The Other Librarian

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 [...]

From the Myths On My Shoulders blog, the National Film Board of Canada has opened a Twitter account.
I’m a big advocate at watching what other industries do with services to see what might work for libraries.   While in its infancy, I am pretty interested to see what the Film Board will use the account [...]

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 [...]

I found this to be an interesting quote from Tim Sanders, who wrote The Likeability Factor, in a news article I read today.
“In this bloggable, cell phone camera world, your brand on the inside is going to be your brand on the outside. If you have a bunch of jerks, your brand is going to [...]

This is kind of like the “day in the life of” except it is a “night in the life of.” I can’t remember the times, but consider that most of this stuff happened between 8pm last night (Tuesday) until I posted the final blog post today.

I logged onto Meebo for fun.
I chatted [...]

Edward Vielmetti, the ever illustrious Super-patron left a comment on my post called “We asked for 2.0 Libraries and we got 2.0 Librarians.” To spare you the use of your back button, I’ll put it here (it’s not long):
“library patron 2.0″. discuss
For a librarian to respond to this call is a bit [...]

I keep saying this, but subscribe to the CBC Ideas podcast.  Do it.   Right now.   It is probably the best podcast that is not related to celebrity, comedy or music.
A new series, called the “Kings of Philantropy” is about to be nixed from the list (Ideas only keeps about 4 podcasts up on its site [...]

I almost missed this today, but my article ‘”That’s ‘E’ for ‘Everyone’”:  The Future of E-Learning in Public Libraries‘ is the Library Link of the Day for December 27, 2006.    I never expected that article to be noticed.   A little self-validation is always a good thing.  Makes me think that my occassional blog posts are [...]

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Separate Your Pain from Customer’s Pleasure

I think it is very easy to lose track of the big picture when pressures mount from partnerships.    In the end, organizations like libraries get involved in partnerships because they bring benefits to their users.    From the perspective of your objectives, deadlines, and inbox, partnerships may appear [...]

A big part of public librarianship is community partnerships. In a world of shrinking budgets and misplaced perceptions, Public libraries survive by networking with relevant community groups, non-profit organizations, businesses and government institutions. Some partnerships are obligations; Some are by choice; Others just happen because of circumstance.
My job is two-parts [...]