LIS 701 – Fall 2007 Discussion Blog

Ever since Michael showed us the wonders of RSS a couple of weeks ago, I have gone crazy searching for and subsribing to rss feeds for my Google Reader. Today, as luck would have it, I stumbled upon a great site by the Library Journal listing over 40 different RSS feeds about hot library topics…..Intellectual Freedom, Collection Development, Academic Libraries, Book Reviews, to name a few. I know it’s a bit early to even think about, but this would be a great place to start when compiling articles for our final papers. Not only that, though, it’s just a very hip web 2.0 way to keep up with the hottest topics in librarianship.

For those who have already seen this website, congrats for being one giant step ahead of me!

For those who have not, I thought I might share the wealth!

Enjoy!

http://www.libraryjournal.com/learnRSS

Do you spill your librarian beans to the world?
Is Dewey your bff for life?
Well if you blog about it, I would love to know!

Post up your blog links here, folks.

Oh yea… here’s mine: thecorkboard.org (undergoing serious renovations from a previous version, don’t mind the mess )

~Kyle~

whoa – wrong link. that would be for anyone interested in shoes. haha. this is the correct link:
http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/Blog/EntryViewerPage/default?blog-controller=Home%3A%3ABlog%3A%3AController&entry-blog-id=1003

Hey everyone-

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed yesterday’s banter about education, the digital divide, and libraries all mixed up together.

~Kyle~

Hi Everybody! I’ve been listening to LibVibe – http://libvibe.blogspot.com/ – a library podcast (no iPod necessary). Many of the issues we have discussed in class – the Patriot Act, funding, libraries as community centers, etc. – are discussed on the podcast. These are short news briefs that are easy to listen to and I wanted to pass the word! – Megan

Because I’m addicted to RSS and you should be too:
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_show

Enjoy fellow friends,
~Kyle~

The new book Free for All: Outcasts, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library reminds me of yesterday’s discussion. The first chapter of Free for All… is in today’s USA Today. I will definitely read this over the holiday break.

Book Description:

Jack-of-all-trades Borchert shares wholesome, guardedly witty dispatches from the suburban L.A. library system in this charming tell-all. For 12 years the family-man author has held the post of assistant librarian, keeping a wary eye on unruly kids, mollifying mystified parents and repairing sadly manhandled materials. Borchert relays a conversation with an aged librarian who reveals how it was in the good old days (staff lunches used to be served with wine), then contrasts that account with modern-day multicultural crayons and the preponderance of latchkey kids abandoned in the library for long, numbing afternoons. A few of the regular patrons are inspiring Renaissance types, but most are unsettling and unsavory, such as intensely reclusive crossword-puzzler Henry hounding the reference desk; loser Max looking futilely on the Internet for a South American wife; or the drug dealers working the restroom. From patrons who rack up hundreds of dollars in fines to missing pet rats and fist-fighting mothers, Borchert has seen it all, and his account gives a human interest spin to this undervalued profession.