It depends on what the definition of success might be. For libraries, those old books might portend a well-stocked special collections. Either that or a lot of old print volumes to be dealt with. This news release is interesting:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Telling an old book by its smell: Aroma hints at ways of preserving treasured documents
WASHINGTON, [...]
Online journaling has a rather brief history, according to a new book on the subject. But while the popularity of the ‘web log’ or blog, as well as its offshoots such as twitter and the rise of social ‘I am feeling…’ mood indicators on everything from dating websites to yahoo, has grown exponentially, the idea of [...]
Nicholson Baker is back, this time with commentary on the Kindle e-book reader sold through amazon.com. Though some may know Nicholson from is detail-oriented fiction (The Fermata being but one example), librarians will probably remember him better from his book Double Fold in which he accused librarians of destroying artifactual newspaper collections while microfilming them. [...]
LLAMA Leaders Orientation at the ALA annual meeting.
Video of part of a presentation at the LLAMA Leaders orientation.
Announcing the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions, 18-20th August 2009, Bologna, Italy.
Moving In, Moving Up, and Moving On: Strategies for Regenerating the Library & Information Profession
Registration has opened for this satellite conference being held in the beautiful and historic city of Bologna. The conference [...]
WIth the growth of the web in the late 1990s, many print publications created a web presence and tried to figure out how to make money on it. Efforts to monetize (a great word if there ever was one) these web sites by selling advertising, subscriptions, or swag were only partly successful. Eventually, many of [...]
Migration to the new CMS is complete and the LLAMA website is up and running again. According to Executive Director Kerry Ward, “We didn’t want to do a major rollout until all of the kinks are worked out, so we’ll make a bigger splash before Annual.” The new site is more friendly to updating content [...]
The Summer 2009 issue of Library Leadership & Management is now available online. It features a variety of topics including the following:
- The Use of Case Studies in Library Administration Courses and Work: Student and Practitioner Perceptions and Insights
- Exploring the Connection between Marketing Knowledge and Behavior of Library and Information Science Professionals
- Still “Nobody’s Baby”?:
Seeking [...]
Politics are always a hot topic of conversation, though not so much on this blog for obvious reasons. In the pantheon of what *not* to write about, politics is up there with religion and the Star Wars trilogy as areas to keep away from because of the passionate views they sometimes arouse. At the same [...]
The Spring 2009 issue of Library Leadership & Management is now available for viewing online by following this link. It is a special issue on leadership in libraries and includes contributions from across the profession.
Eric C. Shoaf
Editor, LL&M
LEADS from LLAMA