Comments on: Why “Getting it” Matters http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/ 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 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-21253 Carl Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:08:51 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1088#comment-21253 I'm not a librarian so I can't judge either candidate's qualifications, but as a web geek, my first criteria for someone who "gets it" is that the home page can't say "WELCOME!" This was okay in 1996 when few people used the Web, but we've all been here for years. Engaging in such reciprocal back-patting makes it seem like you still think of websites as something that people may stumble across, not something people use and need as part of their daily professional and personal lives. By the way, thanks for the blog. I happen to work with a number of librarians, so it's nice to have a look at how web technologies influence them. I’m not a librarian so I can’t judge either candidate’s qualifications, but as a web geek, my first criteria for someone who “gets it” is that the home page can’t say “WELCOME!” This was okay in 1996 when few people used the Web, but we’ve all been here for years. Engaging in such reciprocal back-patting makes it seem like you still think of websites as something that people may stumble across, not something people use and need as part of their daily professional and personal lives.

By the way, thanks for the blog. I happen to work with a number of librarians, so it’s nice to have a look at how web technologies influence them.

]]> By: Carl http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-26885 Carl Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1088#comment-26885 I'm not a librarian so I can't judge either candidate's qualifications, but as a web geek, my first criteria for someone who "gets it" is that the home page can't say "WELCOME!" This was okay in 1996 when few people used the Web, but we've all been here for years. Engaging in such reciprocal back-patting makes it seem like you still think of websites as something that people may stumble across, not something people use and need as part of their daily professional and personal lives. By the way, thanks for the blog. I happen to work with a number of librarians, so it's nice to have a look at how web technologies influence them. I’m not a librarian so I can’t judge either candidate’s qualifications, but as a web geek, my first criteria for someone who “gets it” is that the home page can’t say “WELCOME!” This was okay in 1996 when few people used the Web, but we’ve all been here for years. Engaging in such reciprocal back-patting makes it seem like you still think of websites as something that people may stumble across, not something people use and need as part of their daily professional and personal lives.

By the way, thanks for the blog. I happen to work with a number of librarians, so it’s nice to have a look at how web technologies influence them.

]]> By: Leonard Kniffel http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-21245 Leonard Kniffel Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:10:57 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1088#comment-21245 The new @ your library website (http://www.atyourlibrary.org/ ) is designed to promote libraries directly to the general public, to get nonusers into the library and to make better users of folks who are unaware of all that libraries offer. The search button for locating a library near you has been fixed. This is a pilot project funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, and we have plans for growing and refinining the site and marketing it to the public. Meanwhile we welcome suggestions for how to make it more engaging. The new @ your library website (http://www.atyourlibrary.org/ ) is designed to promote libraries directly to the general public, to get nonusers into the library and to make better users of folks who are unaware of all that libraries offer. The search button for locating a library near you has been fixed. This is a pilot project funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, and we have plans for growing and refinining the site and marketing it to the public. Meanwhile we welcome suggestions for how to make it more engaging.

]]> By: Leonard Kniffel http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-26884 Leonard Kniffel Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1088#comment-26884 The new @ your library website (http://www.atyourlibrary.org/ ) is designed to promote libraries directly to the general public, to get nonusers into the library and to make better users of folks who are unaware of all that libraries offer. The search button for locating a library near you has been fixed. This is a pilot project funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, and we have plans for growing and refinining the site and marketing it to the public. Meanwhile we welcome suggestions for how to make it more engaging. The new @ your library website (http://www.atyourlibrary.org/ ) is designed to promote libraries directly to the general public, to get nonusers into the library and to make better users of folks who are unaware of all that libraries offer. The search button for locating a library near you has been fixed. This is a pilot project funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, and we have plans for growing and refinining the site and marketing it to the public. Meanwhile we welcome suggestions for how to make it more engaging.

]]> By: Tony http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-21171 Tony Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:57:14 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1088#comment-21171 Interestingly enough, both candidates made presentations to a local association a friend of mine belongs to. She told me it was clear Stevens had taken the 5 minutes to learn what the association was "about" and what its issues were, while Ott delivered a totally generic canned speech that didn't connect to them at all. Interestingly enough, both candidates made presentations to a local association a friend of mine belongs to. She told me it was clear Stevens had taken the 5 minutes to learn what the association was “about” and what its issues were, while Ott delivered a totally generic canned speech that didn’t connect to them at all.

]]> By: Tony http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/06/why-getting-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-26883 Tony Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:57:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1088#comment-26883 Interestingly enough, both candidates made presentations to a local association a friend of mine belongs to. She told me it was clear Stevens had taken the 5 minutes to learn what the association was "about" and what its issues were, while Ott delivered a totally generic canned speech that didn't connect to them at all. Interestingly enough, both candidates made presentations to a local association a friend of mine belongs to. She told me it was clear Stevens had taken the 5 minutes to learn what the association was “about” and what its issues were, while Ott delivered a totally generic canned speech that didn’t connect to them at all.

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