Librarian by Day Bobbi Newman | I'm not that kind of librarian

Presented at the North Texas Library Partner's 5th Annual Conference on Library Technology Bridging the Digital Divide: It's more than teaching computer skills to seniors from Bobbi Newman References There are on the last three slides but here you go! ALA supports FCC proposal to fund digital literacy training through public libraries. (2012, April 3).District Dispatch. Retrieved from http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/04/ala-supports-fcc-proposal-to-fund-digital-literacy-training-through-public-libraries/ Aspen Institute to Advance Recommendations of the Knight Commission. Read more [...]

I should have written this post six months ago when it happened, but better late than never eh? Thanks to the recent Wired article about the hacking of  Mat Honan’s Amazon, Apple, Google and Twitter accounts I’ve noticed people saying they are turning on Google’s two step verification process. The purpose of this post is NOT to tell you not to use it but just some words of caution. If you're not familiar with two-step verification and how it works here's a handy video. Now for the rest of the story! As a frequent travel and often user of free wi-fi I activated Google two-step Read more [...]

A couple of years ago I wrote Nine Questions to Ask Before You Accept That Speaking Gig – (go read it, it’s full of great information!) this is a much overdue follow up. Preparation 1. Start working on your presentation now! Even if it is six months out, at least start taking notes! 2. Know yourself and your presentation style. Some people use a slide for every minute or two of speaking, some for 30 seconds or less. 3. Put together a good presentation. You were invited to be there, maybe even paid. Make sure your slides and the presentation are worthy. Practice your talk. 4. Find Read more [...]

Doing more with less is a bad joke on people who have made a living making something from nothing. Two years ago George Needham was a speaker at my library's staff day. I'm not sure these were his exact words, but it is pretty close and you get the idea. It stuck with me. Libraries and librarians need to stop saying we can do more with less. We can't. We can do less with less. Our communities are continually demanding more from us - more formats for content, more space for things like games, meetings and creating both digital and physical things. These are all great things, things libraries Read more [...]

I'm gearing up to announce Library Day in the Life Round 9 and I have run into a couple of issues. While I was struggling with them a larger issue occurs to me - should there even be a libday9? So I'm bringing it to the masses. Here are my questions for you 1. Should there be an Libday9? Social media has changed a lot since the first one in 2008. Are people even still interested in sharing their day and, maybe more importantly, reading about the day of others? The last couple of years the posts have gotten more chronological and, I think, less useful for people looking for information about Read more [...]