Marshmallow Peeps at the library

Here is a cute web page that shows what happens when marshmallow peeps visit the library. They remind me of some undergrads I have worked with.

Library 2010

So this one is a little bit out there, but the moral of the story is a good one...

Library 2.0

One person's take on Library 2.0.

Second Life Libraries

A Second Life user made this tour of in-world libraries.

The L-Team

Maybe this is the group sent to save the library.

Dancing Compact Shelving

I never would have guessed that compact shelving could be so graceful.

Finding Time

I believe we mentioned this video in one of our classes--the attempt to find Time at Penn State.

Library Conference

So for several days last week I was down state in Madison WI, at the WiLSWorld Conference (WiLS stands for the Wisconsin Library Service). It was a great conference with many excellent speakers and many interesting conversations with other librarians there. The keynote speaker on day one was Andrew Pace. He gave a talk titled "2 Point Oh My". It really reflected very well many of the items that we discussed last week in Pittsburgh--Library 2.0, open source software, different ways to serve patrons, and how the library fits into the information future.

Another interesting session was given by the State Librarian of Georgia, Dr. Lamar Veatch, on the PINES system and the development of the open source ILS Evergreen. PINES is a state-wide public library system which has put almost every public library in the state of Georgia under one library card and one catalog. In order to better serve this system, they then developed Evergreen to serve as the state ILS.

A final highlight came with Tom Peters' session "Brave New Online Worlds: Social Networks, Online Communities, and Multi-User Virtual Environments". His description of Library 2.0 was rather interesting: it is the believe the "community of users have something to add to the system [the library]". He also gave an in depth look at how libraries can and should fit into social computing, such as MySpace, Facebook and Second Life. Tom Peters volunteers several hours a day to give reference services in a library in Second Life.

It is always interesting to get to conferences and hear so many other view points on the field of librarianship. It was even more interesting to hear what seemed to almost be a carry over of many of our class discussions.

"Check It Out"

Good ol' Reading Rainbow. I watched this show all the time on PBS when I was growing up. Here is a clip from the show that features libraries. My favorite part of it is when they show a card catalog.

Live From Pittsburgh

Well, considering how much I was not looking forward to this week in Pittsburgh for FastTrack, I have had a great time. I'm really not ready to leave. The city of Pittsburgh is beautiful. I have really enjoyed spending hours walking around the different neighborhoods of the city. It has also been great getting to know many of the other people in the cohort. There are so many smart and wonderful people. I think that the classes will become much easier and enjoyable now that I have been on campus. I just wish there was a way to put the first on campus experience earlier in the term. With just one night left, I am already looking forward to October.

Books Cataloged in Koha

	The haunted land :	Rosenberg, Tina.	BK		Reserves
	Inside the Kremlin's cold war :	Zubok, V. M.	BK		Reserves
	In Siberia /	Thubron, Colin,	BK		Reserves
	The city of falling angels /	Berendt, John,	BK		Reserves
	Balkan ghosts :	Kaplan, Robert D.,	BK		Reserves
	Yugoslavia :	Silber, Laura.	BK		Reserves
	Croatia :	Tanner, Marcus.	BK		Reserves
	Bosnia and Hercegovina :	Donia, Robert J.	BK		Reserves
	Naked in Baghdad /	Garrels, Anne,	BK		Reserves
	The hills of Adonis:	Thubron, Colin,	BK		Reserves
	Behind the wall :	Thubron, Colin,	BK		Reserves
	The lost heart of Asia /	Thubron, Colin,	BK		Reserves
	Means of escape /	Caputo, Philip.	BK		Reserves
	Night of stone :	Merridale, Catherine,	BK		Reserves
	The Caliph's house /	Shah, Tahir.	BK		Reserves