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

I won't be speaking at ALA instead I'll be spending much of my time in meetings. I thought I would share sessions of note on digital literacy and ebook issues that readers might be interested in. Unfortunately I won't be able to be at all these as they often conflict with my commitments. But if you are interested in ebooks or digital literacy issues take note! :-) Saturday The E-book Elephant in the Room: Determining What’s Relevant and Effective for Your Patrons & Making Effective Decisions for Your Future E-collection 8:00am to 10:00am Anaheim Convention Center 204C Speaker: Anne Read more [...]

Packing list About a year ago I started trying to travel with only a carry on.  I was tired of paying the extra baggage fees, waiting for my bag at the end of the trip and lugging around a heavy bag. So far I have been success for all library conferences.  I don't even have one of those fancy new carry-ons with the spinning wheels and a bagillion pockets that make it expand so much it only fits in the overhead bin by being rammed in. My primary carry on is ten years old (I do have a smaller one for very short trips & a duffle style one when I know I'll need to carry it a lot).  I usually Read more [...]

It is no secret that a lot of my time the couple of last years has been spent reading, writing, talking, and thinking about eBooks. To the point where I'm a little sick of the whole mess. Really. Sometimes I want to never think or talk about eBooks and libraries again. I'm sure some of you feel the same way. I know there are people out there who think it is a waste of time for librarians to be worried about the ebook issues, or rather content in general. They think that libraries are about community and experience and creation and content doesn't matter or at least won't matter in our future. These Read more [...]

A while back I delivered the opening Keynote for the Michigan State Library's Beginners Workshop.  The conference is focused on library staff who do not have a formal library degree and is an introduction to many issues. The topic of my presentation was the role of libraries in bridging the digital divide - I talked about the digital divide and digital literacy and the role that libraries play in both. I included my resources on slide 20 but I have also posted them below with links for your convenience. Libraries Bridging the Digital Divide View more PowerPoint from Bobbi Newman Resources ALA Read more [...]

I love Evernote, I've even written about it before, but I'll be the first to admit I'm not using it to it's full potential. I primarily use Evernote to take clips notes from my browser. By highlighting a section of a blog post or article online I can "clip" it and save it into Evernote. Evernote allows you to organize your clippings by folder but also tag them with key words making it easy to find that quote or statistic later. I still use Delicious for bookmarking (more on that later) but I prefer Evernote for online note-taking. I also use it to clip things people have written about me Read more [...]