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Ideally, we can learn more from failure than we can from success. Are we (you) willing to share failures?<br />
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I know: The word itself makes you nervous. They aren't failures. They're learning experiences. They're premature innovations. They're qualified successes.<br />
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Here's the definition I'm using:<br />
:'''Failure:'''An initiative or process that was either terminated before a planned ending date or that failed to achieve the stated goals.<br />
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Contributions? I'll create a "Failure" subcategory when (if) there are any pages that start here...<br />
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There's also a [http://pln.lyrasis.org/wiki/index.php/Learning_from_failure Learning from failure] page on the Library Leadership Network.<br />
--[[User:Waltcrawford|Waltcrawford]] 12:41, 28 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
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And, in a mere three months with publicity elsewhere, we've seen the number of shared failures I was more-or-less expecting here: Zero.<br />
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Why am I not surprised?<br />
--[[User:Waltcrawford|Waltcrawford]] 12:40, 5 August 2008 (EDT)</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/User:WaltcrawfordUser:Waltcrawford2010-01-11T22:36:21Z<p>Waltcrawford: </p>
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<div>Behind the mysterious username (I was never good at cute pseudonyms or screen names), I'm Walt Crawford.<br />
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I've been active in the library field for a very long time, including a stint as president of LITA, the Library and Information Technology Association.<br />
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After a lot of years at RLG (ending at OCLC's RLG Service Center), I'm now Editorial Director for the [http://lln.lyrasis.org Library Leadership Network], a free network for all those who are or eventually expect to be library leaders, however you define leadership.<br />
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I write and publish [http://citesandinsights.info/ ''Cites & Insights''], an ejournal on the intersections of libraries, policy, media and technology, and also have a [http://walt.lishost.org blog, Walt at Random.]<br />
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[http://waltcrawford.name My personal website] has way too much additional information.</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Say_No_Problem_to_Snow_With_a_Pair_of_Brown_Flat_BootsSay No Problem to Snow With a Pair of Brown Flat Boots2010-01-11T22:34:21Z<p>Waltcrawford: Article deleted as spam</p>
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<div>* [[LEAP]] - Memphis Public Library & Information Center's Leadership Development Program<br />
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* [http://www.llma.org/ LLMA: Library Leadership Massachusetts]<br />
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* [http://pln.lyrasis.org/wiki/ Library Leadership Network (LLN)]<br />
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* [[MILE]] - Minnesota Library Association Institute for Leadership Excellence<br />
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* [http://www.txla.org/groups/talltex/tallldi.html TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute]<br />
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==Blogs/Websites to Watch==<br />
* [http://www.libraryleaders.blogspot.com/ Memphis Public Library's LEAP program]<br />
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* [http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/ Minnesota Library Association's MILE program]<br />
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*[http://www.thomsonscientific.com/quantum Quantum2 Leadership Development Program]<br />
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* [http://poplar.lyrasis.org/plnhighlights/ LLN Highlights] - blog for Library Leadership Network</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Newspaper_columns_and_blogsNewspaper columns and blogs2009-02-18T19:03:06Z<p>Waltcrawford: </p>
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<div>If the people in a library--from the director on down--can commit to producing one worthwhile blog post about the library every week, or even every month, maybe they should try to get double value: see whether a local paper would run a library column, also posted in the blog.<br />
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The background for this list appears [http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/library-blogs-and-newspaper-columns/ in this blog post] by Walt Crawford (who wrote this page initially). (This page also appears, in slightly different form and with most or all of the background, as "Newspaper columns and blogs" in [http://pln.palinet.org the PALINET Leadership Network].)<br />
==Known examples of newspaper columns, some mirrored elsewhere==<br />
===Alamance County (North Carolina)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Heather Holley-Hall writes a monthly "Accent" column for the Burlington ''Times News''--"a combination of book reviews and general ramblings about libraries, books and other related stuff." To find the column go to [http://www.thetimesnews.com/ the newspaper's website] and search for "Heather Holley-Hall" or just "Holley-Hall." The column isn't currently archived or provided as a library blog.<br />
===Beloit Public Library (Wisconsin)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Jeni Schomber writes a monthly library column--"book reviews and general library 'ramblings' about our services, programs, collections and such"--for the Beloit ''Daily News'', which also appears on the newspaper's [http://www.beloitdailynews.com website.] The column is archived on the [http://www.beloitlibrary.info/?pid-75 library website].<br />
===Douglas County Libraries (Colorado)===<br />
Jamie LaRue, director, writes a newspaper column that also appears as a library blog--and writes a separate blog.<br />
*'''Column and blog:''' LaRue writes ''LaRue's Views'' in the Douglas County ''News Press'' and makes the columns available on what is effectively [http://www.douglascountylibraries.org/taxonomy/term/150 a blog] on the Douglas County Libraries website (it may not use blog software, but it offers items in a stream, in reverse chronological order, with support for comments and with an RSS feed).<br />
*'''Blog:''' LaRue also, separately, writes [http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/ ''Myliblog''], a weblog that is ''not'' presented as an official library blog but ''does'' have links to the library and a link to the blog on the ''LaRue's Views'' page.<br />
===Humboldt (Iowa)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Nikki Ehlers writes a weekly column in [http://www.humboldtnews.com/ The Humboldt ''Independent''], but it doesn't currently show up online and isn't mirrored or archived.<br />
===Lake Villa (Illinois)===<br />
*'''Column formerly in newspaper:''' Bob Watson writes a [http://www.lvdl.org/ brief weekly column] that appears at the top of Lake Villa's home page. He used to have a weekly column (typical 500-750 word newspaper column length), and currently finds that the brief message works better. According to Watson, the library's PR person does a great job of getting library news and events into the local paper.<br />
===Lancaster (Pennsylvania)===<br />
*'''Column and archive:''' Sue Bowser writes a column, "Check it out," in the Lancaster ''Sunday News'' listing five books on a related theme. (You'll find the current version in the Books Page section of [http://lancasteronline.com/lol_pages/paper/sundaynews/ the paper's website].) The columns are archived [http://www.lancaster.lib.pa.us/lcl/cwp/view.asp?a=1152&Q=464733&lclNav=|3030 on the library's website]--but not as a blog. <br />
===Northwest Area (Mississippi)===<br />
*'''Column and blog:''' Maggie Moran, public service and reference librarian, writes a weekly column, ''Book Talk'', in ''The Southern Reporter'' (no website), [http://desototimes.com/ ''DeSoto Times-Tribune''], [http://thedemocrat.com/ ''Tate County Democrat''], [http://tunicatimes.com/ ''Tunica Times''], and [http://winonatimes.com/ ''Winona Times'']. The column is written on Wednesday mornings then e-mailed to the public relations staff at [http://northwestms.edu/ Northwest Mississippi Community College] (NWCC) who then forwards it to the newspapers in our service area. The column is archived on Maggie’s personal blog, [http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/ Maggie Reads.] To distinguish an article for the newspaper from regular blog posts, look for the word “copy” in parenthesis by the title of the book such as [http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/2008/10/wesley-owl-copy.html ''Wesley the Owl'' (copy)] and the tag word [http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/search/label/Booktalk/ booktalk].<br />
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===Sanbornton (New Hampshire)===<br />
*'''Column and wiki archive:''' Cab Vinton writes ''Speaking Volumes'' in the Winnisquam ''Echo.'' The archive appears in what ''could'' be a blog--[http://splib.pbwiki.com/Speaking-Volumes-Columns/ a wiki page] that provides the columns in a newest-first stream. (Sanbornton may be unusual among very small public libraries in using a wiki as a primary communications tool.) <br />
:How big do you need to be to have a newspaper column and blog-equivalent? Sanbornton has 2.2FTE and a service area of 2,850 people.<br />
===Sidney (New York)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Robin Sanford writes a weekly column, ''Off the Shelf,'' in [http://www.lvdl.org/ ''The Tri-Town News''] (which doesn't currently post content online.) The column was suggested by the paper. So far, it's not archived or available on the web or [http://www.4cls.org/sidney/smpl.htm the library's website]--but that could change.<br />
===Townsville (Queensland, Australia)===<br />
*'''Column and RSS feed:''' Warren Cheetham and others at the library (Citi Libraries Townsville) write ''Searchlight'', a weekly column in the IT/Computer "Switched On" section of the [http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/ Townsville ''Bulletin'']. Recent columns appear in the Switched On section of the newspaper's website, and at least two online databases pick up the column as part of the newspaper's contents. While the column appeared as part of a library blog in 2005-2006, it now has its own feed and email distribution, [http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/publib/news/lists/hosted/searchlight described here], with archives available once you've signed up. According to Cheetham,<br />
:The aim of Searchlight is: "to help make your internet searching more effective, efficient and fun, by reviewing search tools, providing hints and tips, and helping with tricky search topics." Our aim was to take the search expertise of librarians, and make it available to a wide audience in a medium they regularly use (newspaper), using language that they understand.<br />
*Possibly inspired by my question, it appears that [http://searchlightblog.blogspot.com/ the Searchlight blog] has been revived, so this column now counts as a true column-and-blog combination once again.<br />
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==Unable to clarify==<br />
At j. Baumgart's request, members of the News Division of the Special Libraries Association identified three newspaper columns by librarians, but I have not been able to identify the column in any online form or any reference to it from the library website:<br />
*Savannah ''Morning News'', a fortnightly Sunday column<br />
*Columbus ''Dispatch'', a monthly reference column (that may not be by librarians)<br />
*Providence ''Journal'', an as-space-available column.<br />
If anyone can fill in the links or clarify these, please do so (or send me email, waltcrawford at gmail.com)<br />
==Additions to the list==<br />
Please add appropriate information if you (or your library) writes a newspaper column--including where it's archived, if it is. Or send email to waltcrawford at gmail.com and I'll update this page...</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Library_CampLibrary Camp2008-12-12T18:11:40Z<p>Waltcrawford: Fixed pagelink for agenda</p>
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<div>== Library Camps and Library Unconferences ==<br />
For an extensive list of previous and upcoming library camps and library unconferences (and links to relevant wikis and blogs for those events), see the [http://liswiki.org/wiki/Library_Camp Library Camp] entry in [http://liswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page LIS Wiki].<br />
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== Library Camp 2008 (Ann Arbor District Library, March 20, 2008) ==<br />
UPDATE: We'll start in the Board Room on the 4th floor! Library doors open at 9 AM and bagels and coffee will be served, and we'll get started at 9:30. The [[libcamp2008agenda|'''agenda''' will go here]] once it's been created on thursday morning. See you all soon!<br />
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[[libcampattendees|Attendee contact information]]<br />
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Library Camp doesn't mean burned marshmallows, mosquito bites, or popsicle stick-based art projects. Library Camp is a series of informal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference Unconference] gatherings to share ideas, technologies, and discussions.<br />
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The next Library Camp will be held Thursday, March 20th, 2008, at the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=343+south+5th+ave,+ann+arbor&sll=42.724821,-83.622437&sspn=1.077447,2.029724&ie=UTF8&ll=42.278468,-83.745968&spn=0.008478,0.015857&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 Downtown Branch] of the [http://www.aadl.org Ann Arbor District Library], from 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM.<br />
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[[Libcamp2008agenda]]<br />
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The goal is to get a bunch of people together, and let them talk about whatever they'd like to talk about, within the rough purview of libraries and library technology. We'll start with all getting together with a blank schedule to talk about what we'd like to talk about and fill in a few slots on the agenda. We've got time for four sessions and room for at least 3 concurrent sessions, so there could easily be 10-12 different things to talk about during the day.<br />
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We're working on providing breakfast; lunch is on your own, but there will surely be groups heading out to nearby places in downtown Ann Arbor. There is also a mid-range hotel near by ([http://campusinn.com The Campus Inn], $200/night, orbitz has for $99/night), and a very cheap place a little further out that's not half bad ([http://www.lamppostinn.com/ Lamp Post Inn], $45/night).<br />
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If you have any questions about the event, please don't hesitate to email eli at eli@aadl.org and he'll be happy to help, and if you're planning or hoping to attend, or have an idea for something you'd like to see a session about, edit this page and list your name or your suggestion! Thanks for your interest, and we hope to see you at Library Camp!<br />
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=== I plan or hope to attend! ===<br />
* Evette Atkin, MLC<br />
* Brian Austin, MLC<br />
* Amy Barnes, Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
* Aaron Beebe, GDL<br />
* <strike>Helene Blowers, Columbus Metropolitan Library</strike> Sorry to not be able to attend. But am glad so many others from CML will there.<br />
* John Blyberg, Darien Library<br />
* Stephen Bollinger, CADL<br />
* Steven K. Bowers, Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET)<br />
* Amy Cantu, AADL<br />
* Suzanne Chapman, University of Michigan Library<br />
* Dave Carter, University of Michigan Library (will probably be late)<br />
* Celeste Choate, AADL<br />
* Mike Creech, University of Michigan Library<br />
* Samuel Davis, Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
* Ryan Eby, AADL<br />
* Janet Elkins, UM-Dearborn Mardigian Library<br />
* <strike>Jeff Godin, Traverse Area District Library</strike> drat.<br />
* Kathryn Gordon, Wayne State LIS Program, Detroit<br />
* <strike>Alan Kirk Gray, Darien Library (hope)</strike> Reality trumps hope once again<br />
* Michael Haney, Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
* Heidi Hansen, Wayne State LIS Program, Detroit<br />
* Rikhei Harris, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (hope)<br />
* John Hershey, Wayne State LIS program<br />
* Victor Ibegbu, Detroit Public Library<br />
* Roshayne Jaimon, AADL<br />
* Stephanie C. John, PALnet, Flint, MI<br />
* <strike>Ranti Junus, Michigan State University Libraries, Lansing</strike> Sorry, I ended up couldn't make it.<br />
* Anne Karle-Zenith, University of Michigan Library<br />
* Shana Kimball, University of Michigan Library<br />
* Melissa Kiser, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN<br />
* Molly Kleinman, University of Michigan Library<br />
* Eric J. Klooster, AADL<br />
* Jamie Lausch, AADL (afternoon)<br />
* <strike>Sarah Lowen, GVSU/Van Andel, WSU LIS Program</strike><br />
* Andrew MacLaren, AADL<br />
* Sara Martin, University of Detroit Mercy<br />
* <strike>Linda Masselink, GVSU</strike><br />
* Sara Memmott, Eastern Michigan University<br />
* Ronnie Morgan, GDL<br />
* Xanthe Muller, Wayne State LIS Program, Detroit<br />
* <strike>Peter Murray, OhioLINK</strike> Apologies, can't make it due to a higher priority commitment.<br />
* Eli Neiburger, AADL<br />
* Macrina Porter, Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
* Philip Proefrock, Penchansky Whisler Architects (ex-Luckenbach|Ziegelman Architects)<br />
* Sean Robinson, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN<br />
* Elaine Ross, MLC<br />
* Maryellen Sandford, CADL<br />
* Eric Schnell, The Ohio State University Libraries<br />
* Kathy Schoening, Jackson District Library<br />
* Maura Seale, GVSU<br />
* Sarah Stopera, Wayne State LIS Program, Detroit<br />
* Carl Swanberg, Canton Public Library<br />
* Greg Syferd, Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
* Steven Teeri, Detroit Public Library<br />
* <strike>Bill Tozier, Vague Innovation LLC</strike> I wish I had been there folks. Next time. Make it soon.<br />
* Susan Vedovato, Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
* Ed Vielmetti, Pure Visibility, Ann Arbor<br />
* Kathryn Waggoner, GVSU<br />
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=== I wish I could be there/ I wish I could have been there! ===<br />
* Margie Brumm, Rochester Public Library<br />
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame<br />
* Jessamyn West, Vermont<br />
* Kathryn Greenhill, Fremantle, Western Australia<br />
* Hope Nobel, Leighton Township Library<br />
* Lee LeBlanc, iblee, Florida (a wish I could have been).<br />
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=== Session Ideas ===<br />
* How about post-netflix circ ideas? They've shaken up our customer's expectations... I wonder what Library Campers could come up with?<br />
* Life after the era of the ILS vendor<br />
* Cooperative development (inter-library coding)<br />
* Practical 2.0 magic<br />
* Cloud computing for libraries<br />
* Marketing your library services using the internet/2.0 technologies/etc.<br />
* Ideas for using smartphones in Reference<br />
* How many ways can libraries use social networking services?<br />
* Snapshot of the status of open source ILS's: Who's focusing on academics? Publics? # of members in each?<br />
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=== blogs on LibCampA2 ===<br />
* [http://dalnetconsortium.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/library-camp-2008-notes/ DALNET Consortium]<br />
* [http://mollykleinman.com/2008/03/21/library-camp-ann-arbor-2008/ The Multi-Purpose Librarian]<br />
* [http://theunlibrarian.net/blog/?cat=11 theunlibrarian]<br />
* [http://www.heidigoseek.com/2008/03/library_camp_a2_2008.htm heidi go seek]<br />
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/michiganlibraryconsortium/sets/72157604189079143/ Michigan Library Consortium]</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Work_Like_A_Patron_DayWork Like A Patron Day2008-11-18T17:03:29Z<p>Waltcrawford: </p>
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<div>"Work Like A Patron" Day is a day dedicated to making library staff more aware of what patrons experience when using the library. On this day, library staff are encouraged to "work like a patron" as possible. This includes:<br />
*entering and leaving the library through the public entrance (not the staff doors)<br />
*using the public computers to do your work<br />
*using only the patron interface for searching your catalog<br />
*using the library website to locate information<br />
*printing using the public printers<br />
*using the public restrooms<br />
*reserving public meeting rooms for meetings<br />
*sitting in the chairs/use the furniture meant for the public<br />
*paying your library fines (no waiving them the day before!)<br />
*following all library policies<br />
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By experiencing the library from the point of view of our patrons, staff can hopefully both improve the services we offer as well as empathize with patron needs and expectations.<br />
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= History and Future Days=<br />
October 15th, 2008, was chosen to be the first "Work Like A Patron" Day. This date is 6 months after Library Appreciation Week (in 2008, April 13-18th). Future WLAP days will always be on the Wednesday of the week 6 months after Library Appreciation Month.<br />
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= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =<br />
*[http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/10/07/work-like-a-patron-day Swiss Army Librarian's "Work Like A Patron" Day] The original post calling for the creation of WLAP Day.<br />
*[http://www.walkingpaper.org/647 Walking Paper] Adding additional ideas on how library staff can celebrate WLAP Day.<br />
*[http://www.flickr.com/groups/worklikeapatronday Work Like A Patron Day flickr group] Add and share your photos to the WLAP Day flickr group to show your support for patrons and to give other librarians ideas for celebrating WLAP Day in their libraries.<br />
*[http://gathernodust.blogspot.com/2008/11/work-like-patron-day-redux.html Work Like A Patron Day Redux] A follow-up post on the experiences of the Casa Grande Public Library regarding Work Like a Patron Day.<br />
*[http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/Through_patrons'_eyes The Palinet Leadership Network:Through Patron's Eyes] A summary of posts on the experience of libraries on Work Like a Patron Day.</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Newspaper_columns_and_blogsNewspaper columns and blogs2008-09-08T22:28:31Z<p>Waltcrawford: /* Townsville (Queensland, Australia) */</p>
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<div>If the people in a library--from the director on down--can commit to producing one worthwhile blog post about the library every week, or even every month, maybe they should try to get double value: see whether a local paper would run a library column, also posted in the blog.<br />
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The background for this list appears [http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/library-blogs-and-newspaper-columns/ in this blog post] by Walt Crawford (who wrote this page initially). (This page also appears, in slightly different form and with most or all of the background, as "Newspaper columns and blogs" in [http://pln.palinet.org the PALINET Leadership Network].)<br />
==Known examples of newspaper columns, some mirrored elsewhere==<br />
===Alamance County (North Carolina)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Heather Holley-Hall writes a monthly "Accent" column for the Burlington ''Times News''--"a combination of book reviews and general ramblings about libraries, books and other related stuff." To find the column go to [http://www.thetimesnews.com/ the newspaper's website] and search for "Heather Holley-Hall" or just "Holley-Hall." The column isn't currently archived or provided as a library blog.<br />
===Douglas County Libraries (Colorado)===<br />
Jamie LaRue, director, writes a newspaper column that also appears as a library blog--and writes a separate blog.<br />
*'''Column and blog:''' LaRue writes ''LaRue's Views'' in the Douglas County ''News Press'' and makes the columns available on what is effectively [http://www.douglascountylibraries.org/taxonomy/term/150 a blog] on the Douglas County Libraries website (it may not use blog software, but it offers items in a stream, in reverse chronological order, with support for comments and with an RSS feed).<br />
*'''Blog:''' LaRue also, separately, writes [http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/ ''Myliblog''], a weblog that is ''not'' presented as an official library blog but ''does'' have links to the library and a link to the blog on the ''LaRue's Views'' page.<br />
===Humboldt (Iowa)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Nikki Ehlers writes a weekly column in [http://www.humboldtnews.com/ The Humboldt ''Independent''], but it doesn't currently show up online and isn't mirrored or archived.<br />
===Lake Villa (Illinois)===<br />
*'''Column formerly in newspaper:''' Bob Watson writes a [http://www.lvdl.org/ brief weekly column] that appears at the top of Lake Villa's home page. He used to have a weekly column (typical 500-750 word newspaper column length), and currently finds that the brief message works better. According to Watson, the library's PR person does a great job of getting library news and events into the local paper.<br />
===Lancaster (Pennsylvania)===<br />
*'''Column and archive:''' Sue Bowser writes a column, "Check it out," in the Lancaster ''Sunday News'' listing five books on a related theme. (You'll find the current version in the Books Page section of [http://lancasteronline.com/lol_pages/paper/sundaynews/ the paper's website].) The columns are archived [http://www.lancaster.lib.pa.us/lcl/cwp/view.asp?a=1152&Q=464733&lclNav=|3030 on the library's website]--but not as a blog. <br />
===Sanbornton (New Hampshire)===<br />
*'''Column and wiki archive:''' Cab Vinton writes ''Speaking Volumes'' in the Winnisquam ''Echo.'' The archive appears in what ''could'' be a blog--[http://splib.pbwiki.com/Speaking-Volumes-Columns/ a wiki page] that provides the columns in a newest-first stream. (Sanbornton may be unusual among very small public libraries in using a wiki as a primary communications tool.) <br />
:How big do you need to be to have a newspaper column and blog-equivalent? Sanbornton has 2.2FTE and a service area of 2,850 people.<br />
===Sidney (New York)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Robin Sanford writes a weekly column, ''Off the Shelf,'' in [http://www.lvdl.org/ ''The Tri-Town News''] (which doesn't currently post content online.) The column was suggested by the paper. So far, it's not archived or available on the web or [http://www.4cls.org/sidney/smpl.htm the library's website]--but that could change.<br />
===Townsville (Queensland, Australia)===<br />
*'''Column and RSS feed:''' Warren Cheetham and others at the library (Citi Libraries Townsville) write ''Searchlight'', a weekly column in the IT/Computer "Switched On" section of the [http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/ Townsville ''Bulletin'']. Recent columns appear in the Switched On section of the newspaper's website, and at least two online databases pick up the column as part of the newspaper's contents. While the column appeared as part of a library blog in 2005-2006, it now has its own feed and email distribution, [http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/publib/news/lists/hosted/searchlight described here], with archives available once you've signed up. According to Cheetham,<br />
:The aim of Searchlight is: "to help make your internet searching more effective, efficient and fun, by reviewing search tools, providing hints and tips, and helping with tricky search topics." Our aim was to take the search expertise of librarians, and make it available to a wide audience in a medium they regularly use (newspaper), using language that they understand.<br />
*Possibly inspired by my question, it appears that [http://searchlightblog.blogspot.com/ the Searchlight blog] has been revived, so this column now counts as a true column-and-blog combination once again.<br />
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==Unable to clarify==<br />
At j. Baumgart's request, members of the News Division of the Special Libraries Association identified three newspaper columns by librarians, but I have not been able to identify the column in any online form or any reference to it from the library website:<br />
*Savannah ''Morning News'', a fortnightly Sunday column<br />
*Columbus ''Dispatch'', a monthly reference column (that may not be by librarians)<br />
*Providence ''Journal'', an as-space-available column.<br />
If anyone can fill in the links or clarify these, please do so (or send me email, waltcrawford at gmail.com)<br />
==Additions to the list==<br />
Please add appropriate information if you (or your library) writes a newspaper column--including where it's archived, if it is. Or send email to waltcrawford at gmail.com and I'll update this page...</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Newspaper_columns_and_blogsNewspaper columns and blogs2008-09-06T23:15:17Z<p>Waltcrawford: /* Townsville (Queensland, Australia) */</p>
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<div>If the people in a library--from the director on down--can commit to producing one worthwhile blog post about the library every week, or even every month, maybe they should try to get double value: see whether a local paper would run a library column, also posted in the blog.<br />
<br />
The background for this list appears [http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/library-blogs-and-newspaper-columns/ in this blog post] by Walt Crawford (who wrote this page initially). (This page also appears, in slightly different form and with most or all of the background, as "Newspaper columns and blogs" in [http://pln.palinet.org the PALINET Leadership Network].)<br />
==Known examples of newspaper columns, some mirrored elsewhere==<br />
===Alamance County (North Carolina)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Heather Holley-Hall writes a monthly "Accent" column for the Burlington ''Times News''--"a combination of book reviews and general ramblings about libraries, books and other related stuff." To find the column go to [http://www.thetimesnews.com/ the newspaper's website] and search for "Heather Holley-Hall" or just "Holley-Hall." The column isn't currently archived or provided as a library blog.<br />
===Douglas County Libraries (Colorado)===<br />
Jamie LaRue, director, writes a newspaper column that also appears as a library blog--and writes a separate blog.<br />
*'''Column and blog:''' LaRue writes ''LaRue's Views'' in the Douglas County ''News Press'' and makes the columns available on what is effectively [http://www.douglascountylibraries.org/taxonomy/term/150 a blog] on the Douglas County Libraries website (it may not use blog software, but it offers items in a stream, in reverse chronological order, with support for comments and with an RSS feed).<br />
*'''Blog:''' LaRue also, separately, writes [http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/ ''Myliblog''], a weblog that is ''not'' presented as an official library blog but ''does'' have links to the library and a link to the blog on the ''LaRue's Views'' page.<br />
===Humboldt (Iowa)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Nikki Ehlers writes a weekly column in [http://www.humboldtnews.com/ The Humboldt ''Independent''], but it doesn't currently show up online and isn't mirrored or archived.<br />
===Lake Villa (Illinois)===<br />
*'''Column formerly in newspaper:''' Bob Watson writes a [http://www.lvdl.org/ brief weekly column] that appears at the top of Lake Villa's home page. He used to have a weekly column (typical 500-750 word newspaper column length), and currently finds that the brief message works better. According to Watson, the library's PR person does a great job of getting library news and events into the local paper.<br />
===Lancaster (Pennsylvania)===<br />
*'''Column and archive:''' Sue Bowser writes a column, "Check it out," in the Lancaster ''Sunday News'' listing five books on a related theme. (You'll find the current version in the Books Page section of [http://lancasteronline.com/lol_pages/paper/sundaynews/ the paper's website].) The columns are archived [http://www.lancaster.lib.pa.us/lcl/cwp/view.asp?a=1152&Q=464733&lclNav=|3030 on the library's website]--but not as a blog. <br />
===Sanbornton (New Hampshire)===<br />
*'''Column and wiki archive:''' Cab Vinton writes ''Speaking Volumes'' in the Winnisquam ''Echo.'' The archive appears in what ''could'' be a blog--[http://splib.pbwiki.com/Speaking-Volumes-Columns/ a wiki page] that provides the columns in a newest-first stream. (Sanbornton may be unusual among very small public libraries in using a wiki as a primary communications tool.) <br />
:How big do you need to be to have a newspaper column and blog-equivalent? Sanbornton has 2.2FTE and a service area of 2,850 people.<br />
===Sidney (New York)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Robin Sanford writes a weekly column, ''Off the Shelf,'' in [http://www.lvdl.org/ ''The Tri-Town News''] (which doesn't currently post content online.) The column was suggested by the paper. So far, it's not archived or available on the web or [http://www.4cls.org/sidney/smpl.htm the library's website]--but that could change.<br />
===Townsville (Queensland, Australia)===<br />
*'''Column and RSS feed:''' Warren Cheetham and others at the library (now Thuringowa Library Services) write ''Searchlight'', a weekly column in the IT/Computer "Switched On" section of the [http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/ Townsville ''Bulletin'']. Recent columns appear in the Switched On section of the newspaper's website, and at least two online databases pick up the column as part of the newspaper's contents. While the column appeared as part of a library blog in 2005-2006, it now has its own feed and email distribution, [http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/publib/news/lists/hosted/searchlight described here], with archives available once you've signed up. According to Cheetham,<br />
:The aim of Searchlight is: "to help make your internet searching more effective, efficient and fun, by reviewing search tools, providing hints and tips, and helping with tricky search topics." Our aim was to take the search expertise of librarians, and make it available to a wide audience in a medium they regularly use (newspaper), using language that they understand.<br />
*Possibly inspired by my question, it appears that [http://searchlightblog.blogspot.com/ the Searchlight blog] has been revived, so this column now counts as a true column-and-blog combination once again.<br />
<br />
==Unable to clarify==<br />
At j. Baumgart's request, members of the News Division of the Special Libraries Association identified three newspaper columns by librarians, but I have not been able to identify the column in any online form or any reference to it from the library website:<br />
*Savannah ''Morning News'', a fortnightly Sunday column<br />
*Columbus ''Dispatch'', a monthly reference column (that may not be by librarians)<br />
*Providence ''Journal'', an as-space-available column.<br />
If anyone can fill in the links or clarify these, please do so (or send me email, waltcrawford at gmail.com)<br />
==Additions to the list==<br />
Please add appropriate information if you (or your library) writes a newspaper column--including where it's archived, if it is. Or send email to waltcrawford at gmail.com and I'll update this page...</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Newspaper_columns_and_blogsNewspaper columns and blogs2008-09-06T22:55:00Z<p>Waltcrawford: New page: If the people in a library--from the director on down--can commit to producing one worthwhile blog post about the library every week, or even every month, maybe they should try to get doub...</p>
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<div>If the people in a library--from the director on down--can commit to producing one worthwhile blog post about the library every week, or even every month, maybe they should try to get double value: see whether a local paper would run a library column, also posted in the blog.<br />
<br />
The background for this list appears [http://walt.lishost.org/2008/08/library-blogs-and-newspaper-columns/ in this blog post] by Walt Crawford (who wrote this page initially). (This page also appears, in slightly different form and with most or all of the background, as "Newspaper columns and blogs" in [http://pln.palinet.org the PALINET Leadership Network].)<br />
==Known examples of newspaper columns, some mirrored elsewhere==<br />
===Alamance County (North Carolina)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Heather Holley-Hall writes a monthly "Accent" column for the Burlington ''Times News''--"a combination of book reviews and general ramblings about libraries, books and other related stuff." To find the column go to [http://www.thetimesnews.com/ the newspaper's website] and search for "Heather Holley-Hall" or just "Holley-Hall." The column isn't currently archived or provided as a library blog.<br />
===Douglas County Libraries (Colorado)===<br />
Jamie LaRue, director, writes a newspaper column that also appears as a library blog--and writes a separate blog.<br />
*'''Column and blog:''' LaRue writes ''LaRue's Views'' in the Douglas County ''News Press'' and makes the columns available on what is effectively [http://www.douglascountylibraries.org/taxonomy/term/150 a blog] on the Douglas County Libraries website (it may not use blog software, but it offers items in a stream, in reverse chronological order, with support for comments and with an RSS feed).<br />
*'''Blog:''' LaRue also, separately, writes [http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/ ''Myliblog''], a weblog that is ''not'' presented as an official library blog but ''does'' have links to the library and a link to the blog on the ''LaRue's Views'' page.<br />
===Humboldt (Iowa)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Nikki Ehlers writes a weekly column in [http://www.humboldtnews.com/ The Humboldt ''Independent''], but it doesn't currently show up online and isn't mirrored or archived.<br />
===Lake Villa (Illinois)===<br />
*'''Column formerly in newspaper:''' Bob Watson writes a [http://www.lvdl.org/ brief weekly column] that appears at the top of Lake Villa's home page. He used to have a weekly column (typical 500-750 word newspaper column length), and currently finds that the brief message works better. According to Watson, the library's PR person does a great job of getting library news and events into the local paper.<br />
===Lancaster (Pennsylvania)===<br />
*'''Column and archive:''' Sue Bowser writes a column, "Check it out," in the Lancaster ''Sunday News'' listing five books on a related theme. (You'll find the current version in the Books Page section of [http://lancasteronline.com/lol_pages/paper/sundaynews/ the paper's website].) The columns are archived [http://www.lancaster.lib.pa.us/lcl/cwp/view.asp?a=1152&Q=464733&lclNav=|3030 on the library's website]--but not as a blog. <br />
===Sanbornton (New Hampshire)===<br />
*'''Column and wiki archive:''' Cab Vinton writes ''Speaking Volumes'' in the Winnisquam ''Echo.'' The archive appears in what ''could'' be a blog--[http://splib.pbwiki.com/Speaking-Volumes-Columns/ a wiki page] that provides the columns in a newest-first stream. (Sanbornton may be unusual among very small public libraries in using a wiki as a primary communications tool.) <br />
:How big do you need to be to have a newspaper column and blog-equivalent? Sanbornton has 2.2FTE and a service area of 2,850 people.<br />
===Sidney (New York)===<br />
*'''Column:''' Robin Sanford writes a weekly column, ''Off the Shelf,'' in [http://www.lvdl.org/ ''The Tri-Town News''] (which doesn't currently post content online.) The column was suggested by the paper. So far, it's not archived or available on the web or [http://www.4cls.org/sidney/smpl.htm the library's website]--but that could change.<br />
===Townsville (Queensland, Australia)===<br />
*'''Column and RSS feed:''' Warren Cheetham and others at the library (now Thuringowa Library Services) write ''Searchlight'', a weekly column in the IT/Computer "Switched On" section of the [http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/ Townsville ''Bulletin'']]. Recent columns appear in the Switched On section of the newspaper's website, and at least two online databases pick up the column as part of the newspaper's contents. While the column appeared as part of a library blog in 2005-2006, it now has its own feed and email distribution, [http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/publib/news/lists/hosted/searchlight described here], with archives available once you've signed up. According to Cheetham,<br />
:The aim of Searchlight is: "to help make your internet searching more effective, efficient and fun, by reviewing search tools, providing hints and tips, and helping with tricky search topics." Our aim was to take the search expertise of librarians, and make it available to a wide audience in a medium they regularly use (newspaper), using language that they understand.<br />
*Possibly inspired by my question, it appears that [http://searchlightblog.blogspot.com/ the Searchlight blog] has been revived, so this column now counts as a true column-and-blog combination once again.<br />
==Unable to clarify==<br />
At j. Baumgart's request, members of the News Division of the Special Libraries Association identified three newspaper columns by librarians, but I have not been able to identify the column in any online form or any reference to it from the library website:<br />
*Savannah ''Morning News'', a fortnightly Sunday column<br />
*Columbus ''Dispatch'', a monthly reference column (that may not be by librarians)<br />
*Providence ''Journal'', an as-space-available column.<br />
If anyone can fill in the links or clarify these, please do so (or send me email, waltcrawford at gmail.com)<br />
==Additions to the list==<br />
Please add appropriate information if you (or your library) writes a newspaper column--including where it's archived, if it is. Or send email to waltcrawford at gmail.com and I'll update this page...</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Library_Success:_A_Best_Practices_WikiLibrary Success: A Best Practices Wiki2008-09-06T22:43:39Z<p>Waltcrawford: /* Selling Your Library */</p>
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[[Category:Community]]</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Learning_from_failureLearning from failure2008-08-05T16:40:57Z<p>Waltcrawford: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Management and Leadership|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]<br />
[[Category:Community|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]<br />
Ideally, we can learn more from failure than we can from success. Are we (you) willing to share failures?<br />
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I know: The word itself makes you nervous. They aren't failures. They're learning experiences. They're premature innovations. They're qualified successes.<br />
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Here's the definition I'm using:<br />
:'''Failure:'''An initiative or process that was either terminated before a planned ending date or that failed to achieve the stated goals.<br />
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Contributions? I'll create a "Failure" subcategory when (if) there are any pages that start here...<br />
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There's also a [http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/Learning_from_failure Learning from failure] page on the PALINET Leadership Network.<br />
--[[User:Waltcrawford|Waltcrawford]] 12:41, 28 March 2008 (EDT)<br />
----<br />
And, in a mere three months with publicity elsewhere, we've seen the number of shared failures I was more-or-less expecting here: Zero.<br />
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Why am I not surprised?<br />
--[[User:Waltcrawford|Waltcrawford]] 12:40, 5 August 2008 (EDT)</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/User:WaltcrawfordUser:Waltcrawford2008-03-28T17:53:30Z<p>Waltcrawford: New page: Behind the mysterious username (I was never good at cute pseudonyms or screen names), I'm Walt Crawford. I've been active in the library field for a very long time, including a stint as p...</p>
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<div>Behind the mysterious username (I was never good at cute pseudonyms or screen names), I'm Walt Crawford.<br />
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I've been active in the library field for a very long time, including a stint as president of LITA, the Library and Information Technology Association.<br />
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After a lot of years at RLG (ending at OCLC's RLG Service Center), I'm now Director and Managing Editor for the [http://pln.palinet.org PALINET Leadership Network], a free network for all those who are or eventually expect to be library leaders, however you define leadership.<br />
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I write and publish [http://citesandinsights.info/ ''Cites & Insights''], an ejournal on the intersections of libraries, policy, media and technology, and also have a [http://walt.lishost.org blog, Walt at Random.]<br />
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[http://waltcrawford.name My personal website] has way too much additional information.</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Learning_from_failureLearning from failure2008-03-28T17:49:21Z<p>Waltcrawford: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Management and Leadership|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]<br />
[[Category:Community|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]<br />
Ideally, we can learn more from failure than we can from success. Are we (you) willing to share failures?<br />
<br />
I know: The word itself makes you nervous. They aren't failures. They're learning experiences. They're premature innovations. They're qualified successes.<br />
<br />
Here's the definition I'm using:<br />
:'''Failure:'''An initiative or process that was either terminated before a planned ending date or that failed to achieve the stated goals.<br />
<br />
Contributions? I'll create a "Failure" subcategory when (if) there are any pages that start here...<br />
<br />
There's also a [http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/Learning_from_failure Learning from failure] page on the PALINET Leadership Network.<br />
--[[User:Waltcrawford|Waltcrawford]] 12:41, 28 March 2008 (EDT)</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Learning_from_failureLearning from failure2008-03-28T16:41:48Z<p>Waltcrawford: New page: {{SUBPAGENAME}} {{SUBPAGENAME}} Ideally, we can learn more from failure than we can from success. Are we (you) willing to shar...</p>
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<div>[[Category:Management and Leadership|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]<br />
[[Category:Community|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]<br />
Ideally, we can learn more from failure than we can from success. Are we (you) willing to share failures?<br />
<br />
I know: The word itself makes you nervous. They aren't failures. They're learning experiences. They're premature innovations. They're qualified successes.<br />
<br />
Here's the definition I'm using:<br />
:'''Failure:'''An initiative or process that was either terminated before a planned ending date or that failed to achieve the stated goals.<br />
<br />
Contributions? I'll create a "Failure" subcategory when (if) there are any pages that start here...<br />
--[[User:Waltcrawford|Waltcrawford]] 12:41, 28 March 2008 (EDT)</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Keeping_Up_With_the_ProfessionKeeping Up With the Profession2008-03-28T15:46:45Z<p>Waltcrawford: /* Open Lists (Membership Not Required) */</p>
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<div><nowiki>**</nowiki>See also [[Staff Training]] and [[Online Training Resources for Librarians]]<br />
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= Tips for Keeping Up =<br />
*Make your first stop for "keeping up" '''Steven Bell's Keeping Up Web Site''' found at: [http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup]. This site lists more than a hundred different sources for developing a well-rounded keeping up regimen that includes e-newsletters, web page change detection services, good web sites to monitor (using WPCD services), and of course, some blogs. The philosophy of this site is that to really keep up with librarianship you need to go outside the boundaries of traditional librarianship, which means keeping up with internet search, information technology, teaching and learning, and (for academic librarians) higher education. For additional keeping up strategies take a look at this article published in ''College & Research Libraries News'' (July/Aug 2000) titled [http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2000/julyaugust3/keepupgobeyond.htm "To keep up, go beyond: Developing a personal professional development plan using e-resources outside the bounds of library literature"]<br />
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*Subscribe to [http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/ Current Cites], a monthly current awareness newsletter on information technology. A team of volunteers writes one-paragraph annotations on the best of current literature, web sites, etc.<br />
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*Subscribe to Erik Arfeuille's '''New Technologies in Libraries''' weekly (usually) citation alert service. He's working on an automated signup process, but for now you must email him manually at erik.arfeuille@bib.kuleuven.be and ask to be added to his distribution list. Each week(ish) you'll receive an email with citations and abstracts handpicked by Erik that discuss that week's latest tech-related articles. These are international in scope, which is a nice change.<br />
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= Blogs/Websites to Watch =<br />
*[http://www.lisjobs.com/newsletter/index.htm Info Career Trends] Lisjobs.com's Professional Development Newsletter<br />
*[http://liscareer.blogspot.com/ LIScareer News] 3-4 new articles each month relating to career management<br />
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= Discussion Lists for Librarians =<br />
== Finding Them ==<br />
*[http://liswiki.org/wiki/Discussion_groups The LISWiki Discussion Groups page] is an organized list of library-related lists/discussion groups<br />
*[http://lists.ala.org/wws/lists/open_lists ALA's Open Discussion Lists]<br />
*[http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Chats_and_Forums/ Google's Directory Listing of Listservs]<br />
*[http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?] Librarian's Internet Index. Perform a search for "(library OR librarian) discussion list."<br />
*[http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4subscribe.html Library Listservs-n-More]<br />
*[http://www.sla.org/content/community/lists/joinlists.cfm] SLA's Discussion Lists (The e-mail address should match your SLA membership address, if you have one, otherwise you may not be able to access the "private" lists to which you are a member.)<br />
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== Open Lists (Membership Not Required) ==<br />
*[http://lists.psu.edu/archives/govdoc-l.html GOVDOC-L]: Discussion of Government Document Issues<br />
*[http://www.mlanet.org/discussion/medlibl.html MEDLIB-L]: An Email List for Medical Librarians<br />
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= Reference Sources for Librarians =<br />
*[http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/04/whole-library-handbook-4.html Whole Library Handbook 4] - Many topics of professional concern are addressed in this reference work.<br />
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= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =<br />
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[[Category:Professional]]</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Keeping_Up_With_the_ProfessionKeeping Up With the Profession2008-03-28T15:46:09Z<p>Waltcrawford: /* Finding Them */</p>
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<div><nowiki>**</nowiki>See also [[Staff Training]] and [[Online Training Resources for Librarians]]<br />
<br />
= Tips for Keeping Up =<br />
*Make your first stop for "keeping up" '''Steven Bell's Keeping Up Web Site''' found at: [http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup]. This site lists more than a hundred different sources for developing a well-rounded keeping up regimen that includes e-newsletters, web page change detection services, good web sites to monitor (using WPCD services), and of course, some blogs. The philosophy of this site is that to really keep up with librarianship you need to go outside the boundaries of traditional librarianship, which means keeping up with internet search, information technology, teaching and learning, and (for academic librarians) higher education. For additional keeping up strategies take a look at this article published in ''College & Research Libraries News'' (July/Aug 2000) titled [http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2000/julyaugust3/keepupgobeyond.htm "To keep up, go beyond: Developing a personal professional development plan using e-resources outside the bounds of library literature"]<br />
<br />
*Subscribe to [http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/ Current Cites], a monthly current awareness newsletter on information technology. A team of volunteers writes one-paragraph annotations on the best of current literature, web sites, etc.<br />
<br />
*Subscribe to Erik Arfeuille's '''New Technologies in Libraries''' weekly (usually) citation alert service. He's working on an automated signup process, but for now you must email him manually at erik.arfeuille@bib.kuleuven.be and ask to be added to his distribution list. Each week(ish) you'll receive an email with citations and abstracts handpicked by Erik that discuss that week's latest tech-related articles. These are international in scope, which is a nice change.<br />
<br />
= Blogs/Websites to Watch =<br />
*[http://www.lisjobs.com/newsletter/index.htm Info Career Trends] Lisjobs.com's Professional Development Newsletter<br />
*[http://liscareer.blogspot.com/ LIScareer News] 3-4 new articles each month relating to career management<br />
<br />
= Discussion Lists for Librarians =<br />
== Finding Them ==<br />
*[http://liswiki.org/wiki/Discussion_groups The LISWiki Discussion Groups page] is an organized list of library-related lists/discussion groups<br />
*[http://lists.ala.org/wws/lists/open_lists ALA's Open Discussion Lists]<br />
*[http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Chats_and_Forums/ Google's Directory Listing of Listservs]<br />
*[http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?] Librarian's Internet Index. Perform a search for "(library OR librarian) discussion list."<br />
*[http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4subscribe.html Library Listservs-n-More]<br />
*[http://www.sla.org/content/community/lists/joinlists.cfm] SLA's Discussion Lists (The e-mail address should match your SLA membership address, if you have one, otherwise you may not be able to access the "private" lists to which you are a member.)<br />
<br />
== Open Lists (Membership Not Required) ==<br />
*[http://lists.psu.edu/archives/govdoc-l.html] GOVDOC-L: Discussion of Government Document Issues<br />
*[http://www.mlanet.org/discussion/medlibl.html] MEDLIB-L: An Email List for Medical Librarians<br />
<br />
= Reference Sources for Librarians =<br />
*[http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/04/whole-library-handbook-4.html Whole Library Handbook 4] - Many topics of professional concern are addressed in this reference work.<br />
<br />
= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Professional]]</div>Waltcrawfordhttp://libsuccess.org/Leadership_Development_and_EducationLeadership Development and Education2008-01-30T15:56:57Z<p>Waltcrawford: </p>
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<div>* [[LEAP]] - Memphis Public Library & Information Center's Leadership Development Program<br />
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* [http://www.llma.org/ LLMA: Library Leadership Massachusetts]<br />
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* [[MILE]] - Minnesota Library Association Institute for Leadership Excellence<br />
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* [http://pln.palinet.org PALINET Leadership Network (PLN)]<br />
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==Blogs/Websites to Watch==<br />
* [http://www.libraryleaders.blogspot.com/ Memphis Public Library's LEAP program]<br />
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* [http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/ Minnesota Library Association's MILE program]<br />
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*[http://www.thomsonscientific.com/quantum Quantum2 Leadership Development Program]<br />
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* [http://poplar.palinet.org/plnhighlights/ PLN Highlights] - blog for PALINET Leadership Network</div>Waltcrawford