tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.comments2013-09-21T23:48:35.449-07:00Julia's Library Research BlogJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-62577221756132055252012-10-01T09:27:09.186-07:002012-10-01T09:27:09.186-07:00I pondered to myself recently what were the most i...I pondered to myself recently what were the most important things in my life. The answer seems to be clear that art was up there in importance. Why? Frankly, I don&#39;t really know. May be someone here can enlighten me?<br />As was my wont w<br />hen I have some free time, I browsed the marvelous site, <a href="http://wahooart.com/" rel="nofollow">wahooart.com</a>, where they keep thousands of digital images for customers to select to have printed into handsome canvas prints for their homes.<br />This image jumped out to jolt my reveries: Still life with bread, by the Cubist Georges Braque. Is art like this picture, as essential as bread and water, or should I say bread and wine?scott davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185110800919351863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-80029297205033112542011-06-20T01:01:39.982-07:002011-06-20T01:01:39.982-07:00Livres Gratuits i just love the e BOOKS.<a href="http://www.livres-gratuits.fr/" rel="nofollow">Livres Gratuits</a><br />i just love the e BOOKS.iqbal singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046172870260123392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-27334205165615657392011-03-17T13:37:26.551-07:002011-03-17T13:37:26.551-07:00Excellent, I shall! I&#39;m glad you like HLS too-...Excellent, I shall! I&#39;m glad you like HLS too--so many exciting bloggy things happening! I&#39;ll definitely give it a Google and let you know what I think. It might be something I&#39;ll bug you about a guest post for!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-28672598985093375142011-03-17T13:04:14.011-07:002011-03-17T13:04:14.011-07:00: o) Apparently blogs don&#39;t like links in the...: o) Apparently blogs don&#39;t like links in their comments, which is understandable. Happened over at Melody&#39;s blog as well. I&#39;ve been following the Hack lib School blog as well, and I&#39;m really enjoying it. do try googling UNC SILS Diversity and steal as you wish!Katy Vancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987421591745185638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-67409645060887423082011-03-17T12:07:07.668-07:002011-03-17T12:07:07.668-07:00Hi Katy! I&#39;m so excited you liked my post, and...Hi Katy!<br />I&#39;m so excited you liked my post, and huge kudos are due for you all talking the initiative to add elements to your program that you want (reminds me of my other beloved shared project, Hack Library School!) I didn&#39;t see a link to the certificate, but I can definitely Google it--I would love to see what you&#39;re doing and chat about the great steps you&#39;re taking!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-38223904505587553812011-03-17T07:30:23.966-07:002011-03-17T07:30:23.966-07:00Hi Julia, I am currently writing my masters paper...Hi Julia,<br /><br />I am currently writing my masters paper and avoiding it by reading blog posts related to my research topic. *sheepish grin* I came across your post through Melody&#39;s page and wanted to share with you some work the SILS student body is doing at UNC. A group of us were struck by many of the same issues you and melody have been discussing. Long Story short, we have developed a Diversity Task Force and Advocate Certificate. You can find the information here: .<br /><br />Our movement was a grassroots one, to be sure. I&#39;d love to hear your thoughts on what we&#39;re doing. It&#39;s a small step, but definitely a step. Also, you might want to check out ALA&#39;s Diversity Counts report: and the UNC WILIS study .<br /><br />Most importantly however, thanks for being a part of the conversation! I enjoyed your post.<br /><br />KatyKaty Vancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987421591745185638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-63056373120740137442011-03-15T14:57:55.737-07:002011-03-15T14:57:55.737-07:00Thanks--I&#39;m glad you enjoyed the project! I&#3...Thanks--I&#39;m glad you enjoyed the project! I&#39;ll probably post a couple more times on there, but I&#39;m done with recipes (the chicken one was delicious.) I usually don&#39;t comment on blogs either, especially outside of my field, which may be why I&#39;m curious what some folks are doing to solicit frequent comments. Like you said, maybe we just have quiet readers!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-23193890681650350402011-03-15T14:51:24.439-07:002011-03-15T14:51:24.439-07:00Unfortunately I don&#39;t have many tips on engagi...Unfortunately I don&#39;t have many tips on engaging readers to comment. I don&#39;t get a lot of comments on my blog that I&#39;ve been working on for a good four and a half years. But mine is pretty random - an all-over the place journal of sorts. <br /><br />I was following your MM blog consistently, but haven&#39;t commented in a while mostly due to lack of time on my end. In fact I noticed that one of the commenters on your Wafer post was a reader that follows my blog as well - and her comment was nearly what I was going to say - so I didn&#39;t comment that your wafer iron looked much like Rick&#39;s great grandmother&#39;s pizzelle iron (which I&#39;ve also seen on ebay). <br /><br />I&#39;m not sure what gets readers to engage, especially in things that are a project or personal journey. I too get lots of hits from specific searches and I know people are reading - just staying quiet for some reason? <br /><br />I enjoyed your project.lazyhomsteader.comhttp://lazyhomsteader.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-30831399262480332402011-03-05T06:14:23.813-08:002011-03-05T06:14:23.813-08:00RT @billsimpson19: Very useful search engine that ...RT @billsimpson19: Very useful search engine that finds open access articles<br />http://www.knowmade.com/free-fulltext-pdf.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-58506090827223107992011-03-04T17:28:04.842-08:002011-03-04T17:28:04.842-08:00Thanks Andy! I&#39;ll have to give it a look--defi...Thanks Andy! I&#39;ll have to give it a look--definitely would be easier than messing with all those format changes myself.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-828996676420501362011-03-04T17:25:29.173-08:002011-03-04T17:25:29.173-08:00The program Calibre is an eBook converter that tur...The program Calibre is an eBook converter that turns any format into another one. It&#39;s free and pretty cool. My eBooks on my blog were all converted using that.Andy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16912056698169928222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-73395737255578526292011-02-25T17:08:43.284-08:002011-02-25T17:08:43.284-08:00This is an incredibly important point: one thing t...This is an incredibly important point: one thing that we (myself included) sometimes forget is the idea of &#39;interlocking oppressions,&#39; that all forms of oppression play off each other and become symptoms of a larger system of inequality. Class distinctions are becoming increasingly pronounced, and I&#39;m glad you brought both wealth and its impact on access to education into the discussion. <br />When you mention educating LIS students, I feel like at least some students are socially conscious and active, but I agree, it&#39;s a balance between making ourselves and our institutions forces for change and avoiding being targeted to such an extent that we can&#39;t create that change. Definitely let me know if you think of ways to encourage activity amongst students--I&#39;ll think on it too!<br />I keep having this pipe dream that we&#39;ll find a way to detach both libraries and education from large funding bodies and thus from their agendas--I think making education more accessible would, as you say, go a long way in making for a more diverse field.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-88047014832038331632011-02-25T12:59:48.667-08:002011-02-25T12:59:48.667-08:00Hi Julia, great post. Thoughtful and important. I ...Hi Julia, great post. Thoughtful and important. I think the thing that&#39;s keeping libraries from being a tool for diversity is America&#39;s history of inequity in wealth distribution. Libraries are almost completely beholden to existing powerful institutions in society for funding, and those institutions were established for the benefit of the wealthy, in order to elicit the complicity of the middle and lower classes. I know you said that you can write papers all about about hegemony theory, and wanted to set that aside, but I don&#39;t think we can, and still seek to make real changes. Having diversity programs and changing collection development policies can only take us so far. As long as 1% of the U.S. population controls more than 34% of the wealth in this country, we&#39;re more or less tilting at windmills. It&#39;s nobler to be the knight errant who undertakes the quest for diversity than to be passive and cynical, but at the end of the day, nobility is inadequate. It&#39;s so important to remember that lack of diversity is a symptom, where inequitable distribution of wealth is the cause. I think that a partial solution is to start teaching social and economic advocacy along with traditional librarial topics such as intellectual freedom and privacy. Real security only comes with power, and power in America comes from money. The trick is to help library students become socially conscious and active without becoming radicalized. The perceived political neutrality of libraries is all the keeps us from being targeted like NPR and Public Television. It&#39;s not something I have an answer to yet obviously, but IMO it&#39;s something I hope we figure out, and sooner rather than later.jtfburgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082950269094849222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-50219445074766142792011-02-19T16:49:45.256-08:002011-02-19T16:49:45.256-08:00I didn&#39;t know about this--those seem like grea...I didn&#39;t know about this--those seem like great ways to learn more about patrons! I wonder what libraries are doing this in the US--something to look into this week!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-10323563938142598722011-02-19T11:33:52.499-08:002011-02-19T11:33:52.499-08:00Some of what you say is already being done either ...Some of what you say is already being done either automated or manually.<br /><br />Lots of libraries have embedded Google analytics (or just study server logs) into their websites or catalogues that allow them to track every aspect of user behavior, searching trends etc.<br /><br />A university library I&#39;ve read, tracks what students in each course is reading and aggregates most commonly borrowed books/journal volumes<br /><br />I&#39;ve seen librarians try to buy google adwords to target students searching for information within a certain radius of the library etc<br /><br />Some of these are libraries outside america so laws and cultures differ of course.Aarontayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750645621492448678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-91339964004763392122011-02-18T05:46:44.287-08:002011-02-18T05:46:44.287-08:00Chelle--Thanks! those are great points, I agree th...Chelle--Thanks! those are great points, I agree that smaller libraries would have privacy issues. It was something we mentioned in regards to ILL too, since the librarian would be much more likely to know every patron making requests. <br />Andy--thanks so much for sharing that link! The author sums up that idea well, that people are willing to give up some amount of privacy for a desired experience. Good stuff!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-56416174385010662592011-02-17T19:19:09.613-08:002011-02-17T19:19:09.613-08:00It&#39;s all in how the data is handled. There are...It&#39;s all in how the data is handled. There are laws regarding patron privacy, but there are steps that can be taken to eliminate that issue.<br /><br />If you want a new (old) take on patrons volunteering their information in exchange for additional services, read this Library Garden post: http://librarygarden.net/2009/02/19/what-libraries-can-learn-from-facebook/Andy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16912056698169928222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-37019775726382447442011-02-17T18:59:15.383-08:002011-02-17T18:59:15.383-08:00Tracking library patrons is an interesting idea wi...Tracking library patrons is an interesting idea with many useful implications. I&#39;m inclined to say maybe it would work for a big library, like the New York Public Library or our university&#39;s libraries. I&#39;m thinking that even with an anonymous opt in it would be easy in a small library to know who&#39;s searching for what. Every library has its consistent users and at the same time of day even. If the library was very small then anonymous tracking of searches might not be so anonymous. Does tracking our patrons&#39; searches tell us what they are looking for? Looking at search terms I think you could only guess. You would also have to assume that the page they clicked on and read actually contained the information they wanted in the first place. Great post. It was nice to hear about what&#39;s going on in S&amp;D.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506296443676360367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-87383352086491478172011-02-09T15:04:52.742-08:002011-02-09T15:04:52.742-08:00That&#39;s a great idea--it seems like including t...That&#39;s a great idea--it seems like including the community in discussions that shape library policy is a way not only to promote diversity, but to help people feel more involved in their library too! It seems like a good way to include underrepresented groups, and I imagine library Boards wouldn&#39;t be opposed to having extra folks who felt a connection to their library (and thus might be more likely to advocate for it).Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-73448156395144182732011-02-09T15:00:55.121-08:002011-02-09T15:00:55.121-08:00Hm. Is there a way to start a diversity discussion...Hm. Is there a way to start a diversity discussion by inviting the community to talk about things like the quiet policy, whether the library should actively promote Black History Month or Ramadan books or other not-WASP subjects? Because I think you&#39;re right. Diversity is going to have to start with discussion, and it&#39;s going to be tense, but maybe looking at what lots of different people think about what function the library serves and whether its policies assist that function is a place to start.Niallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406310292135208055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-54062283737599995822011-02-09T14:21:35.457-08:002011-02-09T14:21:35.457-08:00I just saw your second comment too--btw, Ye Olde R...I just saw your second comment too--btw, Ye Olde Reference Desk is an awesome term. Again, I agree that some exciting stuff is going on--I wonder how we could more actively involve the patrons in having those discussions, and give people more agency by finding a variety of ways to say &#39;what is it you want/need from your library?&#39; People who are using computers for job searching are going to have a much different answer than someone like me who goes in to check out fun books.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-90486743345037264622011-02-09T14:18:44.891-08:002011-02-09T14:18:44.891-08:00Rachel--this is an awesome insight! And I agree, l...Rachel--this is an awesome insight! And I agree, libraries as institutions do sometimes promote assimilation. In my history research, I&#39;ve run across materials from ~1900-1930 that talk about &#39;Americanization&#39; of immigrants, and your comments reminded me of that. I think libraries have gotten away from trying to (overtly) promote certain behaviors, but your example reinforces the fact that assimilation is still something we do, whether or not we realize it (how many times have I gotten annoyed by people&#39;s behavior and not stopped to analyze what&#39;s going on there?) It seems like the folks at that library may have benefited from a bit of awareness, both of the social norms they were perpetuating and the role they were playing in upholding those norms.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-14015519908440591152011-02-09T14:16:43.920-08:002011-02-09T14:16:43.920-08:00I just want to add that libraries have already sta...I just want to add that libraries have already started trying to embrace a more &quot;hip&quot; image, which is great! Gaming, Wikipedia, Facebook, Flash Mobs... this is <i>fantastic</i>, and I hope we carry on. But I think it can be harder when you&#39;re the one sitting at Ye Olde Reference Desk day in and day out to relax and not caught up in power dynamics with diverse or disadvantaged patrons. This is where I&#39;d love to see dialogue happen.Rachel Smalter Hallhttp://bananasuitlibrarian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-82851858553169196222011-02-09T14:12:39.126-08:002011-02-09T14:12:39.126-08:00I love this post! I think one of the things we li...I love this post! I think one of the things we librarians can do to help diversify the profession is to start by diversifying our programs and collections, and also diversifying the cultural norms we perpetuate when we invite people into libraries.<br /><br />I&#39;ve worked at a library that, although it viewed itself as &quot;progressive,&quot; actually discriminated against behaviors that were not culturally &quot;white and privileged&quot; -- in other words, it disproportionately disciplined and even banned poor black and latino teens. One way to look at this is issue is that these teens had been loud and disruptive, which are not acceptable behaviors in libraries. But to me, that can often be an (unintentional) way of reinforcing privilege and power structures. I think a more diversity-friendly way to approach this issue would have been for the library to recognize that this set of patrons were actively using the library and not hurting anyone, and then for the library to reassess its explicit and also tacit policies in order to be more welcoming to non-privileged user groups.<br /><br />I think libraries are often in a position of wanting to do the right thing, while also unintentionally promoting an agenda of assimilation. Think of the iconic &quot;shh-ing librarian&quot;!!! If we can work on dialogues and actions that continue to change this cycle of thinking, I think we could see more diversity in the profession.Rachel Smalter Hallhttp://bananasuitlibrarian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232572935931441295.post-9153934390799290162011-02-02T06:08:33.446-08:002011-02-02T06:08:33.446-08:00That&#39;s a great idea--I scan mine every day, bu...That&#39;s a great idea--I scan mine every day, but putting them aside in a folder would be great for the days I don&#39;t have time to read extra emails!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768009324530394698noreply@blogger.com
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