Below are possible discussion topics for Uncontrolled Vocabulary, a weekly roundtable interactive discussion of all things librarian and library at http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com. I'd love your input on what topics you are most interested in hearing us discuss.
"It’s the never-ending involvement: the slave-like attention to my feed reader, the setting up of blog posts, the reading and re-reading of proposed conversation starters. All worthwhile activites that I enjoy, but that require a certain constant level of engagement which forces me to make compromises with the rest of my priorities. I’m making a conscious decision to not make those compromises anymore." Understood and I am applauding your commitment to your family and to librarians.
- Polly Potter
One of the things that was drilled into me in my LIS tech classes was that the word Internet is a proper noun. I'm pretty sure that my prof would dock points if you didn't capitalize the initial letter. However, Taylor makes a convincing argument that the internet is no longer as proper noun, much like the way we no longer refer to Radio or Base Ball as such.
My fellow Coloradan, Matt Hamilton, takes a look around and comes to the conclusion that "the library field is weird. No, really. I mean it.... I’m afraid we just might be making a mockery of ourselves. And we don’t have another 15 years to fix it. In 15 years the information landscape will have changed just as drastically as the web has changed us and if we don’t get serious we might just fall off the map completely." Matt is finishing his MLS, and he's written up a very interesting perspective on what's wrong with the field, what's right with it, and how he thinks we cold start to improve things.
I think he has a point. Saying one is a librarian doesn't tell you anything at all these days.
- aarontay
Re: Flitcraft, I doubt it's across the field, but in my MLS program, there was an insistence to call ourselves that.
- Matt Hamilton
Submitted by bevedog, who supplies the first comment above.
- Greg Schwartz
There is huge resistance to changing the "librarian" title -- imo, a rose by any other name is still a stinky flower -- also fwiw imo, there is huge (but rapidly lessening) resistance to changes within the field of librarianship... even 5 years may be too long for acceptance of changes to the information landscape
- Aaron the Librarian
I did? ...."A Startlingy Poor Grasp of Basic Economics"?
- David Rothman (☤)
I'll be listening tomorrow on my way to work with plans to post later in the day. Title suggestions are definitely welcome. I like that one, David. Sorry for the delay. I just haven't been up to it and have been staying away from the PC most of the day.
- Greg Schwartz
I'm going with Rothman's suggestion, but "Was that Sauers who agreed?" runs a close second.
- Greg Schwartz
"I was extremely saddened to hear from people close to the Topeka-Shawnee County Library board that it is split down the middle on a plan to censor books."
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Submitted by travelinlibrarian and only confirming my initial sentiment that there's not much to discuss here, in light of a very full agenda.
- Greg Schwartz