[Publib] Problems with list

Mon Jun 29 13:36:11 EDT 2009

I agree.  I think much of what has happened is actually a byproduct of the
filtering software installed in libraries and the classes of sites that can
be
blocked.  Social networking is scary to lots of people - just look at what
it did during the China earthquake or the revolt in Iran.  Where there used
to be controls over the types of information being released - either by
media companies with big money or government - it is nearly impossible
to contain. But, you can select 'social networking' as a class and block
most access.

>From a purely economic standpoint, I think blocking social networking in
the long run is going to be extremely detrimental to libraries.  Libraries
are
social networks.  They are information sharing facilities.  They are one of
the purest forms of successful socialism - ironically endowed by forward
thinking
capitalists who understood the value of collective knowledge.

Social networking is one of the strongest mediums of exchange by people
35 and under.  Many of them grew up using social networks - Myspace,
Facebook and all of their smart phone applications.  Discounting the value
of social networks means discounting and alienating the future library
users and the taxpayer revenue stream.

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Victoria Kemp <
victoria.kemp at flower-mound.com> wrote:

> Once again, librarians are being denigrated by their city's leadership
> if this is a decision being made at a level higher than the library. The
> issue is a management one. If one has staff that abuses ANY web site,
> the manager should intervene. This should not be a blanket decision made
> for an entire town or city by someone who apparently is not willing to
> move into the 21st century. There is too much happening on the web for
> any one department to make this decision. Blogs are an essential part of
> staff development in the library world: Michael Stephens, Stephen
> Abrams, David Lee King, Karen Schneider, etc. should be required reading
> for staff in technology development, which, one would hope are many
> folks on this list. YouTube has amazing training videos available.
> Twitter could be used for instant reference work. Social networking is
> not all about being social; it is community building, a vital part of
> library work.
> Just my opinion, I could be wrong (Dennis Miller)
> Viccy Kemp
> The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
>  [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Cranmer, Donna
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 10:02 AM
> To: J B Schallan; publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Publib] Problems with list
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I agree with Leslie--social messaging sites--no way for staff. Please do
> not attempt to migrate publib en masse to one of them. If it's mentioned
> as being something interesting on libraries on Facebook, youtube,
> Flickr, etc.--it gets forwarded to my home address, which I usually look
> at once or twice a week maybe.
>
>                Donna
>
> Donna Cranmer
> 605-367-8712
> dcranmer at siouxfalls.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of J B Schallan
> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 2:16 PM
> To: publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Publib] Problems with list
>
> Esteemed Publibbers:
>
> I have attempted to post to PUBLIB for three Fridays running now, to
> no avail. Webjunction's mail server never distributes my posting to
> the list, nor does it ever show up in the archives.  Webjunction's
> server never sends back a bounce message, either -- my posting simply
> disappears, unseen by anyone on the list.
>
> This has been happening ever since the switch from the Berkeley
> Sunsite to Webjunction, and in my case, only about one in ten of my
> postings ever sees the light of PUBLIB day. I'm going to take a chance
> that this posting will be one of the lucky few that gets through.
>
> I ask for your help.  If you suspect this has been happening to your
> postings (and for those of you who have wondered why you never got any
> responses to a query, your question probably never got distributed to
> the list), please let the tech staff at Webjunction know about it:
>
> support at webjunction.org
>
> You know how in the library nothing gets acted on if it comes from
> staff, but gets acted on promptly if it comes from a citizen?  This is
> the same deal.  Webjunction needs to hear from us, the Webjunction
> citizens.
>
> I'm keen to have my latest Friday piece appear because I have
> discovered some new laws of library science.  (Yes, Ranganathan missed
> a few.)
>
> --Joe Schallan
>  Phoenix
>
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