Utah Libraries http://utahlibraries.org Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:51:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Website in a Box program is moving on ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax – Of cabbages — and kings – And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings.’

–Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

It has been so rewarding to run the Website in a Box program. It’ s . . . → Read More: Website in a Box program is moving on]]> http://utahlibraries.org/websiteinabox/ Trading Spaces: Utah Library Mentoring program Apply by . . . → Read More: Trading Spaces: Utah Library Mentoring program]]> http://utahlibraries.org/trading-spaces/ Utah State Library for the Blind loses Radio Reading Service . . . → Read More: Utah State Library for the Blind loses Radio Reading Service]]> http://utahlibraries.org/blind/ Connecting to Collections Town Hall The results of our recent statewide Connecting to Collections Preservation Assessment are now compiled and a final report defining the State of Preservation in Utah has been drafted by Tom Clareson, our consultant on this project.

Everyone with a vested interest in the long-term health of collections in Utah is now invited to attend a Town . . . → Read More: Connecting to Collections Town Hall]]> http://utahlibraries.org/connecting-to-collections-town-hall/ Build your audience like a virus experience So I’m sitting here in “Build your audience like a virus” training presented by Victoria Rasmussen of UEN. She has some great ideas. She’s talking about the pros and cons of the different social medias like blogging, facebook, twitter, text messaging, youtube. I’m thinking about whether USL can use youtube to share some of the . . . → Read More: Build your audience like a virus experience]]> http://utahlibraries.org/build-your-audience/ 21st Century libraries . . . → Read More: 21st Century libraries]]> http://utahlibraries.org/21st-century-libraries/ A new vision of the library Earlier this decade, the library’s vision was access to information.  Before that, much before that, say 1894, the library’s vision was free books for all. But how quickly we’ve changed. Today it’s all about connection.

Connection to the world through internet access

Connection to vital public services through the same

Connection to community through programming

Connection to others by . . . → Read More: A new vision of the library]]> http://utahlibraries.org/visio/ Scholarships for E-Government Librarians The Center for Library and Information Innovation at the iSchool at the University of Maryland College Park, in partnership with the Government Information Online Initiative and the University of Illinois at Chicago, is accepting applications for 20 Master of Library Science (MLS) scholarships. The scholarships are for a new online MLS program focused on e-government . . . → Read More: Scholarships for E-Government Librarians]]> http://utahlibraries.org/scholarships_egovernment_librarians/ Did You Know 4.0 . . . → Read More: Did You Know 4.0]]> http://utahlibraries.org/did-you-know-4-0/ Recently I went on a small hike with Zach (7 years old, adorable as they get). His daddy’s my favorite dentist, btw.

We were hiking down the path collecting rocks. He saw one he liked semi-buried in the ground. Bending down, he tried to pry it with his hands. Looking up he grinned and said, “it’s . . . → Read More: ]]> http://utahlibraries.org/loose-tooth/