Yesterday I posted to this blog about Will Sherman’s 33 reasons that librarians are still important. Today, I found a good follow-up blog post by Helene Blowers in her LibraryBytes blog, suggesting five more reasons that she gleaned from listening to her stakeholders: A literate society is import for our community to prosper. Libraries provide …Read more »

Will Sherman’s answer to this question is “no” in his post yesterday listing 33 Reasons Librarians Are Still Extremely Important. Read the list, pick your favorite, and hope that he’s right…

Here’s a photo of MLC staff taken today in Second Life. From left to right: Diana, Aaron, Ruth, Evette, Mark, Randy, Brian, and Suzanne. If you’re in Second Life, please stop by and visit our MLC building in Cybrary City (see especially our rooftop hot tub with complimentary bathing suits). One of our neighbors in …Read more »

The Computers in Libraries 2007 conference will be held April 16-18, 2007 in Arlington, VA.  MLC, in conjunction with the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) is pleased to be able to offer discounted rates to our members. Registration Information is available at http://www.mlnc.org/. Registrations must be received at MLNC no later than Friday, March 9, …Read more »

On January 11, 2007, MLC hosted our first event in Second Life. Angela Semifero (known as Semife Roar in Second Life), Deputy Director and Head of Technical Services at the Marshall District Library, gave the presentation, “MySpace is Your Library’s Space: Reference, Programing and Promotion.” Our thanks and congratulations to Angela Semifero for presenting a …Read more »

If you’re in Second Life, please stop by the MLC building. Melba Moose is at the front door giving away virtual MLC tshirts.

Plastic Logic – located in Cambridge, UK – announced today that it will build the first factory to manufacture plastic electronics on a commercial scale. The facility will produce flexible active-matrix display modules for ‘take anywhere, read anywhere’ electronic reader products. It will utilize Plastic Logic’s unique process to fabricate active-matrix displays that are thin, …Read more »

The Shifted Librarian reported that Loriene Roy, ALA President-Elect, is the first ALA President to have an avatar in Second Life. Loriene’s SL name is Mukwa Dibou (Mukwa means bear in the Ojibwe language). A number of staff here at MLC now have avatars in Second Life, although only a couple are active.  You can …Read more »