Eye-to-eye

Recent events inspired this consideration: people need connection. Not the kind achieved through electronic connectivity; but face to face — look me in the eye so that I know that you’re listening to me — connection. Mobile technology has become so ubiquitous a tool to current connection preferences; yet still, I see people around me [...]

YouTube surprises (again)

As a social networking tool, YouTube (http://youtube.com/) has an interesting and colorful reputation. PC World refers to it as, “Our number one favorite place to waste time on the Web.” There is some truth to that statement; however, along with the bad there is the inevitable, not so bad. I enjoy surfing YouTube. It has [...]

Learning Curve

As is undoubtedly common in one’s professional life, I am changing jobs — from working in a special library to a public library. The two environments are defined by, amongst other things, the community and the resources. At the moment, it’s difficult to even speculate how I will adjust; however, as with all change, there [...]

Promoting your library

There was a recent question posted to one of the library reference listservs which asked this two-fold question, paraphrasing, “what is the best way to promote one’s library? Have blogs, wikis, etc. superseded the value of the library website?” This may sound old-fashioned; however, I believe that the best way to promote your library’s resources and [...]

Virtual library instruction for all

Interested in knowing how to stay connected to your library’s community? There are a wealth of articles addressing this “hot topic” of discussion. I found several articles using Ebscohost’s database and entering “social networking” and “libraries” as search terms. Lots o’ good information to review. While I chose Ebsco’s database for this search, I am [...]

Welcome to Librarian 07’s Blog

Look to this blog for creative ways in which libraries reach out to their communities.