I think this post on Tame the Web is totally on the money, and it echoes what Terri and Larry have written on this blog recently — we need to engage staff on every level in order to make things better. Larry, you said it best in your posts about patrons commenting on the luxury [...]
Archive for January, 2007
27 Jan
Need Some Ideas…
I spent part of this afternoon visiting with NYS Senator George Maziarz as part of our annual lobbying efforts for state aid. He made a great suggestion for making the case to other legislators and to the Governor, and I’m going to ask for some ideas to help to make his suggestion a reality. George [...]
25 Jan
50 ways to use your library
50 ways to use your library Originally uploaded by Patricia524. I’ve been taking a trip down memory lane these last few days as I’ve cleaned out old computer files. I found this poster that I did for a promotion during Library Card Month a few years ago. It’s called 50 Ways to Use Your Library. [...]
22 Jan
20 Questions — No. 19
The question of the week springs to life out of a discussion at the Systems Services & Operations Committee meeting last week. What is more important in choosing a provider for downloadable audio & video? Number of simultaneous users allowed per title? Number and variety of selections available? Ability of member libraries to buy their [...]
22 Jan
Rochester Reads
I’ve been thinking a lot about some of the things I’d like to try through the Communications Office once I start my new job, and one of those things is developing a series of “Rochester Reads” posters. I did a “Spencerport Reads” set of posters way back in 1999 using just a digital camera and [...]
17 Jan
I Knew It!
Adults really are kids at heart! One of my favorite writers, Seth Godin, has a wonderful post today called Adults Are the New Kids over on his blog. Reading it made me start thinking of all the ways to draw these big kids into the library. One of the points Godin makes is that these [...]
16 Jan
Forgetting
I’m essentially stealing this post from one of my favorite blogs — Creative Think – just because I think it has so much to do with the challenges facing MCLS today. According to Roger von Oech, it’s all about forgetting. Roger has written some brilliant observations on his blog, but this one really spoke to [...]
15 Jan
Branding
The word itself sort of sends shivers down my spine these days. Those hip folks who seem so on top of everything throw branding out there as something we absolutely *must* have or or or the library will go belly up and die. Fade away into nothingness. Cease to exist. Baloney. One of my favorite [...]
14 Jan
Ogden’s Fairy Door, Part 1
Here’s a pic of the fairy door made by my friend Deb Coller of Artistic Ambitions. This will be the first fairy door (I think) in Monroe County when it is installed permanently in the Ogden Library. Anne Strang, Roberta Voelkl and I are hard at work on a fairy house similar to the one [...]
14 Jan
20 Questions
I’m adapting this post from one that appeared on a favorite library blog of mine — Papercuts from the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. I’m going to ask a question once a week and ask that you answer it with honesty and truthfulness. I hope that these questions will start a dialog about some [...]
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