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Web 2.0 is a relatively new concept in the library world.  Popularized in 2005, it describes, “a group of emerging online technologies characterized by the opportunity for almost anyone to contribute and participate in their ongoing creation While the individual tools have developed further since then, and new ones have been introduced, the…[Read more]

Here’s the link to our final project.  Check it out! http://translitpeople.wordpress.com/ You can also browse our Delicious bookmarks which we used for our research and to keep track of blogs/articles we found especially helpful. http://www.delicious.com/translit_people I worked with Adam, Shannon, and Noelle on this project and it was really…[Read more]

To review – my research paper will be about multiple literacies and how libraries use Web 2.0 tools to teach information literacy.  I’ll be exploring how the Net generation uses social media and other Web 2.0 tools to access and use information and what role, if any, the library has in this.  Finally, I’ll be exploring [...]

For this assignment I spent a lot of time thinking about what I would like to see in a social media policy if I were an employee at my imagined library. I decided that I would appreciate a policy that trusted employees to use their best judgement when it came to discussing the Library on [...]

A Short History For this assignment I decided to monitor the Elmhurst Public Library .  Located in Elmhurst, IL the Library was founded in 1912 by the Elmhurst City Council and officially opened its doors on March 22, 1916. In 1919, the Library moved into what is today known as the Wilder Mansion and grew its collection there until [...]

For my research paper, I’ll be looking at the concept of multiple literacies.  I’ve been interested for a while in the ways that libraries support or enhance literacy and this class has made me interested in how we use social networking tools as a way to teach information literacy. Here are some of my thoughts [...]

“Library advocates do a great job of reaching the people who already use libraries.” I was reading my Library Journal the other day and this statement stuck out to me. The article, Libraries for People Who Don’t Need Libraries was about the fact that most of the people who support public libraries don’t in fact use their public [...]

Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us. I thought that this book represented a unique point of view – especially in terms of libraries.  In a nutshell, anyone can be a leader.  Godin writes – or in this case speaks – I listened to the audio version of this book – about how the face of leadership [...]

A few weeks ago we read about Participatory Service and Redesign in libraries and we watched a video about how the Arhus Library in Denmark created Mindspot – a self-described library universe for youth.  You can watch the video here. To recap – the library employs Mindspotters, a team of young employees responsible for connecting with [...]

Last week I briefly mentioned that transparency makes libraries more relevant to their patrons.  This week I want to expand on that idea a little bit more because I think that if we’ve ever really needed to be transparent now is the time. The Casey and Stephen’s article, The Transparent Library: A Roadmap to Transparency talks about [...]

Is Library 2.0 really just a club for rich libraries?  I liked that John Blyberg included this question in his post, 11 Reasons Why Library 2.0 Exists and Matters .  Asking this helps me to frame the question of Library 2.0 and how it fits into all libraries. It’s easy to see why some might argue that [...]

So here goes…my first blog post.  I guess I’ll just start this off by introducing myself.  I’m Liz Humrickhouse and I’m almost done with the program – I have a practicum to do during the Fall semester, but then I’m finished!  My goal is to do a practicum in an academic library – preferably at a [...]