As my Independent Study moves along, I continue to read relevant literature and evaluate other public library websites. This past week, I created a small survey with which I plan to informally survey the patrons of my local public library to learn what services would benefit them. I distributed the survey to a group of [...]

Hi everyone! I hope all are doing well! Just wanted to share this with you:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/450299-E_Book_Sales_Jump_176_in_Flat_Trade_Year.php?nid=2286&source=title&rid=18649335

There are many public libraries that are currently utilizing Web 2.0 tools to provide readers’ advisory.  Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis, MN is one of these libraries. In the article, Building a Community of Readers: BookSpace, authors Glenn Peterson and Sharon Hilts McGlinn talk about HCL’s readers’ advisory website, BookSpace.

In 2006, according to Peterson and [...]

Good reading list – from the books to the articles – you are rounding out your knowledge set. I’m heading to Germany on Saturday for 9 days – let me know if you have any questions though. I am subscribed!

Part of my Independent Study this semester involves researching relevant literature for information about readers’ advisory in a library 2.0 world. During the last few weeks, I finished reading the David Weinberger book, Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder and Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay [...]

Hello to all of you out in libraryland.  I have decided that I miss writing my blog posts.  I will probably post about the subjects discussed in the two classes that  I am taking this Spring semester.  Those classes are LIS 770 Management of Library and Information Centers and LIS 786 Advanced Web Design.  Stay [...]

Hello to all of you out in libraryland.  I have decided that I miss writing my blog posts.  I will probably post about the subjects discussed in the two classes that  I am taking this Spring semester.  Those classes are LIS 770 Management of Library and Information Centers and LIS 786 Advanced Web Design.  Stay [...]

This past week I read the book, Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirkey. Shirkey’s work, like Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous examines the impact of the digital revolution on each of us individually and on society as a whole. But where Weinberger discusses how the digital age has revolutionized how we organize information, Shirkey looks at [...]

This semester I am working on an Independent Study under the guidance of Michael Stephens.  The purpose of this study is to create readers’ advisory tools that utilize Web 2.0 technology. Libraries in the 21st century must be willing to recognize and respond to the diverse and changing needs of their patrons. In order to [...]

well into another semester, i’ve got another fledgling Library 2.0-related blog where i’ll occasionally check in, along with other librarians, to collectively share info, thoughts, and stories. we won’t have a lot of time right away, but it will all come together as we finish tying up loose ends like, say, finishing the MLIS program.

meanwhile, [...]

a Scandinavian perspective on the iPad in libraries.
http://bit.ly/bsPgbp

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http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6716260.html

good to see small-town Illinois libraries getting things done and getting recognized.

Now that I have finished my MLIS degree, you can find me blogging at meganbuttita.com.  Head on over and check it out!

Here’s my final web page:

www.tomthelibrarian.com

I began the GSLIS program with the idea that I was not going to be a “traditional librarian type.” Though the idea, of working to help others interested in knowledge, appealed to me, I felt that the typical library environment as I’d known it had gotten a little stale and needed some changes. [...]

Abstract: An examination of library mission statements reveals that many aim to be central figures in the advancement of their communities. To establish and maintain a central role, libraries should adjust to serve the spontaneous, increasingly diverse information needs of their patron bases. While populations expand and roads congest with traffic at an [...]

I realize this is a little after everything was due, but I wanted to add a few words of reflection after I had a day to recover from all the school madness! I just wanted to say that this class has been one of my favorites at Dominican. I was a little uncertain about taking [...]

My final project for LIS 753:

http://www.karynskorner.com/LIS753/index.final.html

Here’s the link to my final project: http://www.underxenith.com/753/index.html

Hey all – I’ve received all of your projects. Grading is ongoing… Please feel free to share your project URLs if you’d like your classmates to see your work.

Hmph. I’m not sure where to begin. This is the very last thing I’ll be writing for the program. I signed up for 768 because I wanted to learn more about social media and how I, as a future librarian, could use it make the library a better place. In September, when classes began, I [...]