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Library as space
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 Library As Place Session 1
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Apr 3 2008, 3:37 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 3 2008, 3:22 PM EDT
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Hello,
my name is Catherine Closet-Crane and I am a doctoral student at Emporia State University. I attended both morning and afternoon "Library as place" sessions.
I have a background in architecture and urbanism and in a previous life I practiced architecture in France and in the DC area. I am at present finishing my qualifying exams in LIS at ESU and I will soon be embarking on my dissertation research that will be to analyze the emergent discourse of "library as place". I will be happy to share and exchange literature sources on that topic.
My email is cclosetc@emporia.edu
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library as a place
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library as a place afternoon session
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Apr 3 2008, 3:30 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Mar 19 2008, 2:53 PM EDT
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question 1
what does library as a place really mean?
virtual vs bricks and mortars
providing social space, group meeting space, collaboration space
how do you balance between the needs of staff and the needs of patrons
teaching space, computer labs,
in some cases this means removing smaller collections to make room for meeting or programming space if that is what patrons want and need
library should be a community space, community center open to all ages, so that everyone can get the library experience. people use the library for many reasons, not just to get the books they want, but for social contact, cultural enrichment, etc.,
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RE: library as a virtual space/place
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Apr 3 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
There is an article related to this topic by Pomeranz & Marchionini.
Pomerantz, J. & Marchionini, G. (2007). The digital library as place. Journal of Documentation, 63(4), 506-533. Retrieved Dec. 08, 2007 from Emerald.
Catherine C.C.
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Our internal wiki
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Staff Development
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Apr 3 2008, 8:54 AM EDT by
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I said I'd share our staff wiki with anyone who is interested. If you are, send me an e-mail and I'll send you the login info.
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since the conference...
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Library Catalog afternoon session
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Mar 24 2008, 8:33 AM EDT by
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Aaron has posted this nifty analysis to his blog, Walking Paper <a href="http://www.walkingpaper.org/581">A modern, functional OPAC</a> Check it out!!
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Problems with SDL presentations
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Information Transfer Charts
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Mar 21 2008, 1:52 PM EDT by
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Royce,
I love your acronym SDL.
I will use it in the future.
I am going to expand your analysis of SDL in relation to entire CE Programs.
As Royce said, SDL presenters focus on making good presentations in workshop.
In my opinion
1. SDL learning materials, e.g., PowerPoint and handouts, are intended for use in workshops. Individuals who missed the original workshop find few of these materials useful later.
2. SDL presenters seldom provide clear and complete step-by-step instructions for applying the learning to improving library work back at the library. These presenters offer little help back at the library in overcoming barriers.
3. The current continuing education programs reward, i.e., money, and recognize, i.e., certificates, only attendance at events. CE programs do not reward or recognize the application of learning back at the library.
With no clear instructions or help back at the library and no reward or recognition for applying learning back at the library, the urgency of everyday work overwhelms many efforts to use the learning in actual library work.
The Central Kansas Library System is experimenting with a new CE program to resolve these problems of SDL.
This program provides clear, step-by-step instructions, rewards and recognition for completing projects that apply learning to doing actual library work back at the library.
Librarians and trustees have an important role in creating the whole CE program.
They suggest CE projects they want to do in their libraries.
They evaluate and modify, i.e., improve, instructions for CE Projects.
The documentation submitted to prove the completion of projects are available to other librarians doing the project as examples and inspiration.
Those completing projects become experts others can telephone for help.
More info is at http://ceprojects.blogspot.com.
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Motivating Employees
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Staff Development
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Mar 20 2008, 6:23 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Mar 19 2008, 12:05 PM EDT
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Some ideas mentioned include: "Life Savers" "Caught doing something good" "Kudos Blog" "Setting an Example" "Encouraging folks to step out of their comfort zone"
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Mar 20 2008, 6:23 PM EDT
While Kudos are a good idea, you also need to be cautious. It's not the best thing for every personality type. When you're dealing with staff, it can't always be a one-size-fits-all mentality and good management will work to find out what is appropriate for each person.
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Outreach/Programming
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Discussion Forum
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Mar 20 2008, 11:52 AM EDT by
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Use this place to discuss what types of programming or outreach you are doing at your library. Or ask questions about whatever regarding this topic.
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2.0 morning session
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2.0 session
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Mar 19 2008, 12:57 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Mar 19 2008, 12:39 PM EDT
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Value of…
Library thing
Millions of tags really big, massive data sources
Sometimes its almost too big to be user friendly.
Vs
Penn tags,
Thousands of tags, but only useful through graduation,
Get local users involved in creating something
Discussion:
How do you get people to actually go in and use your website? Especially if you are a small library? At universities, students are forced to use them for information on almost everything.
Johnson county just launched new weblibrary. Much discussion about how teens are using it but not leaving comments.
Are comments a valid way to judge traffic?
Maybe gate counts work better.
What are the baseline numbers that are needed?
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Mar 19 2008, 12:57 PM EDT
biblo commons
even if every state started up a shared site there wold still be 50 different sites across the country which would still be cumbersome. We should be looking a regional or even timezone sharing. Libraries though are reluctant to share information with each other other than catalog info.
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What clouds are you?
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Name Tag Clouds
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Mar 19 2008, 12:46 PM EDT by
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Everyone has a list of clouds attached to your nametag that defines who they are and what they do at their home libraries.
Kim Patton
Tagger
Gen Xer
PC
FireFox
MySpace
Twitter
Del.icio.us
Wiki
Youth Services
Public
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Training Programs
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Staff Development
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Mar 19 2008, 12:06 PM EDT by
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Post specifics about training programs you have at your library.
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Instruction
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Discussion Forum
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Mar 19 2008, 12:06 PM EDT by
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This is to continue the discussion from the session.
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Virtual Libraries
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Home
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Mar 5 2008, 12:56 PM EST by
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Where are we going in academic libraries? Is completely virtual the next step? Don't just write this off. It's happening.
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