Comments for LIS 701 - Fall 2007 Discussion Blog http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Online Discussion 1: Professions Do Not Stand Still by May I ask you a question? « Keeping Awkward in Style http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/online-discussion-1-professions-do-not-stand-still/#comment-384 May I ask you a question? « Keeping Awkward in Style Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:11:19 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/online-discussion-1-professions-do-not-stand-still/#comment-384 [...] or attach something to email for the 10th time my patience was tried a bit, but I was reminded of a class discussion we’d had a few months ago concerning this very thing.  And more importantly, it is my job to [...] [...] or attach something to email for the 10th time my patience was tried a bit, but I was reminded of a class discussion we’d had a few months ago concerning this very thing.  And more importantly, it is my job to [...]

]]> Comment on Room Change for Class: December 17th by Zach http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/room-change-for-class-december-17th/#comment-250 Zach Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:10:03 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/room-change-for-class-december-17th/#comment-250 Word. Word.

]]> Comment on Room Change for Class: December 17th by mrschu81 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/room-change-for-class-december-17th/#comment-246 mrschu81 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:11:45 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/room-change-for-class-december-17th/#comment-246 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Article:”They’re Community Centers…” by Zach http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/articletheyre-community-centers/#comment-245 Zach Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:21:01 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/articletheyre-community-centers/#comment-245 Sorry, it had nothing to do with the BPL article-- I just wanted to get it out there. Sorry, it had nothing to do with the BPL article– I just wanted to get it out there.

]]> Comment on Article:”They’re Community Centers…” by Zach http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/articletheyre-community-centers/#comment-244 Zach Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:19:45 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/articletheyre-community-centers/#comment-244 Check out this article... CI in the Trib! http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon_spies1210dec10,0,357582.story?page=2&coll=chi-printbusiness-hed Check out this article… CI in the Trib!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon_spies1210dec10,0,357582.story?page=2&coll=chi-printbusiness-hed

]]> Comment on Book Discussion Post – Any Thoughts by Kyle J. http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/book-discussion-post-any-thoughts/#comment-219 Kyle J. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:30:35 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/book-discussion-post-any-thoughts/#comment-219 I thought the books read were applicable when they were read in the context of "what does this have to do with librarianship?" It was like reading them through a unique lens, like a critical theory in an English class. May I suggest Wikinomics? I thought the books read were applicable when they were read in the context of “what does this have to do with librarianship?” It was like reading them through a unique lens, like a critical theory in an English class.

May I suggest Wikinomics?

]]> Comment on Article: The Future of Reading by Sue http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/article-the-future-of-reading/#comment-195 Sue Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:15:50 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/article-the-future-of-reading/#comment-195 I didn't catch a price for the Kindle, but really, if I have to carry around another gadget, I want it to take the place of my pda,too. Huge possibilities in the world of textbooks. We'd see a lot less kids walking around hunchbacked under their backpacks. On the negative side, lose the reader and you've lost all your textbooks... I didn’t catch a price for the Kindle, but really, if I have to carry around another gadget, I want it to take the place of my pda,too.

Huge possibilities in the world of textbooks. We’d see a lot less kids walking around hunchbacked under their backpacks. On the negative side, lose the reader and you’ve lost all your textbooks…

]]> Comment on Article: What’s Still Wrong with Reference by phyllis http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/article-whats-still-wrong-with-reference/#comment-190 phyllis Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:02:06 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/article-whats-still-wrong-with-reference/#comment-190 This article reminds me of my experience a few weeks ago using the UIUC chat reference. I was at at work and needed a product code from the Sweets architectural catalog. I couldn't find it online, so instead of driving over to the library and pulling the book and looking it up, I figured I'd give the chat reference at Champaign's great library and architecture school a try. It didn't go well. The librarian only went online to try and find something I began by saying that I couldn't find online. She emailed me links to pages that I'd already seen (that didn't have the answer) then told me that I should probably just go to the library and try to find the answer since it wasn't online. This certainly isn't the service we're being trained to provide, and if reference librarians are now only 'internet interpretors' for library users, no wonder people turn to the internet and friends before using a library. This article reminds me of my experience a few weeks ago using the UIUC chat reference. I was at at work and needed a product code from the Sweets architectural catalog. I couldn’t find it online, so instead of driving over to the library and pulling the book and looking it up, I figured I’d give the chat reference at Champaign’s great library and architecture school a try.

It didn’t go well. The librarian only went online to try and find something I began by saying that I couldn’t find online. She emailed me links to pages that I’d already seen (that didn’t have the answer) then told me that I should probably just go to the library and try to find the answer since it wasn’t online.

This certainly isn’t the service we’re being trained to provide, and if reference librarians are now only ‘internet interpretors’ for library users, no wonder people turn to the internet and friends before using a library.

]]> Comment on General 701 Chatter by John http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/general-701-chatter/#comment-186 John Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:08:39 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/general-701-chatter/#comment-186 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. 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.

]]> Comment on Association Assignment: Report on Your selected LIS Association Here by meganmulherin http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/association-assignment-report-on-your-selected-lis-association-here/#comment-184 meganmulherin Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:54:18 +0000 http://lis701fall2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/association-assignment-report-on-your-selected-lis-association-here/#comment-184 The American Indian Library Association was founded in 1979 out of the need for better library services for Native Americans. This association is an affiliate of the American Library Association and represents American Indians and Alsaka Natives. The AILA works with the community to provide information about native americans (culture, language, values) and improves library needs on reservations. The AILA has a constitution, bylaws, elected officers and committees. The also sponsor activities such as book rings, a flickr page, literacy outreach programs, and a MLIS scholarship for American Indian/Alaskan Natives who are enrolled in library school. The AILA publishes a newsletter and handouts/small publications. Membership is $15/year for individuals, $30/year for libraries, institutions, and agencies, or $10/year for students. Membership includes a subscription to the newsletter and eligibility to the AILA-L listserv. The website also includes an A-Z list of additional resources pertaining to American Indians and Alaskan Natives. All information was gleaned from http://aila.library.sd.gov/default.asp The American Indian Library Association was founded in 1979 out of the need for better library services for Native Americans. This association is an affiliate of the American Library Association and represents American Indians and Alsaka Natives. The AILA works with the community to provide information about native americans (culture, language, values) and improves library needs on reservations.

The AILA has a constitution, bylaws, elected officers and committees. The also sponsor activities such as book rings, a flickr page, literacy outreach programs, and a MLIS scholarship for American Indian/Alaskan Natives who are enrolled in library school.

The AILA publishes a newsletter and handouts/small publications. Membership is $15/year for individuals, $30/year for libraries, institutions, and agencies, or $10/year for students. Membership includes a subscription to the newsletter and eligibility to the AILA-L listserv.

The website also includes an A-Z list of additional resources pertaining to American Indians and Alaskan Natives.

All information was gleaned from http://aila.library.sd.gov/default.asp

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