Comments on: Core Values Must Come First http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Is an open door a successful business? : Manage This! http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-112407 Is an open door a successful business? : Manage This! Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:42:23 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-112407 [...] Bell’s post we are pointed to Core Values Must Come First at the ACRLog where, The answers, it was suggested, would emerge from a fundamental understanding [...] [...] Bell’s post we are pointed to Core Values Must Come First at the ACRLog where, The answers, it was suggested, would emerge from a fundamental understanding [...]

]]> By: Designing Better Libraries » People Don’t Go To Libraries For Information…They Go There Because… http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-111915 Designing Better Libraries » People Don’t Go To Libraries For Information…They Go There Because… Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:42:52 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-111915 [...] on the value that our user communities derive from the services and content. As I learned from a Bill Gribbons talk on user experience, the whole process of designing the experience begins with knowing what the library’s core [...] [...] on the value that our user communities derive from the services and content. As I learned from a Bill Gribbons talk on user experience, the whole process of designing the experience begins with knowing what the library’s core [...]

]]> By: Is Lifelong Learning an Academic Library Core Value? http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-105365 Is Lifelong Learning an Academic Library Core Value? Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:32:54 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-105365 [...] “core values” has been touted by many conference speakers as a magic bedrocky goodness that will shield us from all sorts of scary nasty change that is [...] [...] “core values” has been touted by many conference speakers as a magic bedrocky goodness that will shield us from all sorts of scary nasty change that is [...]

]]> By: Big D. http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-86836 Big D. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:55:43 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-86836 I think it kind of works both ways. If you're easily distracted then you will click on the link, but if you actually have interest in the story then you will stick with it, I do most of the time anyway. I also think that having links to subsequent or necessary information is really important, like how wikipedia has links to any words in the encyclopedia. It provides the possibility for a very thorough understanding of the subject inquired on in the fastest way possible ( or at least that I can think of). When you click on a link to go off subject all you need to do is hit the back button on the browser and continue exactly were you left off one or two or six articles more educated about the subject than when you started reading. Yes, if you have a short attention span, or get more interested in the linked subject then you will have gone off on a tangent, but you have to remember that most internet articles are alot of fluff in the first place. I think the wikipedia style linking should be the standard for all text based information. I think it kind of works both ways. If you’re easily distracted then you will click on the link, but if you actually have interest in the story then you will stick with it, I do most of the time anyway.
I also think that having links to subsequent or necessary information is really important, like how wikipedia has links to any words in the encyclopedia. It provides the possibility for a very thorough understanding of the subject inquired on in the fastest way possible ( or at least that I can think of). When you click on a link to go off subject all you need to do is hit the back button on the browser and continue exactly were you left off one or two or six articles more educated about the subject than when you started reading. Yes, if you have a short attention span, or get more interested in the linked subject then you will have gone off on a tangent, but you have to remember that most internet articles are alot of fluff in the first place. I think the wikipedia style linking should be the standard for all text based information.

]]> By: War with the Squirrles « AMH’s Information Station http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-85588 War with the Squirrles « AMH’s Information Station Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:09:31 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-85588 [...] the Internet, stupid! A case for library core values. PERL is a popular choice for open source software. WVU puts a large [...] [...] the Internet, stupid! A case for library core values. PERL is a popular choice for open source software. WVU puts a large [...]

]]> By: Rob Sica http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-85247 Rob Sica Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:18:34 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-85247 A recent article in The New Atlantis raising concerns closely related to those in the above-mentioned Atlantic Monthly piece: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking A recent article in The New Atlantis raising concerns closely related to those in the above-mentioned Atlantic Monthly piece:

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking

]]> By: Jean-Jacques Strayer http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-85120 Jean-Jacques Strayer Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:54:35 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-85120 A few years ago, when we were deciding what category to place library science databases on our web site, I suggested linking them to education. We should not equivocate. We are not service providers. We are educators. If we don't define ourselves as such, we will always be playing a secondary role in academic communities. A few years ago, when we were deciding what category to place library science databases on our web site, I suggested linking them to education. We should not equivocate. We are not service providers. We are educators. If we don’t define ourselves as such, we will always be playing a secondary role in academic communities.

]]> By: Visión y valores medulares deben mostrar el camino « Ágora…espacio comunitario http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-84908 Visión y valores medulares deben mostrar el camino « Ágora…espacio comunitario Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:22:46 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-84908 [...] y valores medulares deben mostrar el camino El blog de ACRL trae una interesante entrada acerca de los valores medulares y su función en la definición de la [...] [...] y valores medulares deben mostrar el camino El blog de ACRL trae una interesante entrada acerca de los valores medulares y su función en la definición de la [...]

]]> By: Rob Sica http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-84893 Rob Sica Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:23:25 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-84893 I've long worried that we're becoming helpless accessories to the apparently irreversible sort of trends discussed in Nicholas Carr's canny Atlantic Monthly article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (see link below); so I would like to suggest that the core values of academic libraries should include some which register the importance of providing resistance to such trends. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google I’ve long worried that we’re becoming helpless accessories to the apparently irreversible sort of trends discussed in Nicholas Carr’s canny Atlantic Monthly article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (see link below); so I would like to suggest that the core values of academic libraries should include some which register the importance of providing resistance to such trends.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

]]> By: Veronica http://acrlog.org/2008/06/18/core-values-must-come-first/comment-page-1/#comment-84876 Veronica Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:40:13 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=804#comment-84876 These thoughts are right on. We are so caught up in remaining relevant and trying to convince our community that we are needed, that we rarely stop to think about what is at the core of our libraries. Is it community service? Is it knowledge dissemination? Is it research collaboration? I don't know. Rarely do we ask ourselves what our core value is or should be. Until we do, the library will never be "the heart of campus" we all desperately want it to become. We need to identify what makes our library important to our community and take pride in it, instead of constantly trying to transform our institutions into mediocre versions of the next-best-thing. These thoughts are right on. We are so caught up in remaining relevant and trying to convince our community that we are needed, that we rarely stop to think about what is at the core of our libraries. Is it community service? Is it knowledge dissemination? Is it research collaboration? I don’t know. Rarely do we ask ourselves what our core value is or should be. Until we do, the library will never be “the heart of campus” we all desperately want it to become. We need to identify what makes our library important to our community and take pride in it, instead of constantly trying to transform our institutions into mediocre versions of the next-best-thing.

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