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 [...]
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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 »
Hardesty Library: Then and Now, Part 2
Posted in internship, tagged children, collections, internship, OPAC, policies, procedures, RFID, technology, weeding on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This post continues the discussion from my previous posting, explaining the various changes instituted by TCCL and Hardesty in policy, procedure and facility design since my early days of library circulation work (1998-2003). TCCL now provides a number of important and valuable resources for staff on its Intranet. The Intranet provides access to the TCCL [...]
Hardesty Library: Then and Now
Posted in internship, tagged internship, policies, privacy, procedures, technology on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A number of changes in policy, procedures and facility have been instituted, both at Hardesty and within the TCCL system, since I resigned from my circulation clerk position in May 2003. Today, the Hardesty Library uses a tracking system to monitor when a cart of checked-in books is queued to be shelved, who puts the [...]
Internship: Day 1
Posted in internship, tagged best practices, collections, internship, policies on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the sky grew dark and poured out torrents of rain, I waded into an information storm of policies, procedures and best practices this morning. Today was the first day of my summer internship at the Hardesty Regional Library. I had forgotten how much there is to learn when first entering into a new professional [...]
