Warren L. from Libre-arian has a post summing up his experiences at FIMS (including a shout-out to yours truly.) Not sure if I mentioned before but while I was at FIMS, someone told me that as soon as you’re done the program (really, as soon as you hand in your last assignment because, really, if […]
Our recent trip to Vegas made me think that I should do an entry where I list all of the sites I tend to visit (roughly in order) when you want to find out everything you can about any topic (ie. the “stay up until 4am the night before you leave” kinda topics).* Google* Wikipedia […]
1. Visit one of their local libraries. 2. Take in a second show besides “Love” (Penn & Teller would’ve been awesome as would have any of the other Cirque shows)3. Eat at In ‘n’ Out Burger – a no-frills California chain that’s sort of like McDonald’s but with high-quality, healthy ingredients. 4. Put $10 on […]
I was thinking about this today – Gorman’s list is one of the first things you should acquaint yourself with in Library School 101 to learn the framework for everything that will inform your role as a professional librarian. But I was also thinking about the fact that a lot of people who work in […]
One of our branch librarians did a three-week study in her location to record the type and variety of reference questions her staff received. With her permission, I’ve reprinted the list her staff compiled below. The list of questions includes the criteria she gave her staff as to what should be recorded.I think this list […]
I’ve got Web 2.0 on the brain lately. After former FIMS classmate and current RPL colleague Trudi S. gave a very well-received “Introduction to Web 2.0” session for a mixture of staff members from across the RPL system, I was asked by one of our branch heads if I could repeat this training for them […]
The role of management is to do what’s in the best interest of the organization.The role of the union is to do what’s in the best interest of the people who make up its membership.Union members are expected to adhere to the rules and duties described in the union contract and their job description.Professional librarians […]
Amy was good enough to a) admit no one tagged her but she was doing it anyhow then b) tag me for the “Seven Things You May Not Know About Me” meme that’s going around. The only reason I mention that first part is because that’s similar to my own approach to web memes – […]
An annual list of new developments and findings across the full spectrum of knowledge including some findings most people would probably find counter-intuitive…“12. The use of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace on company computers leads to increased productivity.”
You know you are a nerd when you spend your New Year’s Day eve classifying all of your Facebook friends into sub-groups using the site’s new(ish?) “Friend List” option.I didn’t put a lot of thought into my classification scheme so it’s a bit random and not the most accurate thing in the world but basically, […]
