Kim Butler's Page

I'm getting tired of people constantly calling Wikipedia inaccurate and an unreliable resource. The reason is because of the misperception that anyone can edit and INSTANTLY alter an article. This is not actually the case. Any person wishing to submit must get approved and then, in turn, their information also goes through an approval process. I did some digging and found some interesting information:



This article I found… Continue

Here's the before file. Here is the after… Continue

So I recently spent some time with an amazing librarian and she mentioned something I really hadn't thought of before. She said "I'm a fan of making libraries look more like bookstores." This really was an eye opener for me. I hadn't thought of it befre but she's got an excellent point. By designing a library to look more like a bookstore, you are really marketing to the customer. In this case the customers are the kids. A design like this will feature books to students and entice them to check… Continue

I find that the challenge of building a collection can be both exciting and daunting, and this chapter hits on the heart of why. There are so many new forms of media and so many social taboos that have been stripped away (and are still) that the variety of literature available for youth to explore is staggering.

This is fantastic because it opens up the possibility of some true and valid connections from students to literature, and offers up perspectives that may not have been available in… Continue

I figured I'd try and check out blogs within sites I frequent because I'd be more likely to use those.



I started with LiveJournal and found 2 really promising blogs:



library_grrls

This looks like a great supportive blog where librarians can go for advice on anything, from getting the job, to dealing with patrons and even just information on different type of libraries and library related positions… Continue