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Computers in Libraries Wrap Up in Tweets #cil2010

April 18, 2010
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Computers in Libraries Wrap Up in Tweets #cil2010

As always conferneces are amazing and intense and I’m left with huge amounts to process when I get home. Here is what I’m thinking about (in bold) & the tweets that inspired it. Team Work - RT @jlborgerding: Three things needed in order for the team approach to work – Flexibility (Key!), Creativity, Innovation #cil2010 Leading from the Middle – RT @lisacarlucci: “Gen X Librarians: Leading From the Middle”http://bit.ly/cil2010genx #cil2010 #genx Staff time costs, especially right now. Nothing happens by magic – RT @purlibrarian: Note to self: remember to count staff time costs when planning to adopt new technologies (invisible costs). #cil2010 Easy is relative. Don’t make others feel bad by saying its easy. – rt @strng_dichotomy Don’t say it’s easy make it easy! Not everyone is comfortable with tech #LMS#CiL2010 We really need a better catalog. Really.  RT @quinnrosie: “As soon as the user clicks the link to the catalog, they’re in the ghetto.” – John Blyberg. Um, yes. #cil2010 & The Library Catalog Ghetto – Why Apple & Google Win – And Libraries Don’t #CIL2010 - http://bit.ly/ZZMnX Innovation doesn’t happen by accident, we must create an environment where it can flourish. – RT @sarah_pants: RT @tminchew: Innovative staff members need to be given positions in

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Digital Branch Managers Sound Off #CiL2010

April 17, 2010
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Digital Branch Managers Sound Off #CiL2010

This was a panel I sat on at Computers in Libraries 2010 with Matt Hamilton, David Lee King and Sarah Houghton-Jan There was no presentations or prepared notes so I don’t have any thing official to post.  We got some great questions from the audience and you can read the notes from these bloggers: Librarian in Black Matt Phillips Librarian in the Cloud Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Gen X Librarians: Leading From the Middle #cil2010

April 13, 2010
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Gen X Librarians: Leading From the Middle View more presentations from Lisa Carlucci Thomas. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Libraries and Transliteracy at Computers in Libraries #cil2010

April 13, 2010
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Introduction to Libraries and Transliteracy View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. Presented at Computers in Libraries, Monday April 13th in a session with presentations by Buffy Hamilton & Matt Hamilton (no relation) Promised links and resources: Libraries and Transliteracy Blog – a group blog by Buffy Hamilton– school media specialist, Tom Ipri – academic librarian and Bobbi Newman – public librarian Defining Transliteracy Libraries and Transliteracy Slideshow Transliteracy.com Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age.  Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, 2009. Opportunity for All How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries, Seattle Washington: Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2010. LITERACY for the 21st Century An Overview & Orientation Guide To Media Literacy Education, second edition Center for Media Literacy, 2008. Don’t Touch That Dial! A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook. The Six Magic Words How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Information Fluency Keynote #cil2010

April 13, 2010
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Notes from the Computers in Libraries 2010 Conference Technology is a queer thing is brings you gifts with one hand and it stabs you in the back with the other – C.P. Snow Lee Rainee – Pew Internet and American Life Information Fluency – how networked creators have changed the ecology of information and the world of libraries Fact tank – no agenda Tweckle – to abuse a speak only to twitter followers while only he is speaking 2000 – slow stationary connections built around PC 46% of adults use net 5% have broadband 50% have cell phone 0% wireless 2010 – built around outside servers & storage 75% of adults use net 62% broadband at home 80% cell phone 53% wirelessly in American tied to language literacy, people who answer interview questions in Spanish are less likely to have internet access Digital Divide is still real there are populations who need and want help , librarians are essential to that because we can teach and can make people comfortable in ways that others can’t People say that can’t or don’t want to use net when you push further its unfamiliarity and uneducated about what happens online Librarians can make a difference

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