Monthly Archives for June 2007
Do Libraries Matter?
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 … Continue reading
More ALA Annual program notes
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 … Continue reading
aadl.org and drupal
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 … Continue reading
Transformers, more than meets the eye
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 … Continue reading
Start your day with food poisoning!
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 … Continue reading