Comments on: Pivot Points For Change: Libraries And Librarians

By: Colleen Greene

Colleen Greene — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:44:41 +0000

I agree. If it still works for some, we need to keep those methods. Taylor the methods to the audience.

I've been reading up on your Transliteracy stuff (really good), and what has hit home with me is how this applies to my librarians and library staff. I don't work with public patrons much, I mostly educate and train our library staff. We face those same challenges within our own ranks.

At the presentation I did this week for special collections and museums (the one where I shared the digital native Aussie toddler video), I made a point to explain to them that, while their organizations need to keep an eye on the tools younger more tech-savvy patrons use, they need to continue using their existing more traditional set of tools to reach current patrons.

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:56:51 +0000

I really like the suggestions to keep doing things we were already doing. No sense in throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

By: colleengreene

colleengreene — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:22:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing these, they're great! I especially like #9. Much of my work right now revolves around teaching our librarians how to integrate social media sources and tools into our research guides.

By: Pivot Points for Change: Libraries and Librarians Blog Posting « Librarian in the Cloud

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:12:31 +0000

[...] been covering so far in 23 Things Kansas and will be covering in the weeks to come. Check out Bobbi’s blog for the other points as well as the slides from Buffy’s presentation. The fabulous Buffy Hamilton gave her Pivot [...]