LAD is how I conduct research. I came up with the concept, or parts of it anyway, from working at the reference desk. I now use it in my market research position as well.
Look.
Look for the resource where you *think* it should be. In a library, look in the catalog or check the shelf. In [...]
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LAD: Look, Ask, Dig
Posted in Librar*, tagged librarian, Librar* on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say it with a smile
Posted in Librar*, tagged Librar*, librarian on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I’ve learned sitting at the reference desk is to make eye contact and smile. Even when the library user isn’t making sense, even when the library user is *gasp* wrong, the user is more likely to respond positively when I say it with a smile.
And this goes for interactions outside the library as [...]
Steel City Kings
Posted in Librar*, Travel, life, tagged Book Cart Drill Team, Chicago, life, Pittsburgh, Steel City Kings, Travel on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the links for the Steel City Kings Book Cart Drill Team (I was a member) in the National Competition – we took 3rd place and won a “bronze” book cart!
NPR – All Things Considered - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106561675 Mari, one of the team members, is the first one interviewed on the “listen now” button. There’s also a [...]
Warning
Posted in Computers, Librar*, life, tagged Blogging, SLA Pittsburgh, SLAPSG on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Things will be busy around here tomorrow. I’m doing a reverse mentoring program with SLA Pittsburgh and SLAPSG. I will be presenting blogging and RSS. As part of my presentation, I will be having the participants make a blog post here about anything they want. Who knows what will be here? Bios? Recipes? Pictures? It’s entirely up [...]
How do I find…
Posted in Librar*, tagged Google, Reference, Wolfram|Alpha on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Most reference questions start like this. And if I don’t know off the top of my head there are a few places I start looking.
The library literature – the map and source guides sitting right on my desk that I can hand to users.
The library catalog – if the user knows the title or author [...]
I <3 Wikipedia
Posted in Librar*, tagged librarian, Wikipedia, Wikipedia Brown, Wikipedia Game on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, it’s true. If only because I can waste hours playing the Wikipedia Game.
Of course there’s also this video, which explains my love of Wikipedia:
In library school, most of the professors are “Wikipedia deniers” – whether it’s from fear of the encroaching technology, or the lack of authority. Now, before I [...]
