http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/28/080128ta_talk_paumgarten
A New Yorker article on the library and reading habits of the musician Art Garfunkle. Garfunkle’s library is listed on his website. I’m impressed. I’ve tried off and on to do that, but failed.
http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200659.htm
UIUC is going to be part of a pilot project with Worldcat Local. I’ve been using worldcat.org rather than First Search for quite some time now and I like it.
Michael Stephens at Tame the Web pointed to an article in Library Journal (the other LJ) by John Berry about new librarians. It’s important to remember that older more settled librarians were once new, young and enthusiastic. It would be nice if we could all stay that way
When I was in library school they were revising the AACR and all we got was chapter 6
Who came up with the internet????
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/books/06cohenintro.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://everybodyslibraries.com/2008/01/01/public-domain-day-gifts/
Missed it. Yesterday was public domain day, the day that a bunch of formerly copyrighted material passed into public domain (life of the author plus 70 years).
I’ve known John Mark Ockerbloom for years and years via Usenet .
The story Melancholy Elephants deals quite nicely with copyright and public domain.
“loose cannon” kate talks about reference/information/knowledge services in terms of Starbucks or specialty restaurants, making several good points that should be considered by circulation staff as well as adopted by reference staff. I’ve always been of the opinion that anyone who works with the public in a professional capacity should have a job as a cashier in a convenience store or a McDonald’s drive through or some other “service” position.
Service is just the starting place.
kate says:
[Watching the Starbuck's manager] made it clear that while service has been a major influence in the recent evolution of libraries, it’s only a starting point for us, not the goal. Intensely good service should be a basic tenant of the library- it’s the 1.0 bedrock of all things 2.0. But it’s not going to make us special for long- evolution keeps happening.
Where do we go from service? The answer I keep hearing is “community.” The library is no longer a one-way information flow. We’ve ditched the “prostrate yourself at the desk and I will help you” attitude and we’re headed towards “hey, let’s all get smarter together.”
