Posted in Cataloging, Humor, Libraries, Technical services on Sunday, July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I found this hilarious opus via the lower east side librarian:
Great Moments in the History of Technical Services
Posted in Academic, Clever, Humor, People, Studies on Thursday, July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Tuesday in Communication class we were talking about marketing. This is an area that I know very little about. However, there is clearly something to be said for being creative, and for going where the people are. A sample of things I found are below.
The Ursinus College Library (Collegeville, PA) has posted great pictures [...]
Posted in Clever, Reading, Storage, Usability on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m not a big friend of modern design, but with these two characters I might not mind it (found via librarian.net):
Bookinist – a chair for reading, thinking, moving. Notice the lamp!
Bibliochaise – store your reading literally under your seat!
Posted in Academic, Career, Cataloging, Reference, Studies on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | No Comments »
This morning I had an interview for an internship with the Assistant Director of the Bank Street College of Education Library. We chatted, and she showed me around. The library is not big, but meticulously taken care of. There’s an especially impressive collection of children’s material in a variety of formats. The staff is friendly, [...]
Posted in Academic, Library 2.0, Studies, Tech, Usability, Web 2.0 on Monday, July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
(I’m obviously going through my aggregator tonight.)
I found these through Library 2.0 – An academic’s perspective:
At The College of New Jersey, the modern languages librarian has added a tag cloud with links to pertinent links at del.icio.us to the library’s Italian Studies resources page. In addition, some of the del.icio.us bookmarks have been inserted on [...]
Posted in Library 2.0, Museums, Searching, Usability, Web 2.0 on Monday, July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
A few interesting things found via What I Learned Today:
Laura Cohen wrote A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto with several good practices on keeping with the times regardless of the type of library you’re in.
The WikiMindMap lets you browse Wikipedia graphically. Clicking links on the image takes you to the article in question. Nice for the folks [...]
Posted in Career, Cataloging, Scary, Studies on Friday, July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been searching for an internship site for my Seminar & Practicum class this fall. Today I made an appointment to interview next week at a college library near where I live. They mostly have programs in education, which doesn’t quite match my background. Otherwise their library services seem thorough, thoughtful, and extensive. I’m very [...]
Posted in Academic, Studies, Word soup on Friday, July 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On Tuesday in Interpersonal Communication class we had a very interesting discussion about what to call the people who visit libraries. Are they customers, patrons, users, or something else? Each term has pros and cons. I have noticed myself using the word user lately, thinking that it was the most neutral term I could come [...]
Posted in Digital rights, Tech, Usability on Monday, July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Via lo-fi librarian:
The CC PDF Converter (a creative commons licensed pdf converter) claims to make pdf documents from “almost any application”. The demo posted on the web site would benefit from a more detailed description, but the conversion itself seems pretty straightforward.
Posted in Museums, Travel, Usability on Sunday, July 8, 2007 | No Comments »
The Toronto Public Library has a program that allows patrons to ‘borrow’ family passes to participating museums. That’s a great idea.
I haven’t heard of anything quite like that before. A comparable program, perhaps, on the old continent is the Swedish initiative to attract more museum goers by removing entry fees to museums run by the [...]
