Library 101

And that would be "the" and "resources", right? Not "thee" and "rousources". Hey, its been a long week! :)

The New York Library Association is seeking proposals for professional development programs, specifically programs for 2010 NYLA Institutes, NYLA Pre-Conference Continuing Education Programs and 2010 Conference Programs.



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In order to be presented as part of the 2010 NYLA Annual Conference, programs must be endorsed by, and sponsored by one of NYLA’s Sections, Roundtables or Committees.




The complete form is also available for download at:




http://www.nyla.org/content/user_1/NYLA_Professional_Development_Proposal_Form.pdf

or the form may be completed electronically at:



http://www.nyla.org/index.php?section=forms&form=profdev

Your work and contributions have already been seen by thousands of library staff all over the world and we humbled and grateful for all your participation. We have learned so much from you and from so many parts of the Library 101 Project already and we remain grateful for your generous contributions to the project.

Was 23 intentional, as in 23 Things?

:) A happy accident! But, we talked with Helen Blowers (the person who started the initial 23 Things Program:) about this Library 101 Project before we really dove in. She even wrote one of the 23 essays! :) http://www.libraryman.com/blog/essays-on-101-helene-blowers/

i'm OK with cheesy in general. i really appreciate the concise clarification. i browsed the essays and read the 101 RTK, but nothing sank in. i do think that this project is a worthwhile endeavor and i'm glad to see it happening.

i don't understand librarians that follow the AL's line of thinking. we are not gatekeepers anymore, we are information providers and access points, and the printed word isn't the last stop. the public still has the notion that we are no longer important now that Google is here, and a gatekeeper mentality does nothing to help this because people won't put up with that notion anymore.

new technologies have always opened the doors for new information and access portals. it's important for us to both understand them and how they change society. if we do not adapt to societal norms, we lose a place of importance. i know that supporters of this project already get this, but it scares me that others do not. i guess that's why i want your message to be clear! ... Read More

*jumps off soapbox*

Adrienne, Thanks for the conversation here. We have said all along that this is a learning experiment for us all and we knew that we would learn valuable lessons from it all. You and a few other folks have added valuable observations and critiques and we are definitely appreciative of that and are paying attention. Most people are really ... Read Moreenjoying the Library 101 Project and from the stats we can see that people are spending time there so there is value. But we want to be as useful and effective as we can be and will take lessons learned through comments and dialogue like this to do even better next time. In the meantime, we are happy most people finding it useful and entertaining and appreciate this conversation and your observations.

can you digg it?

:)

David and I also want to thank the other librarians who sent this in to them too. As with this entire project, it has been a massive group effort, proving what astounding collaborators modern library staff are.

URL: http://www.libraryman.com/library101

Very cool! I'm going to have fun exploring for my school library!

Very cool! You guys rock! Check out http://ppld.tv - Pikes Peak Library District!

My superhero wants you to know: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5525531

We checked before I put PST up and though they were the same. Srry! I just did a conversion and this is the info time here compared to GMT: San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:30:00 PM UTC-7 hours PDT UTC Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 20:30:00 Hope that helps, Rob!

There is even an opening act of sorts, which is good enough to be it's own session for sure. Stay tuned today for details on the live stream. If it happens it should be a lot of fun!

well that is neat, I'll have to check it out!

Thanks Linda! You'll be there with a TON of other good library folks! :)