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I read j’s posting about Jon’s problem finding a book at the Brookline Public Library:
http://civilities.net/Who_moved_my_book
Some of the library processes are automated such as “Checkout”, “Checkin”, “In Transit” while others such as “Bindery”, “AV Repair”, “Missing”, “Tech Services”, “Unshelved” are done manually by a staff member. While “Unshelved” is unhelpful to a library patron,the […]
After not finding the book he wanted on the shelf, Jon suggests more Web 2.0 goodness in library catalogs and other ways people can note when books are missing, but not checked out. He also wonders if there’s any desire in having a feed of missing items. He also mentions tagging and library catalogs.
I wonder […]
One of my best moments at BarCamp Boston 3 was when a woman walked up to me to ask for whom I worked. I guess my Babbledog jersey wasn’t obvious enough for her, kinda like how I didn’t guess the fellow wearing the Google shirt actually worked for Google.
When we started talking a bit more, […]
The April 14, 2008 issue of the Christian Science Monitor had a very good article on small-town libraries called “The charms of a small-town library: Modern libraries may have up-to-the-minute technology, but they lack the friendly, nostalgic feel of their older counterparts.”
“There has been talk of building a new library in our town. Some […]
The NMRLS Regional Systems Librarians group is hold their quarterly meeting at the Tyngsborough Public on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 10 am:
“Come join us at Tyngsborough Public Library, as our host and Tyngsborough’s Director, Randy Robertshaw dishes and demos two innovative systems he is using at his library.
Randy will discuss his use of Joomla […]
Registration for the 2008 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium being held November 2-4, 2008 at Doubletree Oak Brook hotel in Oak Brook, Illinois is now open:
http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page
Costs:
# $300 for ALA members, TechSource subscribers (Library Technology Reports or Smart Libraries Newsletter), and students
# $350 for nonmembers
# Registration will be limited to 350 people, so […]
Library Revolution had the following interesting post about the 2008 Computers In Library talk on Newspapers and Politics:
“Libraries can learn so much by looking at what other industries have done, the challenges they have faced, and the concerns they are thinking about when building these online community interfaces.
Especially helpful here was the notion of […]
Here are some notes from James Grimmelman’s presentation Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law: Old Problems and New Solutions. Grimmelman teaches at New York University’s School of Law (and puzzles with Codex).
Many sites give access to legal information, like justia.com. The state of Oregon got upset with them for posting their law and sent […]
Oh, the things I learn from reading Babbledog at work. John Palfrey, who has been the executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society for years, is leaving his post to become the new vice dean of library and information resources at Harvard Law School. While Palfrey’s new job heralds a major change […]
The early bird registration for the Mass Library Association Annual Conference must be postmarked by today, April 18, 2008! You can register online.
For more info:
http://www.masslib.org/conference/2008Conference/
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