Archive for July, 2007
Just do it?
Brian Kelly reflects on the call to ‘just do it’ at Umbrella 2007. I have commented on this over there, but here’s the short version.
How useful is ‘just do it’ as advice? It’s a nice slogan, but it short-circuits any consideration of issues people might have.
How useful is it for those at the top to [...]
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Umbrella reports update
I have now posted all of my reports to the Clippers wiki.
Overall I felt that it was a good conference. The plenary speakers all gave food for thought, with all of them calling librarians to advocate for their profession. One might raise a wry eyebrow at the privileged telling us to go and lead, but [...]
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What are we for?
Well, I have arrived. I have been cited in the current Cites and Insights
The post is all about what libraries are for. Reflecting on Leslie Burger’s plenary at Umbrella 2007, I would like to add the following.
Getting people in is a good thing. Having a lively community feel is excellent. But I [...]
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Umbrella reports
I really enjoyed the conference. Learned a lot, good and bad Full reports on the sessions will appear at the Clippers wiki. Here I’ll be posting more general observations and comments, once I’ve got my thoughts in order.
The thought at the top of my mind is this: we now know we cannot patronise users. [...]
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