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updated 1/18/2010 I have received quite a few comments from folks around the globe (which has been really GREAT, by the way!) Instead of incorporating them into the long, long list of Twittering Libraries, I decided to keep that list as U.S. only, for organizational sake. Hence below is a growing list of International Twittering [...]

Mar 18th, 2009 | Filed under twitter

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 [...]

Mar 15th, 2009 | Filed under librarians

Wow, folks are talkin’, and I’m so glad about it! As someone who is working on her MLIS, I am always interested in reading about the future of the profession, no matter how wonderful – or bleak – some may predict it to be. It’s important to critically analyze where the profession is, where it’s [...]

Mar 8th, 2009 | Filed under MLIS

Library fans, MLIS students, and librarians alike – I discovered a new online resource today via the National Center for Educational Statistics: Library Statistics Program – Compare Public Libraries. Ok, I bet most of you librarians knew about this resource already, but for a rookie MLIS student, it was new to me. As I played [...]

Mar 4th, 2009 | Filed under recommendation

I have a bit of a soft spot for the Corvallis-Benton County Library– after all, I volunteer there a couple days every week! They are on Twitter now and have started their own blog. Cheers to the CBCPL!

Feb 16th, 2009 | Filed under libraries, twitter