CLA goes open access
One month ago today I commented that “associations are about community, support, advocacy, and free road side assistance.” I was wishing for association journals to go open access.
Today I found some interesting news through Resource Shelf:
The CLA Executive Council has approved some recommendations from the Open Access Task Force that move CLA towards providing virtually [...]
The Hollywood Librarian
Yes, I do want to see The Hollywood Librarian. And no, I don’t feel misunderstood or insecure about how others perceive my profession of choice.
I found the Washington Post review, “The Modern Librarian: A Role Worth Checking Out”, of the film’s opening through Jessamyn West at librarian.net . Once again I’m perplexed (see [...]
Auto outreach
Seems that nearly everyone has adopted some sort of outreach in their libraries and the even more cutting edge libraries have moved onto community development. But how many are as bold as the Sudbury car dealer who assessed my car/family?
When I came out from the mall I found under the car’s wiper, in a zipped [...]
Minding our “Pâ€s and ….
I wish I could say that Nancy Dowd’s post, “Embracing diverse values†on The “M†Word – Marketing Libraries, is going to shake-up and improve how we provide library service. But I fear that while many may sympathize with individual situations as they arise in other libraries, most will continue to fail, due to some [...]
Business as usual
Through LISNews (June 5, 2007) I ran across a report from the Independent on how the British Library has become a popular business resource. This started me on a search for public library mission statements or strategic plans that include some reference to community economic development, entrepreneurial resources or small business support. Using my questionable [...]
More on collaboration
Last week I wrote that if we, as librarians, neglect to collaborate more effectively within and without the profession, we are doomed to fail.
Now, inspired by two articles in the globeandmail.com’s Report on Business, I would like to suggest that we take collaboration beyond effective strategy and make it part of our libraries’ organizational [...]