Librarian by Day

This was a great presentation that started out with a look at Hennepin’s wonderful Bookspace, hop over and take a look at it, it’s impressive. Just some of the things that really stand out

• pictures of patrons reading
• blog
• enews sign ups
• main page index
• Featured lists – created by librarians
• What We’re Reading – created by staff
• Reader’s Lists – patrons are creating these!
• Genre pages
• New titles list
• Librarian tips and news

Who is doing all this work? There is a Bookspace Coordinator, a senior Libririan in Web Services, a bookspace worskshop and bookspace coordinators.

The interface for contribution is easy!

Staff are required to contribute content, it is part of their job, not volunteer.

Robin did a write up of this from her IT point of view and you can see the whole presentation here (scroll down).