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University of Oregon Librarians join in OA mandate

lindybr1 — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:07:07 +0000

Despite the fact that the Ducks are our in-state rivals, but because I’m a native Oregonian and have love for any Oregon school, I’m pleased to report that the University of Oregon library faculty has declared their own OA mandate.

For more information, see:

Open Access News: An OA mandate for U of Oregon library faculty.

UO’s temporary FAQ page.

Go Ducks!

Libraries from around the world anyone can access

lindybr1 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:33:06 +0000

Today I stumbled upon CollegeDegree.com‘s posting of 100 Extensive University Libraries From Around the World that Anyone Can Access.

That’s exactly correct – anyone can access certain collections from these libraries – no affiliation needed! The 100 libraries fit within the following categories of interest:

- Digital Libraries
- International Digital Libraries
- Texts
- Medical Libraries
- Legal Libraries
- National Libraries of Europe
- Religious Studies
- Specialized Selections
- Academic Research
- American Universities
- International Universities

Libraries & YouTube: Allen County Public Library

lindybr1 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:19:00 +0000

Another example of a library using new media in a way to connect and inform its community is the Allen County Public Library. I found their YouTube channel by way of David Lee King’s blog post Allen County’s Newest Conversations Video.

King was recently part of their conversation series, which also includes other big-time library peeps such as Michael Stephens, Helene Bowers, Stephen Abram, and ACPL’s director Jeff Kruhl (part 1, part 2). I love this conversation series because it allows lil’ folks like myself the opportunity to hear these great speakers talk about their experiences. I am a big believer in learning from others’ experiences, and these videos offer a brief opportunity to do that.

Beyond their conversation series, the ACPL reaches out to their constituents via other videos. These videos provide opportunities for connection and transparency with their community.

A few examples of other short videos offered by the ACPL:

The state of the library – good to know in these tough economic times, especially with all the news and rumors about library closings, budget slashing, etc. In this video, the director addresses recent changes the library is facing due to a local property tax increase that has gone into effect.

Why I love being a librarian – what a great way for the ACPL community to connect to their librarians by seeing why their librarians love their job!

Geek Out – is a new series from ACPL of monthly training videos offered to ACPL staff. Its focus is technology in libraries.

What’s Happening at the ACPL – weekly videos about what’s going on in the library (example is for March 16).

Twittering Libraries Article (on LIS 5313 wiki)

lindybr1 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:34:00 +0000

Finally done fine-tuning! Check it out on the LIS 5313 wiki: Twittering Libraries.

I also created a page on this blog and posted the same article there (ya know, just in case the wiki disappears — I don’t own the wiki, after all).

Thank you, Librarians!

lindybr1 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Tonight I would like to thank all the wonderful librarians out there who replied to my requests for information about how they use Twitter at their libraries. I have been so happy and humbled by how quickly they not only responded back, but how interesting, detailed and thoughtful their answers were. I am truly, truly thankful to all of them! (It is also really exciting and inspiring to me – as an aspiring librarian – that they were all so eager to share their stories about Twitter).

Tonight I will do a second read through all their answers and start compiling themes and other information from their responses. I am definitely looking forward to it!

On another random note, how cool is it that I got to see my question/request pop up in the Nebraska Library Commission’s (NLC_Reference) Twitter feed!?