To combine this as both a baby and a library-related post, I'll go back to an entry from a couple weeks ago where I talked about my favourite presentation from my year in library school which was on the topic of online broadcasting. One of the main points I discussed in the presentation is how […]
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Michael Gorman
John M. did a post about Michael Gorman after hearing about one of his books on my blog. To keep the cross-blog dialogue flowing, I thought this might be a fitting time to post a comment I made about Gorman on our “Advocacy in Libraries” message board. I posted the following on the week we […]
Friday Fun Link – 2007's Best Careers (Jan 12, 2007)
US News names their 25 Best Careers for 2007 and Librarian is right up there – although we get a “C” rating for both “job outlook” and “prestige”. (Physician’s assistant on the other hand…)
The Ultimate Library Movie
Mike M. responded to my “Top 10 Memories of FIMS” post by suggesting I should write a library screenplay (noting the beautiful irony of doing a movie rather than a book.) Here is my response:“Party Girl” didn't really do it so I think there's still room for a really good library movie – either a […]
Shhh! Are libraries places for silence anymore?
AskMetafilter recently had the following question posed which led to some great discussion.Did libraries (public and university) stop requiring people to be quiet in the last few years, or is it just me?At home on a recent break, I tried studying in a number of public libraries and found that most were noisier than the […]
"The Librarianship of Love"
“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.” – Jean Anouilh, Ardele“We can and do spend too much time worrying whether librarianship is a craft or an art, a job or a profession, irrespective of whether it is one or the other, all or none, librarianship has three major values: service, intellectual freedom, and preservation […]
Friday Fun Link – Ten LIS Stories That Shaped 2006 (Dec 15, 2006)
LISNews.org names The Top Ten LIS Stories of 2006 (via Stephen’s Lighthouse) The list is a bit tech-heavy and a bit US-centric but otherwise, provides a good overview of the year in libraryland. (That's kind of a goofy phrase but since a prof used it recently, I've started using it too!)I didn't do this when […]
FIMS-related Online Forums and Groups
I mentioned the idea of (re)starting an alumni association in the “50 Ways To Improve FIMS” post a couple days ago. Someone wrote to let me know there is a group that exists online via Western's Purple Cirlces community portal. The MLIS one is called (in very logical fashion) MLIS Alumni Network. I don't think […]
50 Good Things About FIMS
Here is another massive list – “50 Good Things About FIMS” to complete the “95(+5) Theses of FIMS” I started yesterday with my “50 Ways To Improve FIMS” post.
50 Ways To Improve FIMS
Here is the granddaddy of all library school lists – 50 ways that FIMS could be improved. Some are incredibly simple, small changes; some are pretty significant and maybe even unrealistic (or would require a lot of work and bureaucratic maneuvering which makes them unlikely to happen, even if they are possible.)