Archive for the 'media' Category

Navigating Online Cultures

April 28, 2008 in Community Development, Customer Service, Just For Fun, Professional Development, Trends, communications, conferences, diversity, ideas, library2, media, technology

I’ve had a tongue-in-cheek post-in-waiting for a while now that would look at traits I notice in online cultures as a way of understanding whether or not a particular service is for you or your library.    It had been percolating, percolating, percolating. . . and then I read Greg Schwartz’s post on Managing His Own Social [...]

Chiming in On the Biggies

April 1, 2008 in Change Management, Community Development, Ethics, Information Policy, Leadership, Library School, Partnerships, Professional Development, Spaces, Trends, communications, e-learning, ideas, library2, media, politics

There have been a few, ahem, debates going around and I could make a post on each of them, but things have just been too much in my home life recently, so I’m going to chime in one on one.
MLS or non-MLS?
My favorite call on this issue is coming from Dorothea Salo, but there [...]

Whistleblowing, Ethics, and Internet Use

March 18, 2008 in Community Development, Ethics, Information Policy, Leadership, communications, diversity, family, media, politics

UPDATE: Since I’m venturing into potentially controversial territory, I thought it would be a good time to remind my readers that this is my commentary on a situation that occurred in a library in California and not necessarily the opinions of my employer. I will say that I believe we are [...]

Swimming the Web

February 12, 2008 in Community Development, Ethics, Information Policy, Leadership, Trends, communications, family, ideas, kids, media, security, slowlibrary, technology

I am a great fan of Judy Blume.   So much so that I have started reading her books (somewhat prematurely) to my four-year-old son.   The most recent entry is Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great.  It was timely, since my four-year-old is now learning to swim.
If you don’t know the book, then suffice it [...]

Kids Help Phone Cyberbullying Report

January 2, 2008 in Community Development, Ethics, Information Policy, Leadership, Partnerships, Trends, diversity, e-learning, family, ideas, kids, library2, media, security, technology

There have been lots of exciting things happening in my life these days, which means I have backlog of the things I would most like to write about.    Expect January to be busier with my blog than December was.
But, to tide you over until then, I think these Kids Help Phone reports are invaluable [...]

Hi, I’m Canada?

October 10, 2007 in Community Development, crapola, family, kids, media, rants

I’m sorry if this is a change of pace from all my professional writing, but it has to be said in public.   Maybe there are more CBC-watching parents out there as well.
I love the CBC.   So does my son.   My son grew up on CBC Kids and has been enjoying for four years.   He [...]

“Slap Some of This Powder on your Face, Paula Ryan” and More Media Baloney

September 14, 2007 in Ethics, communications, diversity, media, rants, technology, wireless

I’m in a bad mood lately about mainstream media. Here are some examples:
1. The Appalling video about Paula Ryan giving advice to librarians about how to dress.
A couple of points:

The dowdy librarian is nowhere close to my reality, where I see a wide group of well-groomed, smartly dressed and professional looking librarians [...]