Monthly Archives: June 2007

Do Libraries Matter? 0

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!

More ALA Annual program notes 1

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 [...]

aadl.org and drupal 0

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 [...]

Transformers, more than meets the eye 1

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, informative [...]

Start your day with food poisoning! 0

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 [...]