Lindner, Mark. "the thoughts are broken." Jan. 7, 2006.
A call for the study and critical assessment of the history of theories and philosophies of the field of LIS (or any field). He states that we not only need to know how we got where we are, but why. Assessing both the how and the why can let us out of the "little boxes" of thought we may have placed ourselves in. As a starting place particular to LIS, he cites Budd, John. Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001. (Z 665. B918. 2001). He also directs readers to the Library Crunch and Information Wants to be Free blogs for discussions particular to L2.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Lindner, Mark. "the thoughts are broken." Jan. 7, 2006.
A call for the study and critical assessment of the history of theories and philosophies of the field of LIS (or any field). He states that we not only need to know how we got where we are, but why. Assessing both the how and the why can let us out of the "little boxes" of thought we may have placed ourselves in. As a starting place particular to LIS, he cites Budd, John. Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001. (Z 665. B918. 2001). He also directs readers to the Library Crunch and Information Wants to be Free blogs for discussions particular to L2.
A call for the study and critical assessment of the history of theories and philosophies of the field of LIS (or any field). He states that we not only need to know how we got where we are, but why. Assessing both the how and the why can let us out of the "little boxes" of thought we may have placed ourselves in. As a starting place particular to LIS, he cites Budd, John. Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001. (Z 665. B918. 2001). He also directs readers to the Library Crunch and Information Wants to be Free blogs for discussions particular to L2.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Crawford, Walt. "Library 2.0 and 'Library 2.0.'" Cites and Insights. Vol 6, no 2. Midwinter 2006.
A critique of the L2 movement. Crawford compares Library 2.0 which he defines as using software tools to enhance and create services with "Library 2.0" which he dismisses as hype. He criticizes several bloggers' approaches to L2 as too confrontational and too immersed in theory rather than pointing to actual successful implementations of L2. He also introduces the possibility of alienating small populations of clients because the services they need don't serve a large enough user base.
A critique of the L2 movement. Crawford compares Library 2.0 which he defines as using software tools to enhance and create services with "Library 2.0" which he dismisses as hype. He criticizes several bloggers' approaches to L2 as too confrontational and too immersed in theory rather than pointing to actual successful implementations of L2. He also introduces the possibility of alienating small populations of clients because the services they need don't serve a large enough user base.
Benson, Amy and Robert Favini, "Evolving Web, Evolving Librarian," Library Hi Tech News, no. 7, 2006, pp. 18-21.
Representative of many articles and blogs that embrace the idea of libraries relaxing data privacy standards to make the library search experience more like Amazon or other similar services. Like most other treatments of the subject, this article does not mention anything about informing users how personal data they provide will be used or even educating them about how information they provide to other sites which use social software can be used to track purchases, etc.
The authors mention several solutions--also mentioned in other sources--of tailoring the OPAC so the increasing number of people who use phones and other small-screen portable devices can make better use of the catalog and services such as ILL.
Essentially, they seem to be claiming that libraries either loosen their data privacy standards or they'll be on the fast-track to extinction.
Representative of many articles and blogs that embrace the idea of libraries relaxing data privacy standards to make the library search experience more like Amazon or other similar services. Like most other treatments of the subject, this article does not mention anything about informing users how personal data they provide will be used or even educating them about how information they provide to other sites which use social software can be used to track purchases, etc.
The authors mention several solutions--also mentioned in other sources--of tailoring the OPAC so the increasing number of people who use phones and other small-screen portable devices can make better use of the catalog and services such as ILL.
Essentially, they seem to be claiming that libraries either loosen their data privacy standards or they'll be on the fast-track to extinction.
"Let's Make Libraries Better, ok" in Information Wants to be Free. Meredith Farkas' blog. The blog entry and most of the comments have good insights and suggestions specifically directed toward academic libraries. Suggestions include how to make the Reference Desk more "visible," strengthening liaison programs, and partnering with public and school libraries to keep students as library users/supporters.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Flickr was pretty easy to set up. One thing that's concerning me is how much information is required for setups. Why would they need my birthday as a required field. Most underage kids are savvy enough to lie about the year. My facebook account keeps telling me my profile is lonely and requests more information. What do site/service owners do with this data anyway?
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