I just finished reading the February/March 2012 issue of Library Technology Reports which features articles on Embedded Librarianship: Tools and Practices by Buffy Hamilton. The concept is one we have talked about in MCLS recently – taking the librarian out of the library and going directly to the users. Although all the examples in the [...]
Archive for the ‘Libraries in Unusual Places’ Category
22 Jun
Life in the City
I’ve always loved working downtown, if only for the fact that I frequently stumble upon things like this. Although this isn’t the exact mailbox I saw today, it is just like the one currently standing at the corner of Main and Exchange. It made me have one of those ubiquitous “aha” moments where I thought, [...]
2 May
The Library Which Is To Be
I discovered yet another gem produced by the digitizing folks at the Central Library — the annual reports and minutes from the Reynolds Library, the precursor to the Rochester Public Library. Of course only a true library geek would find these reports and minutes exciting, but well, that’s me. What I found especially interesting is [...]
19 Nov
V.BOX
Wouldn’t it be cool if MCLS invested in one of these V.Boxes and let members borrow it? I can see libraries popping up all over the place — outside Frontier Field on a game day, all those summer celebrations, Charlotte by the pier, Genesee Country Village during one of their Civil War field day things, [...]
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