Will this plan help to reduce the digital divide? How can we make broadband Internet access available to families who already struggle to make the monthly bills? Efforts to increase the capabilities of networks “toward one gigabit to every community in America, through libraries, schools and community colleges” may help to extend access, but I suspect [...]
Posts Tagged ‘libraries’
Broadband to Stimulate the Economy?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, Internet, libraries, technology on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
More on Transformative Works
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Copyright & Intellectual Property, ethics, intellectual freedom, libraries, policies, transformative works on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Transformative works, such as fan fiction and fanvids are a sticky subject for librarians. Should librarians provide access to and market these resources the way we market other library resources? If fair use can be confirmed, there’s no problem, but what of resources in the gray area? Certainly comsumer demand for transformative works exists—look at [...]
Licenced to Kill…Culture
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, Copyright & Intellectual Property, Google, libraries, preservation on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Is society becoming bound and gagged by overzealous licencing? Will our culture be hamstrung by copyright? There’s cause for concern… Thanks to my friend Catherine Wilson for sending me a link to this article by Lawrence Lessig: For the Love of Culture: Google, copyright, and our future
Tulsa Library Staff Development Day
Posted in Community Relations & Advocacy, tagged access, event planning, libraries, Tulsa City-County Library on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On October 12, the Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) was closed for Columbus Day and held their annual Staff Development Day at the Hardesty Library. I have been subbing at various TCCL branches when staff are sick or on vacation, so I was invited to attend Staff Development Day. The schedule for the event was as follows: [...]
Ethical Librarianship
Posted in Community Relations & Advocacy, tagged access, advocacy, children, community relations, ethics, libraries, public relations on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my Community Relations & Advocacy class, we are currently analyzing and discussing ethical dilemmas. One of the problematic situations is this: “A parents’ group, concerned with recently publicized accounts of children being stalked in the library by pedophiles, requests that the Children’s Department of the library be off-limits to everyone except children under the [...]
Analog and Digital Outreach
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged blogging, Facebook, information literacy, libraries, OLISSA, OU Tulsa, outreach, OUTSA, portfolio, technology, Web 2.0, webpages on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New LIS/KM student orientation wrapped up on Saturday, August 22. Dr. Stewart Brower was thankfully present in the flesh to provide a much-needed infusion of life and enthusiasm Saturday afternoon. He gave an overview of the new OU-Tulsa Library, showed off the cool new laptops and cameras available for student check-out, and gave a tour [...]
Mark Your Calendars!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged libraries on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The director of the Library of Alexandria will be speaking at TU on September 18th! Here are the details.
Portrait of the Librarian as a Young Girl
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, librarian, libraries on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Project Projections: Plans A, B and C
Posted in internship, tagged access, book talks, children, collections, genre, information seeking, information services, internship, libraries, OPAC, pathfinders, reader's advisory on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my goals for my internship at Hardesty Library is to develop a project that demonstrates many of the principles and skills I’ve learned through my LIS classes and my internship. I want a showcase piece that I can include as the keystone of my portfolio. Mr. Escobar asked me to develop plans for three possible [...]
Library and Literature Podcasts
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged book reviews, libraries, library & information studies, literature, podcasts, technology on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the intercession between spring semester and my summer internship, I’ve been delving further into the realm of podcasts, looking for resources to enhance my Library & Information Studies education. I’ve located and subscribed to a number of library and book related podcasts, which I believe will help me to expand my awareness of current events as well [...]
Celebrity Readers
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged advertising, books, libraries, reading on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I always wondered how effective the READ posters were. But here’s further evidence that celebrity sells books as well as name brands. I wonder if Obama’s done a READ poster? If not, libraries should definitely ask him to. The results could be huge!
Fans of Democracy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Copyright & Intellectual Property, ethics, libraries, transformative works on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Martens encouraged me to build my public speaking skills by writing and presenting a paper at a conference. After some exploration, I became interested in transformative works, such as fan fiction, and the library profession’s stance in relation to these works. I had no experience and little knowledge of fan fiction, but as I [...]
