December 6 – Share and Share Alike!
One of the best characteristics of our profession is sharing. Librarians share things freely and openly. Unfortunately, I’m as guilty as anyone in too often forgetting this fact. Libraries, library organizations, and the like are GREAT places to find archives of useful materials. One of these is the archives of webinars and resource materials from the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries. You’ll find lots of good things here related to data, the digital environment, emerging trends in research libraries, and more.
December 7 – “The future of libraries won’t be created by libraries.”
This is the opening line to a column, Let the Future Go, that David Weinberger, codirector of Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab and a senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, wrote last September. I’ve written about Weinberger in past posts and really like the way he pushes us to think about information. It rubs some folks the wrong way (as this column did), but I personally like the challenges he presents. If you’re not afraid to think BIG when it comes to information and the role of libraries and other information services/institutions today, you might enjoy this piece. It will, at the very least, get you thinking.
December 8 – Datalibrarians Unite!
Datalibrarians, By Datalibrarians for Datalibrarians is a collaborative blog/website created by Celia Emmelhainz, the social sciences data librarian at Colby College in Maine. It offers up lots and lots of practical posts related to who datalibrarians are, what they do, tools they use, tips and tricks, and more. It’s a terrific resource for those working in and/or interested in this area of librarianship (which might be a bunch of people who follow my blog!). 🙂
Tune in tomorrow for more Candy Canes!
A Librarian by Any Other Name 
Another place to find links to FREE past webinars is the NN/LM NER website: http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/distancelearning.html
Most of the webinars we offer are recorded and then posted here.
Oh great! Now I can’t use that as a candy cane!! 😉
Thanks, Stephanie! Yes, everyone, don’t forget your RML.