365 Library Days Project

I just found out about & joined this 1/2 crazy, 1/2 interesting, 1/2 archival project. Here's what it's about from Libraryman himself:

Will you join in? What do you think of the idea? The group is up and ready to go, so why not learn more? Here’s the idea:

Let’s get as many libraries as we can to sign up for and actively participate in a customized, library friendly version of the 365 project. That would mean that if you decide to participate, you would commit to downloading at least 365 pictures from in, around or about the library you work in, for and/or with. Uploading a picture every day for 365 days in this case wouldn’t be practical for most folks, but committing to 365 images in a year could be done fairly easily. It could also have HUGE value for your library.

Just imagine what a valuable historic document you could create for your library with this project! And while you’re at it, at the end of your year commitment, you could contact your local newspaper and tell them about the project, where they could do a story and print selected pictures that you took over the year. Such a substantive advocacy project! It would demonstrate in very real ways, ways that get lost to many people in your community, that you and your library are doing important work every day of the year!

If you decide to take part, please add the photos you upload for the project into this group.

If you take part, please also tag the pictures you take for this project with the tag: 365libs

Finally, if you have any questions, I am willing to help. Drop me (Michael Porter, libraryman on flickr) a line via flickr mail or email me and I’ll help you get things running if you have any trouble.

Take pictures in/about/for your library! Share them! Join this community! Use this project and it’s collection as a powerful advocacy tool!

See you around the 365 Library Days Project Page!

If you're interested in seeing the images I'm taking for it, I've started a flickr account and folder for it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9127506@N02/sets/72157600412456751/

Serial's Strife

I love my job...really I do. Why is it that I'm less than enthused about dealing with being the serial's librarian?

Could it be that there are lots of ins & outs to it and one has a lot of tedious little tasks when working with them? Could it be that its overwhelming that there are 8+ campuses each with around 100 titles?

Ack! I think it's all of the above. I guess I just get to buckle down and get serials done this afternoon.

The Library of the Future?

I got this from a fellow librarian. It's a wonderful 7 minute piece on the possibilities of libraries in the technological age. I'm not sure where this library is, but I'm thinking a Scandinavian country somewhere. I hope to see something similar in the US sometime. It looks like a lot of work, but if it is successful, I can see the work being worth it completely!