Librarian with a Latte
How appropriate is it that I’m in the basement of Espresso Royale here in Ann Arbor to write this Librarian with a Latté post. This is the same basement a horde (yes, a horde) of COMM 101 students took...
View ArticleGlut of Facebook Traffic
Wow! Since ACRL came and went, the listserv's and message boards have been going crazy with Web 2.0 talk -- in particular, Facebook.com has been getting a lot of buzz. I've received many "friend"...
View ArticleFederated Searching and Scaffolding
CogSci Librarian's latest post on the future of reference is unlike some of the doomsday and defensive prophesies I've seen floating around the library world. I highly recommend giving it a read and...
View ArticleMLibrary 2.0 : Peter Morville
Peter MorvilleAnn Arbor resident – SI faculty. “Information Architecture.” Latest book: “Ambient Findability.”my thoughts in bold“Information that’s hard to find will remain information that’s hardly...
View ArticleMLibrary 2.0 : Kristin Antelman
Kristin Antelman“Next Generation Catalogs.” NCSU Librarian. See NCSU Library Catalog. Associate Director of Digital Libraries.Never quite got the OPAC right. We were very wrong for quite some time....
View ArticleMLibrary 2.0 : Jessamyn West
Jessamyn WestMetafilter.com Moderator, Library Consultant, http://librarian.net/handouts, notes, slidesDigital Natives – “Born with the Chip” – but most of us are digital immigrants. Trying to think...
View ArticleSocial Tagging: del.icio.us and flickr.com
Start at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/lib20/tagging_notes.html -- here are definitions of the terms used in this workshop, including "tag", "tag cloud", etc.Purpose: introduction to tagging in a library...
View ArticleALA Friday
It's quite different coming to ALA and being involved in committees and in presenting a poster -- up until now, I've pretty much been a passive observer of all things ALA, but now, with Sunday's poster...
View ArticleSee It, Hear It, Touch It: Learning Styles in Virtual Reference
SpeakersMarie RadfordBlog: Library GardenLynn WestbrookUM Alumna, UT ProfEileen AbelsIPL----RUSA (RSS / MARS)IS----Joe Thopson, ModeratorWhat do we know about users' communication and learning styles...
View Articleinpirational librarianship?
I imagine someone, somewhere, and soon, is going to write about how library services could be pushed to the iPhone crowd. After all, it didn't take long for UIUC to respond to Brian Mathew's call for a...
View ArticleFacebook’s Librarian App & Office 2007
Facebook's "Librarian" ApplicationI kinda like the new "Librarian" app over at Facebook. By recognizing which university a student is associated with, this tool can bring resources, tools, and help...
View Articlecognitive development: the missing link
I've always been amazed by the work of cognitive psychologists. Through experimentation, carefully crafted and executed methods, their work gives us insight into the human mind. For those of us in the...
View ArticleMagical Maladies?
Ok. Short post. Perhaps someone else already knew about this, but I'm discovering it for the first time... go to PubMed, search for Hogwarts. Result #3 is particularly convincing.
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flesh and blood librarian
On the bus today, someone had a t-shirt that read: "I don't know what I think until I see what I say." Absolutely! I gave a presentation for a job a couple of days ago, and in making it and talking...
View Articlesocial capital / social networking
When I began library school a few years ago, I remember reading "Bowling Alone" by Robert Putnam and then then chapter about libraries in his follow-up book, "Better Together." The whole notion of...
View Articlethird space: libraries
At today's MLibrary 2.0 event on Gaming and Social Networking, Eli Neiburger described the library as the "third space" -- a place that is neither work nor home, and a place where people gather...
View Articlea working definition (snicker)
i was responding to brian's comment when i realized i hadn't posted in a while. then my response got longer than a 'comment' should be, so i've posted it in full here. You know, to fill my blogging...
View ArticleLesson Study in Libraries
Did I post about Lesson Study yet? Even if I did, I have to post about it again, because it's *freakin awesome*. Marija Freeland, the Education librarian here at UM, brought it up at a meeting about a...
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I Heart CMS's
You know what would make me a more pro-active, effective librarian? If I had access to the syllabi, assignments and reading lists of the classes in the Communication Studies department. You know what...
View ArticleSample Librarian with a Latte Communication
Just sent this to a COMM 101 class:Hey!Your COMM 101 proposal is due on Tuesday, October 30th (the week after next). By then, you'll need to have written a 1-page synopsis of what you're planning to...
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Librarian with a Latte Update
So I logged into my Meebo account this morning to see if any of my friends were online, and I had three messages waiting for me upon log in! See the example below...How do students find my IM account?...
View ArticleReadings: Race, School Achievement, and Educational Inequality
Wiggan, G. (2007). Race, School Achievement, and Educational Inequality: Toward a Student-Based Inquiry Perspective.Review of Educational Research 77(3), pp. 310-333.I love the Review of Educational...
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Missing Person
Interesting use of a facebook.com flyer...UPDATE: Oh, internet, you continue to shock me today. After Radiohead released their new album, In Rainbows, at a name-your-own price, one of my favorite...
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interdisciplinarity (a fun word to say)
Jane Blumenthal brought up an interesting point at Wednesday's Librarians' Forum. Since so much of the research being done today is interdisciplinary, we ought to rethink the way we support our faculty...
View ArticleMoving Blogs
Hi. I'm moving. I'm going to http://blog.uta.edu/~frierson/. My home page is now http://www.uta.edu/faculty/frierson/. This blog will no longer be updated.See ya.
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