Librarian is closing down her Library Talk forum due to lack of participation. I feel bad about this because I’ve been meaning to register there and start posting, but I simply kept forgetting about it. The thing is, I quite like bulletin board forums. I’m a member of some others (not library-related) [...]
My supervisor, the branch manager, is very very cool and a great boss for any number of reasons, but one of the reasons is that she’s very supportive of my efforts to bring current tech into common use at the library. However, she is admittedly easily overwhelmed by a lot of new tech. Bringing in [...]
My eyes shot open at a quarter to 5 this morning and they haven’t closed yet. I’ve been cruising through the day on coffee and sugar and adrenaline. So, if you’re looking for calm, well-reasoned, linear blog posting, look elsewhere, Pocahontas. This ain’t it. So, NEKLS Tech Day. NEKLS Tech Day was an absolute blast-and-a-half! [...]
Holy moley! LibraryThing now has groups! I just joined the Librarians Who LibraryThing group. Nifty!
At the suggestion of Michael Porter, I created a Flickr group: Kansas Libraries & Librarians. It’s my first Flickr group (that I started), so I’m naturally pretty excited. I want to do what I can to help foster the community of libraries and librarians…well, all over the world, really, but I’ll do what I can [...]
Being as interested as I am in unofficial librarian “conferences” and mixing business with pleasure, I couldn’t pass up an inviation to have dinner and drinks with some other local librarians. Last night was burgers, beer and brain-fevered librarians cracking wise, sharing secrets, and making dangerous plans to enjoy our profession at the same time [...]
Last night, I made myself a librarian trading card to go along with my first card. Then I joined the Librarian Trading Cards group on Flikr and added my card to the photo pool. And from all this, I’ve learned… …I really really need a new picture of myself. I am in serious need of [...]
