Comments on: Change, Adaptation, and that 33 Reasons Why We’re Important Article http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:50:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nancy Dowd http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/comment-page-1/#comment-5711 Nancy Dowd Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:14:06 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/#comment-5711 Hi David, Speaking of valuing librarians… over here at the NJ State Library we’re conducting an experiment to see if we can break the record for the most comments posted on a YouTube video. The idea is to have people post their three reasons and then pass the word to five friends. Of course what makes it even better is that it will be a library video that breaks the record! Hope you post and pass the word! Thanks, Nancy Go to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQI25n8qPQ Hi David,
Speaking of valuing librarians… over here at the NJ State Library we’re conducting an experiment to see if we can break the record for the most comments posted on a YouTube video. The idea is to have people post their three reasons and then pass the word to five friends. Of course what makes it even better is that it will be a library video that breaks the record! Hope you post and pass the word! Thanks, Nancy

Go to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQI25n8qPQ

]]> By: eLearning Service » Blog Archive » Library links, February 6, 2007 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/comment-page-1/#comment-5523 eLearning Service » Blog Archive » Library links, February 6, 2007 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:53:34 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/#comment-5523 [...] Change, Adaptation, and that 33 Reasons Why We’re Important Article David Lee King talks about the article, Are Librarians Totally Obsolete? [...] [...] Change, Adaptation, and that 33 Reasons Why We’re Important Article David Lee King talks about the article, Are Librarians Totally Obsolete? [...]

]]> By: Terry Dawson http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/comment-page-1/#comment-5432 Terry Dawson Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:44:16 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/#comment-5432 While I can agree that the article shouldn't *need* to have been written, the fact that there are doubters out there points to the sad necessity. Librarians certainly shouldn't need it for ourselves, but having nice lists of things to quote, point to and hand out can be useful. I like it, because when I get into these arguments, I can pull out something reinforces the notion that this is not just my personal opinion. It helps demonstrate a preponderance of professional opinion and a body of literature supporting the view that libraries need to continue. While I can agree that the article shouldn’t *need* to have been written, the fact that there are doubters out there points to the sad necessity. Librarians certainly shouldn’t need it for ourselves, but having nice lists of things to quote, point to and hand out can be useful.

I like it, because when I get into these arguments, I can pull out something reinforces the notion that this is not just my personal opinion. It helps demonstrate a preponderance of professional opinion and a body of literature supporting the view that libraries need to continue.

]]> By: Matthew Nogrady http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/comment-page-1/#comment-5422 Matthew Nogrady Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:12:18 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/#comment-5422 David, I agree that the article is quite redundant. But with regard to evangelising, I have noticed a cheerleading attitude to librarianship within the profession that often 'protests to much', sounding anxious and even despairing. As a student I got interested in the literature about social capital as a means of raising public libraries' political profile. However I began to wonder what lay beneath the exhortations of academics that we need to vigorously tell the world how fabulous and essential we are. Sure, everyone needs a bit of in-house feelgood stuff about the importance of the work they do. But with regard to the public and politicians, I think many library managers just need to adapt faster and more urgently to the changing information fabric, and weave themselves into Web2.0 consciousness as a node where real- and cyber-community meet. Then people will realise that libraries and librarians are indispensible, and we won't have to remind people about it! So I think there's an important distinction between just promoting 'Libraries' as such, and actively promoting these crucial new infomation services. David, I agree that the article is quite redundant. But with regard to evangelising, I have noticed a cheerleading attitude to librarianship within the profession that often ‘protests to much’, sounding anxious and even despairing. As a student I got interested in the literature about social capital as a means of raising public libraries’ political profile. However I began to wonder what lay beneath the exhortations of academics that we need to vigorously tell the world how fabulous and essential we are. Sure, everyone needs a bit of in-house feelgood stuff about the importance of the work they do. But with regard to the public and politicians, I think many library managers just need to adapt faster and more urgently to the changing information fabric, and weave themselves into Web2.0 consciousness as a node where real- and cyber-community meet. Then people will realise that libraries and librarians are indispensible, and we won’t have to remind people about it!

So I think there’s an important distinction between just promoting ‘Libraries’ as such, and actively promoting these crucial new infomation services.

]]> By: Helene http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/comment-page-1/#comment-5411 Helene Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:01:32 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/02/01/change-adaptation-and-that-33-reasons-why-were-important-article/#comment-5411 Totally agree! I also felt the list fell short, especially from the customer/stakeholder point of view. Totally agree! I also felt the list fell short, especially from the customer/stakeholder point of view.

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