Thursday, April 5, 2012

BiblioBrainStorm Updates

Just a note that I have made some updates to the blog by consolidating some pages and adding some links to relevant resources and articles.

Check out the Resources page to find information about:
The Atlas of New Librarianship companion site
  ipl2: Information You Can Trust
Foundations of Libraries: So You Want to be an Academic Librarian
Crowdsourced Book-Review Project Puts Critiques Online
ALA's General Guidelines for Collection Development
Utah State Library Workshops
50 Ways Librarians Can Make A Living Without a Job
Library Nightmares--The New Reality Show
For Librarians, Buy Librarians
Expand Your Career Potential: Increase Your Expertise, Compensation and Career Satisfaction
Online Learning with RUSA (Reference and User Services Association 

The new Statements page gives access to my:
Personal Mission Statement
Statement of Leadership Philosophy
Statement of Information Technology Training and Support

Finally, the new LIS Articles page currently gives access to these articles:
Why Community College Students Need Great Books
LinkedIn--Librarians In the Job Market: Postings for Library Assistants Doing Professional Tasks  Interesting comments here.  What does it say about the profession?
Foundations: So You Want to be an Academic Librarian
Crowdsourced Book-Review Project Puts Critiques Online  This would be a good resource for collection development, and possibly readers' advisory.
Hiring Librarians Why are we here?
Freshman Composition Is Not Teaching Key Skills in Analysis, Researchers Argue This is why librarians are needed now, more than ever!
How Educators Are Using Pinterest for Showcasing, Curation  Interesting possibilities; possible drawbacks as well.
 14 Global Projects that could Make You the World’s Next Billionaire  Interesting possible implications for the library realm.
 
The Higher Education Learning Crisis Another reason why librarians are needed and relevant. 

I'll be adding new material from time to time, so make sure to keep an eye out for new and interesting information.  I'll include everything from academy to the literarily whimsical.

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