Tag Archives: libraries
Anythink
From the Anythink website:
Our small district in Adams County, Colo., is changing the face of public libraries. Introducing AnythinkTM, a new style of library that celebrates imagination, play and interactivity. Studies have shown that people who have had transformative experiences at their local library are more willing to support them at the polls. The Anythink [...]
Stephen Kellat: Defining Value
From Stephen Kellat, over at the LISTen podcast:
While many in the First World are more connected than ever with online tools and gadgetry, attention is taken away from the real world around you. When you functionally cease to be part of a community, value and cost make little sense to you. When you functionally cease [...]
My Day in the Life of a Librarian
This is my first time participating in the “Day in the Life of a Librarian” project, as inspired by Bobbi Newman. Here’s the run-down on my day for Wednesday, January 27, 2010, as the Branch Manager of the South Columbus Public Library:
9:00 – I attend and participate in a meeting with the Director, Deputy Director, Collection [...]
New places, new faces
This past Monday, I started in my new position as Branch Manager of the South Columbus Public Library, a branch of the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries in Columbus, GA. Of course, I’ve been busy getting myself moved and settled into my new surroundings, but in terms of geography and time and opportunity, so many things have [...]
Workplace Intellectual Freedom
From an amazing piece in the September-October 2009 issue of Academe:
This unwillingness to engage academic and intellectual freedom within libraries has resulted in a serious bifurcation: such protections exist for the users of libraries and in building, maintaining, preserving, and providing access to library collections of all types, but they do not cross the desk [...]
GCPL Link Roundup
For anyone who’s following the action in Gwinnett County, here are some links of interest.
Gwinnett Daily Post, 8/8: “Library to begin new schedule. Branches to be closed Sundays, Mondays”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/9: “Tough times take toll on Gwinnett libraries”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/11: “Gwinnett to close Dacula branch to staff new library”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 8/12: “Dacula library branch [...]
Flexibility in the classroom
Anna over at the blog First Conclusions is my new hero. She’s managed to provide in-house instruction in less than ideal circumstances and with less than optimal resources.
What I really like, though, is that Anna really manages to use what she already has, rather than complaining about what she doesn’t. The library’s wireless allows participants [...]
Ohio libraries saved (sort of)
Maybe “spared” would be a more accurate word.
The proposed deep cuts in state funding for Ohio’s public libraries have finally reached a conclusion, and the cuts aren’t quite as deep as originally thought. From the Newark Advocate (via Library Stuff):
The Associated Press reported Monday that the new Ohio budget reduces library funding by $84 million [...]
WhaMM : Paraprofessionals
I’m stealing borrowing an idea from my friend Maria. She writes a weekly blog post called “Things I Like Thursdays,” where she posts links to things that she thinks are awesome, cute, or otherwise cool.
For my blog, I’m translating it into “What Matters Monday.” It goes without saying that there’s a lot going on in Library Land, [...]
Michael Jackson, 1958-2009
Two things, both related to Michael Jackson:
1. According to the LA Times, Michael Jackson was apparently a bookworm, or at least a regular customer at several Los Angeles bookstores. In the words of one store owner, “I’ve always wondered if there was a library in Neverland” (via LISNews).
2. One French librarian’s awesome dance-tribute to the King of Pop (via the [...]