I have a guest post coming out next week in the Legal Information Institute’s VoxPopuLII that discusses the culture clashes between librarians and other players in the legal information game. (I’ll link to it when it’s published.) Without giving away too much, it’s sort of a broad think piece that doesn’t really go into specifics, Read the full post…
I love libraries. I love being a librarian. It’s an amazing honor, duty and privilege to work in and support one of the most valuable and noble public cultural institutions ever conceived by humankind. I stumbled into librarianship quite accidentally, and like anyone with a new love, I’ve been happy to gush and talk and Read the full post…
Over the past day, I’ve probably seen at least a dozen links via Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed to NPR blogger Linda Holmes’ recent assertion that Libraries may be the next big pop-culture wave. And just last week, spurred by Andy Woodworth, the “Old Spice Guy” made a short video promoting libraries. It even got picked Read the full post…
Ten days ago or so I received an email from someone at Westlaw. It said, “Just wanted to send you a quick note… We’ll be revealing the new Westlaw on Feb. 1 at LegalTech New York… I’d like to get you some information about it… What’s the best address to FedEx you something?“ I sent Read the full post…
In Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 philosophies, there is a concept called “Radical Trust.” The idea behind Radical Trust is pretty simple: trust your patrons. Trust them to leave comments on your blogs. Trust them to edit wikis. Trust them to add tags to your Flickr photos or OPACs. Yes, there will always be jerks Read the full post…
I like Seth Godin. His book Tribes (which I admittedly haven’t read yet) was quite the talk of SLA 2009. I also like his blog, which generally always gives me something to think about and wonder how I can apply to libraries. So when I saw that Mr. Godin – who is not a librarian Read the full post…
I am made weary by the reports of the death of libraries. And by “made weary”, I mean “aggravated to Hell and Gone” by them. I guess I could understand if it were coming from outside of LibraryLand – and to be sure, there are plenty of those voices, from the strangers that ask me Read the full post…
