Librarians as seen by the media
Chris Smith, creator of the Asian school-library website Shambles, assembled this video (3:33) for an October 14 presentation in Monterrey, Mexico, at the Tri-Association Annual Educators’ Conference of the Association of American Schools of Central America, Colombia, Caribbean, and Mexico. Do you recognize these movies, TV programs, and publications? This video could be a catalyst on discussions about librarian stereotyping....
YouTube, Oct. 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYIx1oGtew
And good for our students to be aware of ...
Deleted does not mean gone forever
Michelle Boule writes: “Most of us know that things, once put online, have a way of remaining online, no matter how hard we try to delete them or forget them. In May 2009, Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica started an experiment to see how quickly an embarrassing photo (above) was deleted from social networking sites. 16 months later, the photo is still accessible and viewable despite having been deleted almost two years ago. As librarians, we have some educating to do.”...
ALA TechSource Blog, Oct. 18; Ars Technica, July 3, 2009, Oct. 11
http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2010/10/deleted-does-not-mean-gone-forever.html
And from this week's Chronicle of Higher Education - food for thought ...
October 17, 2010
Library Inc.
By Daniel Goldstein
http://chronicle.com/article/Library-Inc/124915
