Learning to teach through video
By Kim Leeder It’s a truth so many of us keep in the dark corners of our lives as instruction librarians: we were never taught to... Read More
Outreach is (un)Dead.
By Emily Ford Outreach is dead. It’s time we put its body in a coffin, say our collective prayers and move on. You see, for most... Read More
Why We Should Adopt ALAConnect: A brief review and rumination on ALA’s new online community
By Emily Ford So ALA has joined the ranks of two point oh. Last month it rolled out ALAConnect, a service influenced by Ning, LinkedIn, Facebook,... Read More
Will the Real Emily Please Stand Up
While personal information is often thought of as only the documents, emails, and other pieces of information that people receive or retain for some potential, immediate, or future need, William Jones, in his Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management (Morgan Kaufmann, 2008), expands the field to include information about "me" or owned by "me." As our online identities, information about us online, expand, how can we manage that information to put our best face (identity) forward?
It’s the Collections that are Special
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome another guest author, Lisa Carter! Lisa has just recently been appointed as Visiting Program... Read More
A Look at Recessions and their Impact on Librarianship
Image courtesy of Flickr user RayBanBro66 By Hilary Davis Given the constant flood of reports comparing our current economic recession with past major recession events including... Read More