A Most Bookish Borough Queens Library http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/opinion/17fri4.html?em&ex=1187582400&en=380a4faecf3c3b14&ei=5070

“Imagine a library that collected all the world’s information about all the world’s books and made it available for everyone to view and update.” http://demo.openlibrary.org/

In February 2007, the OCLC Board of Trustees authorized a review of OCLC’s governance structure. The review, which will be facilitated by the Higher Education Consultancy Group in the United Kingdom, will evaluate current and alternative governance forms for OCLC as it becomes an increasingly global cooperative. To ensure wide consultation for the study, the Board, OCLC …Read more »

An interesting NY Times article about Public Libraries and the Dewey Decimal System. “Neighborhoods” vs Dewey for shelving and cataloging. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/14dewey.html

Great article from the New York Times Fashion & Style section about the “new breed” of librarians.

This week, Unshelved offers a great spoof of the “I’m a PC, I’m a MAC” campaign with comic strips on “Hi, I’m the Internet, and I’m the Library.” Starting with the June 25 comic strip, Unshelved’s Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum have hit the nail on the head yet again. 🙂

I am currently attending the Rural Libraries Conference at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, MI.  I posted a detailed live blog on my personal blog.  Please feel free to comment!

The Michigan Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee is offering a workshop on Friday, April 27, Street Legal for Patron Record Privacy. To register, use MLA’s online workshop form. Lawyers at the workshop will cover library privacy laws and court cases and will discuss the policies, procedures, and staff training needed to comply with those laws, …Read more »

The MLC Digital Libraries User Group met today here at MLC. Representatives from the 16 participating libraries meet twice a year to discuss collection development, training, promotions, tech issues, and the latest and greatest products available. Today much of the discussion centered on the addition of downloadable videos to the collecton. To paraphrase Kelli Perkins …Read more »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ&NR Documentary filmmaking at its finest – enjoy!