Archive for the 'Professional Development' Category

*tips hat to Gary Price*

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Stephen Abram, president of the Special Libraries Association, just gave a special presidential citation to Gary Price for his work advancing our profession, with the ResourceShelf, all of his speaking engagements, and everything else he’s done for us. Stephen joked that as president, he can do all sorts of things he’s always wanted to do, […]

*tips hat to Sabrina Pacifici*

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

The Special Libraries Association just gave Sabrina Pacifici, whom you might know from her online resources LLRX.com and beSpacific, a very prestigious award for her innovative use of technology. I’ve linked to resources she points out many times. Congratulations, Sabrina!

SLA’s Innovation Laboratory

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

The best thing about which I’ve learned by coming to the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference is that SLA has an online space where members can play with and learn about all kinds of technology called the Innovation Laboratory. It’s just the thing we need to get our fingertips wet with the latest and greatest […]

xkcd on Travel

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Just in time for trips to Seattle for the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference to begin, xkcd reminds us about how to behave at the airport.

Suggestions for SLA News Division Tech Panel

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Amy Disch sent out a note asking for suggestions for an open forum Derek Willis and I are moderating about technology at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference. Want to discuss something nifty? Have a favorite tool we should mention?
“We want this to be a high-energy, interactive session that will, as Derek put so well, […]

Congratulations, Berkman, on Your New University-wide Status

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society announced their new status as a Harvard University-wide initiative instead of being a part of Harvard Law School. This change should make it easier and more official for Berkman’s affiliates to do work in areas besides legal arenas. Many folks are already doing work that seems closer to […]

Webcast of Walter Bender’s Talk at Berkman, 6/3, 12:30 ET

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

On Tuesday, June 3, Walter Bender, formerly of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and now of Sugar Labs, gives the lunch talk at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. His presentation should be webcast and archived.
Folks might be chatting about it on Babbledog and in #berkman on freenode.net.
Walter’s opening with a […]

Digital Commonwealth Annual Meeting June 18 Worcester

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

It’s time to register for the Digital Commonwealth Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 18th from 1:00 - 4:00 p. m. at the Worcester Public Library. Liz Bishoff, recently named Director of Digital and Preservation Services at BRC (Bibliographical Center for Research), will give the Keynote Address: Digitization: Pitfalls and Potential. Liz was the Executive Director […]

Library Catalogs + Web 2.0 Goodness Revisited

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Rich here
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 […]

At Least One Librarian Attended BarCamp …

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

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, […]


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