The FLIP meeting planning has fallen by the wayside since about March (guilty as charged!) but many folks seem to be interested in starting up again. How about sometime in July? For now, pencil in Noon on Friday, July 16 at the Consortium Library. Feel free to comment if you want to suggest a different time/date/place. Or propose ideas for discussion topics please!
Slow Down: Making the Most of Library School
Thought this might be of interest based on several recent conversations I’ve had:
Public radio podcast about library use
E-Library Economics
Another link to an article from a professor in my MLIS program from Inside HigherEd.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/10/libraries
It expands on the Kindle article posted earlier and discusses the economics of print and digital library collections along with the challenges faced in making the conversion to digital.
Superheroes in the stacks?
I was just reading the reviews for a new book that might make a good choice for the next book club selection:
This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
by Marilyn Johnson
And just a reminder: We will be discussing our first book selection – “Everything is Miscellaneous” – at the next FLIP meeting on February 19.
How to build a library
Kato Ha’unga, a UAA student here in Anchorage, is in the process of saving books for a new library in Tonga.
Here is her story: UAA student helps Tonga gain a library (from the Anchorage Daily News).
Guilty by disassociation
I’m currently enrolled in a Reader’s Advisory class, and thought it would be fun to repeat one of our discussion exercises here. Our professor set up a thread where we can come clean and voluntarily admit to the books that we feel guilty for never reading.
You would be surprised how many people have never read Orwell’s “1984”, the number of English Lit majors that struggle with Jane Austen, and all the children’s librarians out there who have somehow steered clear of anything “Harry Potter”. I sheepishly posted that I have never managed to get through anything by Dickens, which started an avalanche of agreement . Glad to know I’m not the only one!
What about you: what haven’t you read that makes you feel just a little bit guilty? Chances are that someone else will sympathize with you completely. Post in comments and free yourself now!
Mentor/Mentee 101: Developing a Career Essential Relationship
ALA’s New Member Roundtable (NMRT) posts monthly discussion topics on their listserv. This month’s topic is on mentorships. Here is the link to join the listserv–I don’t think you need to be an ALA member to join the NMRT listserv:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/news/nmrtmailinglists.cfm
Here’s this month’s discussion topic–I thought there were some good questions:
My name is Tricia Dean; Esther Giezendanner and I I will be co-leading this month’s discussion with . Our topic this month is Mentor/Mentee 101: Developing a Career Essential Relationship. For individuals new to the profession, having a mentor can be a huge benefit. On the flip side, mentoring can be a great opportunity to share skills and expertise and connect with a newer colleague who may bring in a fresh perspective. How do we develop solid mentoring relationships that strengthen the individual participants and the profession as a whole?
Here are a few questions to get us started:
-What are some reasonable expectations for mentors and mentees?
-Are there any pitfalls that should be avoided when starting a new mentoring relationship?
-What are the benefits you’ve gained from having a mentor, or what benefits would you hope to gain from having a mentoring relationship?
-Various subdivisions of ALA and some libraries offer formal mentoring programs. What are the advantages and drawbacks of going this route?
If you’ve been in one of these programs what are the pluses and what do you think might have been better in an informal relationship?
-If none of the formal mentoring programs fit an individual’s needs, how might he/she find a mentor informally?
Looking forward to a great discussion with you,
Esther & Tricia
NCSU Libraries Mobile Website
I loved this video:
Upcoming events
There won’t be a December FLIP meeting, but (as mentioned in a previous post) we are planning a movie night here in the Consortium Library. Mark your calendar for Friday, December 18 (probably starting around 7:30 p.m.). No final decision has been made on the flick, so if you’ve got a favorite, please add your suggestion(s) in a comment!
Also, we are starting a book club! The first selection is Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger. We plan to meet sometime around the end of January or beginning of February to discuss, so start reading (or add it to your Christmas list) now. More details coming soon…
Neither of these events are limited to only those that attend FLIP meetings. If you are interested in hanging out, chit-chat, and/or library fun, please come!