Dave Lankes’ Blog The point of the participatory library is to get involved. . . . Simply pointing to the work of a member’s peers is only one small way of doing that. Connecting them to ongoing conversations and communities of like members is a much stronger way. These communities need infrastructure to thrive. That might mean a place to meet (online as well as in person), or a collection of stuff, or simply recognition. http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=595
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Dave Lankes’ Blog
The point of the participatory library is to get involved. . . . Simply pointing to the work of a member’s peers is only one small way of doing that. Connecting them to ongoing conversations and communities of like members is a much stronger way. These communities need infrastructure to thrive. That might mean a place to meet (online as well as in person), or a collection of stuff, or simply recognition. http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=595
New Setting
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania2008-
“Graduate & Advanced Programs and Allied Health Services” Librarian
China Map
Eberly Library
LIBRARIANSHIP COMPARISON
SETTING #1COLUMBIA SEMINARY
One Site/One CampusSome Distance LearningExclusively Graduate LevelText Driven (The “Book”)Database focus mainly on ATLAInterlibrary Loan lender!
Central Reference Desk Professionally Staffed
SETTING #2WAYNESBURG UNIV.
Main Campus: Undergraduates
Multi-Site: Graduate Programs.
Heavily Invested in DBsERIC-Medline-PsycInfo-CINAHL
More E-book AcquisitionsInterlibrary Loan borrower!
No Reference Desk!Circ Students by default
LIBRARIANSHIP ISSUES
Sedentary vs. Peripatetic
“At Your Service” vs. “Business Model”
“Please Interrupt me!” vs. “May I Interrupt You?”
“Just-in-case” vs. “Pre-emptive”
“Paid-to-Wait” vs. “Tip-Hustling Waiters”
Plato vs. Aristotle
Sedentary vs. Peripatetic Information
Reference is dead! Long live Reference! Huh?By Donna Bachowski May 15, 2007
Blogs & RSS Facebook & MySpace Second Life SMS & Twitter
EBSCOhost EMAIL & MEEBO
Library Blogs
Offer your patrons the latest library news, book suggestions and more in a popular, easy-to-use format. Turn on the optional comments feature to allow your users to engage in conversations about books, library services, and more!
Blogs can be integrated into your website's look and feel; Update your blog using a simple web form—no coding required; WYSIWYG editing makes creating attractive posts as easy as typing; "Save as Draft" feature allows you to save your work in draft status and complete
it later; Engage your patrons by enabling the optional comment feature; Postings are automatically archived and searchable; Include photos or graphics with your posts; Allow multiple staff members to post blog entries; Includes an RSS feed of all postings; No limit to the number of blogs you can create;
Risks & Tensions:
LOSS OF PERSONAL LIBRARIAN INTERACTION
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES OF “Reference Interview” WEB 2.0 DISTANCE LEARNING CURVE