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Monthly Archives: July 2008
What advice do you have for an aspiring librarian?
Last week as I was writing for the Day in the Life Project I got an email from Shannon asking for professional advice, since I’m not a School Librarian, I feel ill equipped to give it. Instead I suggested that I post the questions on my blog for other librarians to answer. I know we’re a really great group people that love to give advice! Shannon said she was up for it, so here is a modified version of her email. Hi my name is Shannon. I got your email from your blog that was listed on the Day in the life of a librarian wiki. I just wanted to know if you could give me some advice on switching careers to become a school librarian or a librarian who specializes in youth literature etc. I have a B.S. in Journalism and Mass Comm from North Carolina A&T State University and a MS in New Media from Syracuse University. I work as a online producer/video editor at a newspaper. My plan was to become a teacher (teaching English literature) work for a 2 or 3 years then get a Masters in Library Science with an endorsement in school media. This will take me
Using a wiki for Reader’s Advisory
One of the first things we started when I came to MRRL was create online Reader’s Advisory lists for patrons. We’ve used a couple of different services for this in the last 3 years, but they cost money and were controlled by outside vendors. Earlier this year I was looking for funding to be able to add some new services and it occurred to me that the Library could save money by using a wiki to provide What to Read Next list. I got the go ahead from the director, we installed Mediawiki and I’ve been busy coding. So I’m pleased to announce the new Reader’s Advisory wiki. It is pretty “bare bones” looking, as wikis are hard to customize, but our logo is there and it has a nice clean look that matches our blog. It includes links to lists created internally, pdfs, and lists other places on the web. I’m still working on it and in the spirit of 2.0 it will always be changing. Remember wikis are the platform for the content your patrons are looking for. They don’t care how it gets delivered as long as they get it. Using a wiki just make your life easier and seamless integration makes your patrons life easier.
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