Check it out…
Garrison Keillor says that “when politics gets mean and dumb, you can cheer yourself up by walking into a public library.” Here’s the full article.
A writer at the Washington Post asks whether or not we need libraries anymore. People respond!
Categories: Libraries
Two quick links to program notes…courtesy of the PLA Blog:
Transforming your library and your library’s future with technology
Wiking the Blog and Walking the Dog: Social Software, Virtual Reality, and Authority Everywhere
There’s a lot more ALA Annual coverage on the PLA Blog, so check it out if you didn’t get to D.C., or even [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development
ALA Annual 2007 – Sunday
Building the Next Generation Public Library Website with Drupal
John Blyberg, Darien Library, CT
Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
John Blyberg
Drupal in engineering terms and what is a public library supposed to be
Drupal is a CMS (Content Management System)
import or create documents
fluid management of blog entries
effective user management
delegation of roles
version control
separation of [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development, Technology, Web Design
ALA Annual 2007 – Saturday
I went to a great session this morning. It was the first of five programs in Leslie Burger’s Transformation Track and it featured George Needham, Joan Frye Williams, and Karen Hyman. Needham and Frye started off by tag-teaming on a presentation and Hyman followed up with a very funny, [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development
ALA Annual 2007 – Friday
Well, I made it all the way across the country to D.C. for the ALA Annual Conference and started my first morning off with a nice case of food poisoning! This morning I woke up with a nasty stomachache, but I got ready and headed over to the Emerging Leaders [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development
