Comments on: Challenge! Escape from the Echo Chamber

By: 20 Everyday Ways To Escape The Library Echo Chamber | Finding Heroes

20 Everyday Ways To Escape The Library Echo Chamber | Finding Heroes — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:01:45 +0000

[...] suggestions for escaping the echo chamber include writing or contributing to discussions about libraries in non-library spheres or marketing libraries at [...]

By: Citations Needed

Citations Needed — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:22:14 +0000

[...] post outlining five steps for collaborating with faculty. And Bobbi Newman lets us know about the Great Librarian Write-Out, in which Patrick Sweeney is awarding $250 to a librarian who writes an article about libraries [...]

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:08:28 +0000

wow I really love this idea! I’m going to keep an eye out for something like this to participate in!

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:05:59 +0000

Jan -This is cool!
You’re right any escape is a good escape. I even thinking move across specialties is good public -> academic -> school -> special etc.

By: Jan Holmquist

Jan Holmquist — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:17:23 +0000

I think that the Cycling for Libraries conference is escaping the echo chamber – while being an echo chamber itself.
The participants are Librarians and heavy library issues will be in focus, but the idea is to get lot´s of media coverage and make the public aware of library issues in this rather unusual way. – I think they will succeed because it is a good story that librarians from all over the world ride their bikes to make libraries better. I am looking forward to recieving the conference at my library on their way from Copenhagen to Berlin.
http://www.cyclingforlibraries.org/

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:28:02 +0000

Good question Bobbi. I found it on the blog of a host (and founder) of the challenge. http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2011/01/very-special-and-exciting-announcement.html I was casually surfing and found it. Only found the day before the challenge began so it’s been pretty tight in coming up with blogging ideas. It’s been going for three years, first year just a few dozen people, but this year there are more then 1200 participating blogs. Part of the challenge is to visit and comment on as many of these blogs as possible, which has been fun. There are dozens of indie authors participating, book lovers, photographers, personal journal writers, crafters, a few libraries and librarians, and for me there have been some gems – blogs I know I will be following long after the challenge but have nothing to do with libraryland and the echo chamber, and I hope they are learning from me too.

By: Richard Groves (@RichardTheGnome)

Richard Groves (@RichardTheGnome) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:17:09 +0000

RT @librarianbyday: A great suggestion for escaping the blogging echo chamber! #echolib http://bit.ly/gGkta7

By: Sarah Houghton-Jan (@TheLiB)

Sarah Houghton-Jan (@TheLiB) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:08:12 +0000

RT @librarianbyday: A great suggestion for escaping the blogging echo chamber! #echolib http://bit.ly/gGkta7

By: Yvonne M (@MissCybrarian)

Yvonne M (@MissCybrarian) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:41:42 +0000

RT @librarianbyday: A great suggestion for escaping the blogging echo chamber! #echolib http://bit.ly/gGkta7

By: Li Kai (@islanderee)

Li Kai (@islanderee) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:41:23 +0000

RT @librarianbyday: A great suggestion for escaping the blogging echo chamber! #echolib http://bit.ly/gGkta7