The Shifted Librarian » December 22nd Stream

December 22, 2009

Filed under: Lifestream — tsladmin @ 11:01 pm

	Worldview at noon on @wbez (in chicago) is going to look at the growing popularity of german board games! [shifted]
	Posted digicmb: How to make library users start a search : 6+ ways to search outside "native interface": If library patrons are usi… http://bit.ly/85NwSG.
	Liked Waving Goodbye to 2009.
	Posted JenniferWaller: @bohyunkim My profs were CLEAR about walking into ALA meetings:"Do it if you’re interested." You might want to double check on that though..
	Shared ALA rhymes with â€œPayâ€ \| LISNews. "This is certainly not a silver bullet for the overall monetary issues that young or poor librarians face for ALA event costs, but I think it is a step in the right direction. A structured tier system for membership and section fees for the second year and beyond would also make inroads towards the retention of new members. Iâ€™m sure there will be some grumbling about this kind of solution, but unless there is a radical change of course, there will be very few people left to grumble to. Even now, as a non-member, the benefits of ALA presented to me do not exceed what I am able to do with Facebook, Twitter, and a bit of social aptitude. As such, for me these free tools are way ahead of an organization that I would have to pay $65 just to get through the proverbial front door."
	@bohyunkim you can go to pretty much any meeting, altho it’s polite to introduce yourself when you get there. in other words, you go girl. [shifted]