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Re: Librarians Can Be So Strange

ElizabethBowman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:47:06 -0000

I think you should "assign" some of the essays for staff development day reading!

Re: Religious Freedom in Vietnam – Help Bat Nha

kenleyneufeld — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:08:15 -0000

A couple more good sources of information and background on religious activities in Vietnam.

Vietnam's War on Religion

Rushford Report 2009: An Inconvenient Man

Re: Being Vegan

veganbeing — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:32:25 -0000

One more thing...i'd recomment checking out this site to help converting to a
vegan being.

Re: Being Vegan

veganbeing — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:29:09 -0000

Good for you...I'm really proud you are going back to the compassionate life

Re: 400 Monastics Being Forcefully Evicted Today

kenleyneufeld — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:22:14 -0000

Update from the Associated Press

Re: Building a Social Library

ann mccann — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:33:31 -0000

Thanks for the presentation! Lots of great ideas that I want to add at my high school, but need to ponder the parameters, especially with a super-conservative community who is scared of Web 2.0

Re: An Introduction

kenleyneufeld — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:44:39 -0000

Thanks Laura. Are you thinking it would be something you'd grab from time to time and just post on DP cast or just one general announcement?

Re: An Introduction

Laura — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:43:39 -0000

Hi Kenley
This is wonderful. If you would be interested in having this put on the DP Podcast, let me know. I think it would be a wonderful addition
Laura

Re: Being Vegan

Florencevegan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:30:59 -0000

I am coming from the other direction. I am a strict vegan and am looking into becoming a Buddhist, and am trying to find out if Buddhists are vegan, as I regard my vegani way of life as integral to my spirituality. I am so happy to find that Buddhists are indeed vegan and that I can find a spiritual home here at least in terms of my compassion and reverence for animals. Thank you. Oh I know it is a struggle to be completely vegan in a non-vegan world and sometimes I have found mistakes eg in medicines or toiletries or household products, but we can only do our best. Florence (in Glasgow).

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

kenleyneufeld — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:53:34 -0000

One element that none of the programs that highlight MIT, etc. is that we will still need the MIT's of the world to produce some of the content. Of course, if everyone/everything migrated outside an institution we would just have scholars providing content, right? It's an interesting environment.

We definitely need to start showing web 2.0; on my campus I serve on two IT-related committees and am chair of the committee on online instruction and this provides a great opportunity.

Do you work with my friend Cindi?

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

facebook-38307077 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:27:38 -0000

I agree that I am worried about higher education as a whole. We see it in the library because the shifts caused our models to break earlier than the rest of the academy, but who is going to want to pay for a class here, when they can watch world-class lecturers on YouTube for free? Or see MIT syllabi, etc. for free?

Especially since many people seem to think that college is a "product" where they sit in a class and have knowledge poured into them, and then they go get a great salary, instead of seeing education as a "process" that is going to involve at least tears, and perhaps sweat and sometimes blood, as they challenge their assumptions and work to find the truth for themselves.

Going through the process is worth paying for, but does that have to include ivy-covered buildings?

So, I think librarians need to start showing faculty web 2.0 tools. So that we get prepared for the paradigm shift. Like Michael Wesch's ideas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4yApagnr0s as a start)

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

kenleyneufeld — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:45:11 -0000

Thank you Daniela for bringing this to my attention; I will check it out.

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

kenleyneufeld — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:43:40 -0000

I love you Steve; thank you for writing so beautifully (as usual) and singing the praises of the analog.

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

Daniela UoPeople — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:43:03 -0000

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Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

stevesprinkel — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:41:45 -0000

We will always have books. I am reading some right now. Libraries are like banks-safety deposit banks, They maintain information securely, even if containing errors, whereas electronics, particularly the emerging, cliched, infosources like wiki are hackable, apt to be contaminated, open to too much editing, unfocused. And the info, the writing, can disappear.

I love both systems, and they should co-exist, but not at the expense of one.

And I can not read with pleasure and physical patience electronic material. I would never consider reading Robert Caro's latest book on Lyndon Johnson online, ever. It would be too tiring, and not portable, not comfortable.

Open sourcing implies the internet-based material. I am not afraid of the free-for all, but proof and hierarchy have their place. Your lucky your library is not critiqued by the sociopaths on YELP.

After educating myself for the past 40 years, post serious institutional experience, including 1 year at Harvard, I think that Harvard is not going away because its like the CIA, or the lobbyists who make sure that Westinghouse and GE get Defense Department funding. Its need is self perpetuating by past and current members of the community and the future community that will want to take advantage of the fast lane that is Harvard and the modest number of institutions like it.

How can alternatives break that clubby system ?

The wrong people are tasked with deciding whether to fund libraries. These are the same people who considered closing the state parks right before the no vacancy season.

My wife, ignorant of what I am writing right now, has just taken three books to bed with her.

But I believe that all the new ideas, critiques of longstanding systems, wondering, doubting, is fine. In the end we will decide that a laptop can not replace a book, that laptops lead more people to buy books than vice-versa, and the problems with libraries are that they are too small and not funded well.

We just got home from seeing the movie about Julia Child. It was all about a book.

And a blog.

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

buffyjhamilton — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:15:23 -0000

I had just picked up my copy of Fast Company and had started to read the article on edupunks when I came across your blog post while searching for the e-copy. GREAT post---thanks for the excellent food for thought!

Best,
Buffy Hamilton

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

kenleyneufeld — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:19:59 -0000

Great links Steven and thank you Patti for making the connection to traditional media.

Even though I recognize that user experience can be done with little or no money, and this is where I will focus, to do it at the level of Starbucks and the Ritz-Carlton will cost some money; I'm sure they spent a ton. Granted, we can learn from what they did in business and not spend as much money.

Keep the comments coming.

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

facebook-522786756 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:42:26 -0000

The good news is that it doesn't take any additional money or hi-tech to create a better library user experience based on totality, meaning and relationships. See: http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2009/05/08/three-wa... and http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6673840...

Re: Are you an edupunk librarian?

facebook-1492764875 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:36:04 -0000

Really great observations! It seems like learning institutes are following in the footsteps of traditional media. I work for a newspaper, they are facing so many similar challenges! I think that traditional media (tv, radio, print) will have to adopt new philosophies and learn to be more agile. Traditional media and education both suffer from the one way channel thinking. They've never had to listen before. It will be interesting to see if they all grow ears and use them. Great post.

Re: Discoveries in Fasting

Angela — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:37:02 -0000

My fast was related to detoxing my body but also the mind and soul. It felt like a body detox in the beginning but turned into so much more than that. I need to go back and get the recipes but I wound up having LOTS more energy. The juices had a variety about 15 different kinds of veggies in them. They had a different drink for those who didn't want sugar - mostly for cancer patients.

I'm still waking up at 5 am and dealing pretty well with it. The thing I learned is that I need to really listen to my body. Am I really hungry? Am I really sleepy or just bored? Am I allergic? I'm no longer constipated. It's been fun talking about our foot long poops and the other new things that are happening to us still.

Re: Exercise and Retreats

jorgeoceja — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:56:45 -0000

Loved it...

Re: Summer Flowers in Ojai

flowersphotographs — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:13:17 -0000

Rob Armstrong's pictures have appeared in publications such as Birds & Blooms Magazine and the Jackson Hole Explorer Magazine (including the current 2009 cover photo).
flowers photographs

Re: PeopleBrowsr - Up and Coming, but Still Developing

Lori Gama — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:59:35 -0000

Kenley: I came across your blog post about PeopleBrowsr as I did a search. Since this still comes up in searches about PB, thought I would update you on more good news about it. (I'm a PB Coach, named Lori Gama: http://twitter.com/lorigama).

Now there are six ways to keep up with your Social Media in Peoplebrowsr. Here's a description about each one, taken directly from PB's site:

*Live Search: Simple live search on Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed. search.peoplebrowsr.com

*Marketers: A sentiment tool. Track your brand, buzz, customers and stats. Export ready-to-print reports.
marketers.peoplebrowsr.com

*My PB (an evolution of what you described in your blog post, Kenley)
A super powerful multi network dashboard. Now in Lite, Advanced and Business mode.
my.peoplebrowsr.com

Industry Billboard
A platform that helps businesses reach and engage customers using Twitter.
industry.peoplebrowsr.com

News
Become-a-news-editor. Browse trending topics and share.
news.peoplebrowsr.com

Conference
The ultimate Conference visualizer with streaming tweets and word cloud.
conf.peoplebrowsr.com

As Priscilla Scala, Peoplebrowsr Product Manager, mentioned in her comment: Peoplebrowsr community is very helpful in giving feedback and suggestions. The PB developers are very responsive to the feedback/suggestions. I think it's the greatest thing invented since Twitter.

You might consider doing a follow up blog post because there are so many new things.

Thank you.
Lori Gama
http://www.DaGamaWebStudio.com

Re: 24 Days on Retreat Begins Friday

tadawes — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:16:48 -0000

Kenley, enjoy! Make the break as you have done in the past. We'll miss your posts, but will eagerly await your return to "connectedness."
See you in Chicago?

trevor

Re: 24 Days on Retreat Begins Friday

Pat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:01:25 -0000

Have a great retreat Kenley. You are a fortunate man! Sweet gift from Les, indeed. Have a blessed time.