The Future of Libraries

Read all articles. Liked the Icebergs the best pulling the following information. He talks about change: All are remnants of a bygone information age, practices and attitudes that no longer make sense but which we have difficulty letting go.

The Just in Case Collection: Building a comprehensive collection of materials that anticipates the user’s every need (without providing wastefully where no need exists) has always been problematic, but it was an approach that made sense when information was available only in print formats, and was therefore difficult, expensive and slow to distribute.

Reliance on user education: We need to focus our efforts not on teaching research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need, so they can spend as little time as possible wrestling with lousy search interfaces and as much time as possible actually reading and learning.

The come to us library model: We have to be a bit more humble in the current environment, and find new ways to bring our services to patrons rather than insisting that they come to us—whether physically or virtually.


This opened my eyes to the necessity of navigating the www. I wish it wasn't so complicated!

Technorati

I did a search for Learning 2.0 and did not get any exact matches. Hummm. I keep trying.

Del.icio.us

Well, once again I am lost in cyberspace. I wish I could have had a private tutor for this project. Tagging sounds wonderful. However, I personally do not want to share my stuff with all the world. Call me crazy.

Rollyo

Ok, I think I did this but not sure how to link to get the feed. Irmgarde are you out there?

LibraryThing

This is a very cool tool. I added all Anne Tyler books. I read her consistently prior to moving to Baltimore and find it funny that I ended up living here. I think I have met some of her quirky characters out and about.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/justjanine

Avatar

Well I created a cute avatar with a Kiss Me I'm Irish t-shirt in Yahoo but cannot figure out how to get it into my blog. I think you can only use it in your Yahoo account. Can anyone help?

Library Blogs

Finally I found something I can relate to. I am amazed that people have all this time to do all this stuff. BALANCE. Personally, my scales tip towards the face to face interactions of life.


Thanks Jenimi!
Thanks Jenimi! Originally uploaded by mstephens7 I received this lovely card at the lake this weekend -- from Jennifer Graham. It was a Thank You but also a reminder to get out where the Wild Things are. That's a good reminder to get sometimes!I always watch for synchronicity in things - this time it comes with Karen's post about leaving ALA TechSource blog.When I turned 40 I could imagine that I was not halfway through my life; I can see myself living well into my 80s. But at the half-century mark, I'm far more acutely aware that time is a finite resource. Time is finite. The wild things await. Make sure you are balancing all you do here -- in the Biblioblogosphere and in your careers -- with time spent caring for yourself, those you love, and the world. Time away to reflect, recharge and reacquaint yourself with what you might be missing is healthy.Third piece of the synchronicity-full day? This post via digg:http://zenhabits.net/2007/09/simple-living-simplified-10-things-you-can-do-today-to-simplify-your-life/