I won one of the fabulous gift baskets: Dream Big -- which contained picnic supplies: decorative paper plates, a pinwheel, a bottle of blueberry wine, dark chocolate, a bubble wand, and a "chillable" gel wrap designed for a wine bottle.
Our morning keynote speaker was the "amazingly informed & therefore properly opinionated" Librarian in Black, Sarah Houghton! *virtual applause*
- "Digital content forces us to be ethical people."
- There is a significant difference between the lingo salespeople use when talking to libraries about digital resources -- they commonly use terms such as buy, sell, and own. On the flip side, the contract for these services utilizes a whole different lexicon -- license, subscription, and lease.
- Houghton referred to the publishers whom are not lending e-books through libraries as the "Naughty Six."
- "If you don't play nice with libraries, than you're an evil villain!"
- Recently, a new director purchased several Kindles and using a smattering of faux Amazon accounts loaded bestseller content onto the devices which are now being circulated in the library!
- After 6-9 months, still no word from Amazon.
- Sarah Houghton, who just became director of San Rafael Public Library, plans on following suit.
- Digital resources I want to look into: Open Library, Podio, Gluejar, and LibriVox.
- Barnes and Noble have remained library-friendly. In fact, they have a loophole in their TOS that allows the purchase of a title and placement onto 6 different devices. Impressive.
- If I buy an e-reader, it's definitely going to be a Nook of some variety.
- Patrons using Kindles + OverDrive are unknowingly having their personal data collected and stored by Amazon. Creepy!
- Houghton cited Doctorow's First Law (Cory Doctorow): "Any time someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you, and won't give you a key, they're not doing it for your benefit."
- As I stated in my notes from Day 2 (Thingamabobs and Doodads: Tech Support IS Reference), these ladies could easily have their own comedy show. For now, we have their fabulous blog Awful Library Books.
- Hibner and Kelly didn't focus on all new books for their presentation -- as it's beneficial to have back-ups when the newer materials are all checked out.
- "Eye appeal is appeal." --Mary Kelly
- "You need to pair David Sedaris with the right reader." --Holly Hibner, (I think)
- Note: I am that reader.
- When working with patrons, librarians need to go with the moment, start a relationship, and share the pain of everyday life.
- "There is such stereotypes out there. People feel the need to be serious when talking to us. Lighten up!" --Holly Hibner
- Think broadly when working with teens -- they read all over the place -- from children's to adult materials.
- Keep cool things/objects on your desk -- they're great conversation starters.
- Keep creep out things nearby -- teen boys love them.
- Stop using the word 'read' and try using 'look at this' instead.
- You don't necessarily have to read the book to have it on your go-to list -- patron recommendations work just fine. The key is knowing where the book is located that way you can keep the conversation with the patron flowing.
- When constructing your go-to list cover the gamut of the entire Dewey range.
- There was some discussion of interfiling / inter-shelving of adult, YA, and children's non-fiction materials. Popular reasons:
- Size driven -- frees up much needed space;
- Stigma -- people with different reading levels are spared browsing in the juvenile area and vice versa.
- Keep a 'cool book cover' pile on your desk -- another great conversation starter with patrons.
- Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library in Imlay City had a unique idea 'Blind Date with a Book'
- Books are wrapped in brown paper and a bow adorns the cover
- Barcodes are placed on the front or back of the brown paper for circulation ease.
- Encourages patrons to broaden their reading territory.
- Has been received very well by the library's patrons! (Great idea!)
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