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Comment on Embedded Librarians and What’s Up with the Informationist Name (sigh) by Karen Lee Martinez

Karen Lee Martinez — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:21:45 +0000

Agree w comments on calling a librarian a librarian. A rose by any other name…. and all that.
We still perform the same functions, just using different technology….
Also a firm believer in Library as Place. The distributed model sounds good, if “pricey,” but I think having a home base, or Home Planet, is a good concept to keep “imbedded” in the distributed model. Some people DO want to leave their “home” space, and what about multi-disciplinary collaboration in a neutral space? Lots of things to think about….

Comment on What is a Librarian? — A Multi-Tasker by Richard Bernier

Richard Bernier — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:29 +0000

Today I posted part three of the series “Multitasking” It can be viewed at http://thisthatotherthing.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/scl-3-multitasking/

Comment on What is a Librarian? — A Multi-Tasker by Richard Bernier

Richard Bernier — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:49:58 +0000

Thanks again for the reference. I just posted Part 2 of that series. I will start getting into more detail starting with Part 3 next week on multitasking. http://thisthatotherthing.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/part-2/

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Comment on The End of the Multitasking Myth by Richard Bernier

Richard Bernier — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:36:14 +0000

Thanks for the great blog post. I found it useful and it backs up a theory of mine about multitasking. As a librarian at a small college library with only a few staff members, a certain level of multitasking is often a necessary part of the job. But what is good multitasking and bad multitasking, or should I say, what should be avoided and when is multitasking needed or acceptable? I have just started a blog series you may be interested titled “The Small College Librarian” and multitasking is one area I plan to address. The URL to the first post is at http://thisthatotherthing.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/the-small-college-librarian-%E2%80%93-part-1-%E2%80%93-introduction/
Regards,
Rich

Comment on The Library as Place by Susan

Susan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:12:05 +0000

Well said! I’d like to add that operating without a physical library, we have learned that our value is in our skills, not what sits on our shelves. We knew that before, but now, we live it each day.

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Comment on Core Competencies of Librarianship … What Role Technology? by mbschell27

mbschell27 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:04:54 +0000

I agree with your assessment as well; and wish I had the solution to that issue. How to inspire a love of learning and an appreciate of knowledge is really a challenge I think librarians are facing — whether we acknowledge it or not. I wonder how other educators are dealing with these issues.

Comment on Core Competencies of Librarianship … What Role Technology? by Andy Burkhardt

Andy Burkhardt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:24:28 +0000

This post got me thinking. I really enjoyed your quote, “To me the heart and soul of being a librarian is helping our users turn information into knowledge.” This makes the librarians into facilitators of learning, and it also has a helpful, service aspect to it. I like this.

But one question I have is the lack of learning these days. Often students that I encounter think along the lines of “I don’t need to know that, Google knows it for me.” While that may be true about some things, I think it is still important to acquire knowledge through in-depth investigation. It seems this idea of turning information into knowledge seems less prominent these days.

Comment on Librarian – Clinician Collaborations by JAAPA Ask-a-Librarian Revisited: Of Google Scholar and Access to Literature « The ADL Librarian

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:18:50 +0000

[...] 9, 2009 Tags: collaboration Back in June I had posted about a collaborative column in JAAPA. (seeLibrarian Clinician Collaborations). The column written by Jim Anderson and Susan Klawansky addresses questions posed by Physician [...]