Oh ya! Slam the Boards Baby!
Posted on behalf of Bill Purdue. Librarians invade the "Answer" sites Monday, 9/10/07–All Day Supporting Wiki: http://answerboards.wetpaint.com I’d like to invite any and all interested librarians to be a little bold and have a little fun by going to online "Answer" sites, such as: Yahoo Answers Amazon’s Askville The WikiPedia Reference Desk (see a list [...]
Read more →Contribute to the Future of Librarians
Will Sherman over at degreetutor.com has posted his article, "Future of Librarians" which he based on a number of interviews he conducted, via email, with librarians and information professionals. Sherman has also posted a page where you can contribute your thoughts and ideas to support the discussion.
Read more →Librarian 2.0 – Interviews of the future of librarians
Will Sherman over at degreetutor.com has interviewed (via email) a number of librarians and info pros on the future of libraries and librarians. My interview has been posted. Thanks Will!
Read more →Best of the Web: SLA Toronto Event
SLA Toronto held a "Best of the Web" event on June 21, 2007 where Chapter members were invited to share websites they find most useful. The Chapter was fortunate to have present: Le Dieu Tran, Research Librarian at the Legislative Library; Astrid Lange, Library and Research Specialist at the Toronto Star; Leanne Hindmarch, Librarian at [...]
Read more →Embedded librarianship – the way to go
Embedded Library Services: An Initial Inquiry into Practices for Their Development, Management, andDelivery [pdf]A Contributed Paper for the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference David Shumaker, Clinical Associate ProfessorSchool of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America-and-Laura Ann Tyler, Research LibrarianLMI Government Consulting Shumaker and Tyler’s new paper, recently presented at the SLA conference in [...]
Read more →A Hipper Crowd of Shushers (NY Times)
Librarians make the fashion section of the New York Times. Throwbacks to old stereotypes aside, I thought it was a pretty interesting piece. My life isn’t quite like theirs, but good for them. It has been YEARS since I was last profiled in the NYT! Some folks don’t think it’s so awesome. I have to [...]
Read more →Friday Funny
Still more hilarious 30-Second Bunnies Theatre classics from Angry Alien Productions: Die Hard March of the Penguins
Read more →SLA 2007 Conference Map
To follow-up on my recent post regarding Google’s new My Maps tool, I have updated my SLA 2007 Conference Map on Google My Maps to include the recommended restaurants on the SLA’s Rocky Mountain Chapter conference wiki. I plan to add more to the map, including: Museums; Outdoor Recreation; Sports and; Shopping. The next challenge [...]
Read more →Friday Funny
Even more classics from Angry Alien Productions: Spiderman Borat James Bond Medley
Read more →5 Things
I still have to figure out how TypePad, Trackbacks and Technorati work I guess. I only just found out Connie Crosby tagged me for the list of 5 Little-Known Things About Me! Hmmm…well, here goes: I speak Spanish and Portuguese, fluently My undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst is in Spanish and Portuguese. I speak Spanish [...]
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