Category Archives: Libraries

1501, 2011

Personal Knowledge Management (Free webinar!)

robinna/ January 15, 2011/ Libraries, productivity/ 0 comments

Personal Knowledge Management: A Framework for Librarians( http://georgialibraries.org/events/wed-web-series/personal-knowledge-management-framework-librarians )Presented by Elisabeth Shields Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 11:15am – 12:15pm Eastern TimeSeparate registration is required for each hour-long session (free & open to all) Searching is the easy part. But what do you do with all the material youve collected? What happens when you find an article that reminds you of

1301, 2011

Free webinar! Why OCLC Holdings Matter

robinna/ January 13, 2011/ Libraries, metadata, Training, Train, training / tutorials/ 0 comments

This course reviews benefits for libraries of accurate WorldCat holdings, and provides information on the available methods for maintaining holdings. After completing this web-based training, managers of cataloging and technical services functions will be prepared to select and implement the holdings maintenance methods that are most appropriate for their library. http://is.gd/fe8qjS

1812, 2010

Choosing Technology (free webinar!)

robinna/ December 18, 2010/ Libraries, opensource, watch.see.hear, Training, Train/ 0 comments

Choosing Technology: How We Decide What Technologies Work Best in Our Libraries ( http://georgialibraries.org/events/wed-web-series/choosing-technology-how-we-decide-what-technologies-work-best-our-libraries )Presented by Tim DanielsWednesday, January 19, 2011, 10:00am – 11:00am Eastern TimeSeparate registration is required for each hour-long session (free & open to everyone!)In today’s environment librarians are constantly bombarded with new and emerging technologies. These technologies can run the gamut from smart phone applications to

1612, 2010

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship wants to hear from you

robinna/ December 16, 2010/ Libraries/ 0 comments

—————–Are you planning to attend any upcoming conferences, workshops, or programs related to electronic resources in libraries? If so, a new column in the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship entitled “E-Resource Round Up” would like to hear from you! This column is dedicated to helping JERL readers better understand topics related tothe ever-changing world of electronic resources and their roles

0512, 2010

San José Public Library website (Drupal!)

robinna/ December 5, 2010/ Libraries, Design, webdesign/ 0 comments

I thought this article was interesting, given I am on the homepage redesign committee. We, too, are dramatically reducing links; however, design wise, I think it has a much more organic feel and look. Of course, we’ll see what usability says, right?———“The San José Public Library (SJPL), CA, unveiled its new, vastly simplified website this month, after more than two-and-a-half

2310, 2010

LibraryAnywhere rolls out as an iphone app

robinna/ October 23, 2010/ Technology, Libraries, metadata, Blog posts/ 0 comments

In case you haven’t heard about this (some of us have chatted in my lib about this), it really looks cool. Library Anywhere, a mobile catalog for everyone (and they just rolled out a new iphone app too) Following on our announcement of Shelf Browse, here’s another new product. We think this one’s a pretty big deal. Announcing Library Anywhere!

2210, 2010

RDA vs. AACR2 for serials

robinna/ October 22, 2010/ Libraries, metadata/ 0 comments

A little powerpoint (pptx format) comparing RDA and AACR2 for serials courtesy of Renette Davis. I wish it were embeddable, but it’s not.

1910, 2010

4 different futures imagined for research libraries

robinna/ October 19, 2010/ Libraries/ 0 comments

Interesting thoughts…——————4 Very Different Futures Are Imagined for Research Libraries The first scenario, “Research Entrepreneurs,” lays out a future in which “individual researchers are the stars of the story.” Corporations and philanthropists directly support the best and brightest, who “produce insights that dazzle readers, leaders, and markets.” Creativity matters more than institutional or disciplinary affiliations; the best researchers write their

1510, 2010

Analytics the family analogy

robinna/ October 15, 2010/ Libraries, metadata/ 0 comments

My explanation/analogy for explaining analyzed titles, aka analytics to new staff: You and your sister share the same DNA (bibliographic information), but you do not share the same last name because she is married and changed her name. Analytics are kind of like that — they are individual people FIRST (so we catalog them on a mono record), but then