http://dmcbee.weblts.com Catch the Library Buzz with David E. McBee Tue, 11 May 2010 17:43:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reports from Computers in Libraries – April 12-14, 2010 Ken Haycock, Director of the School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University Making It Happen – Getting things done Note: by far this was the best presentation I attended. I didn’t capture everything Dr. Haycock said but I have tried ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=253 Greetings one and all and Happy New Year! There hasn't been much for me to report in terms of the career buzz for me of late - but there is now. For the past 5+ years I have worked at a bureau of the Department of the Treasury as ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=250 SLA announced the results of the membership vote on the name change. I am pleased to see they did report the actual vote count and they also reported that only 50% of those elegible even voted. Now I am wondering why 50% didn't vote - either they didn't care which ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=248 Wow - has it really been almost 2 months since my last post? Tomorrow SLA will announce the outcome of the month-long voting on the name change. I'm curious what it will be. I'm guessing that they will only announce the numbers if the the vote is strongly in ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=245 The other day I posted this to my Facebook account - Hi to all my Facebook friends! I belong to an organization that is planning to change its name after 100 years. I want to get folks' reactions to the proposed name. The idea is to have a name that reflects ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=243 [caption id="attachment_241" align="alignleft" width="226" caption="Sept 2009 Information Outlook Cover"][/caption] I am always happy to see the Information Outlook come to my home. There are always some excellent articles. This month I was delighted to see my friend Von Totanes in the group photo on the cover. Also it ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=240 Greetings all - it has been a long time and there are many reasons for that. It has been a challenging summer - busy and frustrating. Thank goodness for friends and other supporters. To begin with - Cheers to a friend and former colleague at the FDIC Library who retired in ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=234 One topic at last month's SLA Conference that got some mention from the podium was Align in 09. I will admit that I didn't pay too much attention to it until there was a comment made about changing the name of our organization. Initially the name of the organization was ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=231 Knowledge Management Roundtable: What's New in KM? SLA 2009 Conference Monday, 15 June 2009 7:00AM - 9:00AM KM Vision and Strategy KM reporting lines - IT Department Library HR Department (Learning/Training Centers) The logical development is still data – information – knowledge – wisdom Folks are sensing a new environment for KM in communication. In the past KM was ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=228 Why Corporate Governance Matters Financial Institutions Roundtable Speaker Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Nell Minnow, President Corporate Library A little bit about libraries: Nell opened by saying how much she has always loved libraries. And her sister is a librarian, Mary Minnow who also has a law degree and runs the LibraryLaw Blog The Corporate Library ... http://dmcbee.weblts.com/?p=226