Librarians

How the Digital Age is Changing Libraries

After listing to the presentation by Jeremy Shermak I had to shake my head and wonder why didn’t I see the connections that he brought up with how newspapers are adjusting to the digital age and how libraries are doing the same thing. I was surprised at the…

Libraries and the websites they call home

After watching numerous well done presentations in class I have to say I’m surprised at the lack of usability of so many libraries websites. I have to say that my local library has a very efficient and user-friendly system in place. From what I can tell…

All about me

Hello there to those who have found this little Medium blog. If you’re looking for tidbits on the Internet, libraries, or both, welcome to my little corner of this site. Before we jump into any of that, however, here is a small piece on myself. My name, if you did not read above, is Christina Vincent. I…

Stop Dismissing Google and Wiki, Librarians!

I recently started an internship at one of Northwestern’s libraries at their downtown campus. It is my first time actually working in a library and, while I haven’t done terribly much yet, I have already witnessed something I find maddening: a librarian who thinks using Google and…

Creating for Your Community

Mesa County Libraries have launched a Kickstarter campaign for an app that they believe fills a “gap in the information ecosystem for their patrons.”(Enis) The app, Wild Colorado, gives information about animals indigenous to the region and allows users to take photos and share their experiences…

My Brief Fling with Library Technical Services

This past summer I did an internship at a public library in Indiana, and part of that internship was working with a reference librarian. She was a wonderful mentor and fun to work with, but part of the deal was answering reference questions…

Everything Changes

My friend is annoyed with her public library. She has been for a while now. About a year ago, they started renovations. The goal was to make the library more of a community space — more computers, meeting rooms, and space in general. I know this because we went to visit her library while some…

Public Libraries in the UK

Have you ever found yourself wondering about the situation with public libraries in the UK? Me too, which is how I found myself with a seemingly infinite number of tabs open in my browser, all with various Guardian articles from the past year. From these articles, it seems that…

Survey Says: Renovation = Innovation

The Information Policy and Access Center at University of Maryland and the American Library Association having been working together on a survey that has collected data about public libraries and the internet for 20 years. (Koerber) The Digital Inclusion Survey “looked more closely at the…