from the vaults.
[sic]
this post features adventure, experience design, and headline etiquette.
I'm looking forward to David Lee King's upcoming book on experience design and creating user-centered websites (thanks, Lia). His chapter on the subject in Information Tomorrow was excellent, and from what I understand this book takes the same practical and readable approach. One aspect of experience/instructional design that I find compelling is its crossover potential... Continue Reading →
back in business.
Not being a librarian in the professional sense for three weeks has left me a bit terse, compounded by the fact that transitioning to a new job and living space leaves little time for anything but trying to remember a deluge of new names and barrel through residual exhaustion. Suffice to say I've learned my... Continue Reading →
en route.
I'm officially on my way to California, and unless I imagined yesterday's fajitas and rodeo I'm elated to find myself in Texas again. I'm resurfacing briefly to report that Library Journal recently published an article in which past mover/shakers offer a number of insights on how to protect/preserve/improve libraries. I wholeheartedly agree with what Jenna... Continue Reading →
m.i.a.
Just so you don't write this off as yet another dead blog, during August I'm taking a brief "vacation" from posting in order to a) transition out of my position and into a new E-Learning Librarian job at UC Berkeley and b) finish up my degree, hopefully with sanity intact. I'll reflect on the amazingly... Continue Reading →
how politely can one argue with vendors?
Immediate ALA past-president (and my former professor, longtime mentor, and all-around earthshaker) Dr. Loriene Roy and I attempt to answer this question in the new ALA Annual 2008 Conference podcast edition of the Library 2.0 Gang. Argue about what, you might ask? Privacy, library innovation, the deadness of the exhibits floor, how involved vendors should... Continue Reading →
straight up.
My ALA MARS presentation went extremely well, not only for the fact that I was on enough to crack people up, but for the mountain of positive feedback I received regarding a specific aspect of my talk. Tons of people expressed their surprise at my "brutal" honesty about the fact that most of what we've... Continue Reading →
privacy: is it time for a revolution?
ala 2008 annual conference, sunday june 29th 1:30-3:00. although it was pretty well attended, this session should have packed a ballroom - it was excellent. intro: should we still care about online privacy? the ala privacy revolution project is partially funded by a grant from the soros foundation to promote discussions about library privacy, motivation... Continue Reading →
conference update.
You can thank Lia Friedman for this image - I know I do.
learning management systems and “disempowerment.”
ECAR just released Web 2.0, Personal Learning Environments, and the Future of Learning Management Systems, a bulletin by Niall Sclater that critically examines the role and functionality of the LMS in higher education (subscription required to access). Sclater makes the salient point that the term ''learning management system" itself "suggests disempowerment - an attempt to... Continue Reading →
info-mational 