Five Fun Facts You May Not Know About Libraries, Neil Schulman, knovelblogs.com

Courtesy: New Library Fun Facts Infographics, by Stephen Abram and  Judith Siess

 

Culture and Technology - A select annotated list

PS. This is a continuously updated list, last updated Oct 10, 2013.

• Culture and Technology
  Andrew Murphie --  It' brings forward debates over the marriage of culture and technology, giving an insight to technology & culture, as synchronization of two domains (viz., people and machines).
• Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) 3rd (third) Edition by Landow, George P. [2006]   -- "Challenges the reader... Because it invites (and nearly requires) readers to place themselves in more than one position: as a student of communication theory, as a student of computer science, as a student of academic publishing, or as a student of literature."—Paul Baker, Education PR Blog [source]
•  Culture and Technology
  Jennifer Daryl Slack
• The Culture of Technology
  Arnold Pacey
• Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
  Neil Postman -- "chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth."
• Technology and Culture
  Allen Batteau 
• Critical Communication Theory: Power, Media, Gender, and Technology (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)
  Sue Curry Jansen -- "Critical theorist, feminist, and censorship expert Sue Curry Jansen brings a fresh perspective to contemporary communication inquiry. Jansen engages two key questions at the heart of a critical politics of communication: What do we know? And how do we know it? The questions are not unique to our era, she notes, but our responses to them are our own. Looking at issues of globalization, science, politics, gender, social inequality, and other social formations that shape our world, this insightful book advocates a new agenda not only for communication research, but also for the writing_and language_that comes out of it."
• Human-Built World: How to Think about Technology and Culture (science.culture)
  Thomas P. Hughes
• Culture: Leading Scientists Explore Societies, Art, Power, and Technology
  John Brockman
• Cinema and Technology: Cultures, Theories, Practices
  Bruce Bennett -- "Rather than describing a technological "crisis," or separating the technological and aesthetic halves of the cinema, they present a manifold, expansive reconsideration of the life of technologies in the cultures, theories and practices of cinematic production and consumption."
• The Body in Culture, Technology and Society (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
  Chris Shilling-- "Moreover, as a framework [this monograph] provides a genuinely new and fertile way of reconsidering not just classical sociology but contemporary  forms as well" [source: Sport, Education & Society @ Amazon.com]
• Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures: Passionate Play (Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality)
  Jenny Sundén -- "is a book about female players and their passionate encounters with the online game World of Warcraft and its player cultures. It takes seriously women’s passions in games, and as such draws attention to questions of pleasure in and desire for technology. "
• Sound Technology and the American Cinema: Perception, Representation, Modernity (Film and Culture Series)
  James Lastra
• Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia (History and Foundations of Information Science)
  Joseph Michael Reagle Jr.--"Despite the social unease over its implications for individual autonomy, institutional authority, and the character (and quality) of cultural products, Wikipedia's good-faith collaborative culture has brought us closer than ever to a realization of the century-old pursuit of a universal encyclopedia. "
• Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life
  Gerard Goggin
• The Architecture of the Visible: Technology and Urban Visual Culture (Technologies: Studies in Culture & Theory)
  Graham MacPhee 
• Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia (History and Society in the Islamic World)
  Richard Tapper -- "The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies."
• Indian Thought Between Tradition and the Culture of Technology
  David L. Johnson -- "He argues that the solution lies not in dismissing the culture of technology but in incorporating it within the fabric of tradition, so that India can keep pace with the time. He tackles the problem by delving deep into the intracies of the matter of tradition and technology; and spells out the changes required in our traditional way of looking at things. The book is very contemporary in its approach and reflects a rare kind of optimism about Indias potentialities in facing the problem."
• Transference, Tradition, Technology: Native New Media Exploring Visual and Digital Culture
  Steven Loft -- "Transference, Tradition, Technology explores Canadian Aboriginal new media and references the work of artists within a political, cultural and aesthetic milieu. The book constructs a Native art history relating to these disciplines, one that is grounded in the philosophical and cosmological foundations of Aboriginal concepts of community and identity within the rigour of contemporary arts discourse. Approachable in nature but scholarly in content, this book is the first of its kind."
• Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology:: Connect with Today's Teens
  Linda D. Behen    -- "Today's school libraries need to evolve and meet the needs of 21st-century students—the instruction, programming, and library services must be relevant to today's learners. Additionally, the interactions between educators and the students are what make the critical difference in the students' learning, and turn the library and classroom into places where they will find, assimilate, experience, and understand information. This book provides practical strategies for using pop culture and technology trends to connect with easily distracted middle and high school students and hold their attention."
  
• Culture, Tradition and Technology: The Role of Library and Information Science Schools as Integrative Forces, Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita (Harare Polytechnic University School of Library Information Sciences, Zimbabwe) and Ismail Abdullahi (North Carolina Central University, USA), IGI
• Culture and Technology: A Mutual-Shaping Approach T. Herdin (University of Salzburg, Austria) IGI
• Science, Technology, & Culture (Resources) -- "This sub-page includes a selection of resources on science, medicine, technology, and cultural-studies/historical approaches to science designed for humanists interested in the relation between sci-tech and society. The emphasis is on materials that reflect upon, historicize, critique, collect, exhibit, or otherwise mediate (and mediatize) sci-tech rather than on scientific research per se."     

On the same shelf:

• Library Guides: Communication, Culture and Information Technology @ Sheridan College
• Library Guides: Culture, Art & Technology @ University of California San Diego
• Library Guides: Science, Technology & Society @ Purchase College, SUNY
• Library Guides:  Critical Theory for Library and Information Science @ Sandbox for Library Schools at Springshare,  San Jose State University SLIS
• Critical Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines (Library and Information Science Text)
  Gloria J. Leckie
• Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods
  Maria Accardi
• Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies
  Norman K. Denzin
• The Economics of Information (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics) (Vol.1)
  David K. Levine
• Participatory Activist Research in the Globalised World: Social Change Through the Cultural Professions: 26 (Explorations of Educational Purpose)
  lisahunter

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How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in a Job Interview

Info courtesy: ALA JobLIST shared a link.

How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in a Job Interview, By ALISON GREEN

Bottomline: In other words, talk about the weakness and talk about how you're controlling it. Continue reading

Forthcoming Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities

• CLA 2014 National Conference, Victoria, British Columbia : Victoria Conference Centre: May 28 - 31, 2014 --
  Conference & Registration Information
  Wendy Walton: 613.232.9625 ext 302; Trade Show & Sponsorship:  Judy Green: 613.232.9625 ext 322; email: jgreen@cla.ca
  wwalton@cla.ca 
   
• 2014 Health (medical) Librarians Conference in Montréal

  June 16th to June 20th, 2014

  CHLA/ABSC
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  Toronto, Ontario
  M5A 3P1
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  TEL: 416-646-1600
  FAX: 416-646-9460
  Email: info@chla-absc.ca 
• 2014 3rd International Conference on Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT 2014) Toronto, Canada
• The International conference on communication systems and computational intelligence (CCSCI 2014) Toronto, Canada
• 1 - 6 November 2013, 76th Annual Meeting of ASIST, Montreal, Canada
• Knowledge management library management, 1 - 3 November 2013
  ICKM 2013; 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Montreal, Canada
• 2014 Annual Conference - Special Libraries Association, 8-10 June 2014

  Letter of Recognition – Canadian Border Service Agency - See more, here
• Canadian Library Association | Future Conferences

  • 2014 - Victoria, British Columbia, May 28 - May 31 ... CLA

  Provincial Conference of librarians:

  "A Universe of Possibilities"
  Metro Toronto Convention CentreJanuary 29 – February 1, 2014

Most underpaid, overeducated occupations

Most underpaid, overeducated occupations Detroit Free Press-Sep 4, 2013 The median annual income of library technicians in 2012 was about $30,000. The bottom 10% earned $18,430 or less. Library technicians are ... on the same shelf:

• Master’s in Library and Information Science:

  
  

  • Median Pay: $57,100
  • Possible Jobs: Elementary school principal ($74,300), secondary school teacher ($54,700), elementary school teacher ($53,800)

  in 'Five Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees' "Best-Paying and Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees," By Charyn Pfeuffer, PayScale.com

Librarian's (LIS) career inside—or outside—jobs in the traditional library setting: Hype or Hope???

This blog is updated regularly, last updated 14 Oct, 2014

•  Who Needs a DAM Librarian? Part I: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are (DAM = Digital Asset Managemen)

• “The Graph” & What To Do About Rising LIS Graduation Rates
• Do not go to library school. Librarianship is a dying profession.http://hiringlibrarians.com
• Jobs Situation: It’s not Pretty, Library Journal,  BY ANNOYED LIBRARIAN OCTOBER 28, 2013
• Placements & Salaries 2013: Explore All the Data  
• Alternative Careers for LIS Grads 
• Forbes survey (2012): "The low pay rank and estimated growth rank make library and information science the worst master’s degree for jobs right now." in The Best And Worst Master's Degrees For Jobs - Forbes

Ps. The billion dollar question: Is the LIS profession saturated? If they say, NOPE. Then see the frustration, shock and the rest in the stories below; compare with the responses / hopes / dreams in the next section (other side...):

One side of the story (i.e., the new graduates and those who have completed LIS, but have no leads), Library and information science (LIS) career:

• Shame on Library Schools!   Nitty Gritty Gal  @ Linkedin.com nittygrittygal.com
• Rejected  @ Librarians Without Borders  
• Beggars Can’t Be Choosers   @ Librarians Without Borders 
• Second Time Around: Staying Positive during My Job Search, or I’m a Recovering Debbie Downer @ Librarians Without Borders 
• See also: 61 non-librarian jobs for LIS Grads @ Librarians Without Borders 
• JobHunter’s Revenge! The Survey @ Librarians Without Borders  
• 3 Off-the-Beaten-Paths to Librarianship   @ Librarians Without Borders  
• Breaking Out: Non-Traditional Jobs for Library Technicians  @ Librarians Without Borders  
• IWALJ – I Want A Library Job by Qraig De Groot   @ Librarians Without Borders
• My Friend Is Interested in Becoming a Librarian, … | INALJ
• New Grads on the Market: Report from the Field — Annoyed Librarian
• It's Academic: Using Programming Librarian in LIS Courses
• MLIS: a waste of money? - libraryschool newmexico sjsu |
• the pinakes: QUESTION FROM A MLIS STUDENT
•  Can We Talk About the MLS? | Editorial, Library Journal  
• Come to Library School! Just Don't Expect a Job! — Annoyed Librarian

Other side of the Story (i.e., the LIS Schools, policy makers, academics, proponents, etc. who are involved in the programs?):

• ALA Guidelines for Choosing a Master's Program in Library and Information Studies
• Is a Master's Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment?   @ infospace.ischool.syr.edu/
• “It's a Mad World” by Raymond Wang | APALA 
• RECRUITMENT TO THE PROFESSION : STUDENT WORKERS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES ... 
• Future directions for the library profession and its education: CLA ...  
• Future of Law Libraries: The Future is Now? | John Palfrey 
• The Future in Context: How Librarians Can Think Like Futurists 
• Librarians: Real Expertise for a Virtual World
• any one there??????????????????????????

On the same shelf:

•  Assessment Skills and the Academic Library Job Market 
• Most underpaid, overeducated occupations
• 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Accepting a Job Offer You Don’t Love, By Heather Huhman    [Re: Wonder is this true in this age and time, of challenges that were never so many? I am not sarcastic. Aren't there applications in dozens for each post (are we still having the luxury of choosers, with malice towards none)? Aren't there shortage of opportunities? Aren't there highly specialized jobs that you need to be picking without love/hate formula?]
• The Countries You May Like to Go with your American / Canadian MLIS - A literature survey
•  Factors in success or failure of foreign-trained librarians in Canada
• "The evaluation of international credentials and the hiring of internationally trained librarians in Canadian academic and public libraries, Keren Dali and Juris Dilevkoa, The International Information & Library Review Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2009, Pages 146-162:
  

  "This study examines the way in which libraries in Canada approach the issue of the evaluation of international credentials (ICs) held by internationally trained librarians (ITLs) and the eventual short-listing and hiring of such individuals. In the United States and Canada, librarianship, a non-regulated profession, is to a large degree governed by the American Library Association (ALA), but the ALA's statements regarding ICs and ITLs are often ambiguous. It is therefore frequently left to individual libraries to decide how best to deal with ICs and ITLs"

Why it matters that you can't own an electronic copy of the Oxford English Dictionary

Cory Doctorow  @ Boing Boing  Aug 24, 2013

Extract:
In my latest Guardian column, I talk about the digital versions of the Oxford English Dictionary and the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, the two most important lexicographic references to the English language. As a writer, my print copies of the OED and HTOED are to me what an anvil is to a blacksmith; but I was disturbed to learn that the digital editions of these books are only available as monthly rentals, services that come with expansive data-collecting policies and which cannot be owned. It's especially ironic that these books are published by Oxford University, home of the Bodleian, a deposit archive and library founded in the 14th century, a symbol of the importance of enduring ownership of books... continue reading + + Oxford English Dictionary – the future, The Guardian Cory Doctorow 23 August 2013

On the same shelf:

• Reference Process -- Readings  
• Oxford English Dictionary : Toronto Public Library 
• ASAPLive - Virtual Reference Library - Oxford English Dictionary ...
• Definition is not endorsement Baltimore Sun (blog) 24 August 2013
• Why editors are 'literally' changing the dictionary BBC News Aug 18, 2013
• Let pedants roar, Oxford proves itself a friend of tin ears, literally  Brisbane Times-Aug 17, 2013
• http://oxforddictionaries.com 
• Oxford English Dictionary: Home 
• Oxford English Dictionary Revises Definition of Marriage to Reflect  Same-Sex Relationships. Towleroad-Aug 23, 2013
• UBC prof lobbies Oxford English dictionary to be less British Toronto Star-Aug 13, 2013
• Daily Mail Oxford University Press Monitoring Evolution of Marriage Definition

  Lez Get Real-Jul 27, 2013 Extract: "The definition of marriage has already changed in several countries. France changed their before their Parliament enacted same-sex marriage. The French dictionary Larousse changed their definition to a “solemn act between two same-sex or different-sex persons, who decide to establish a union”. The Canada Space Dictionary defines marriage as “the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)”.
  However, given the diversity of marriage throughout the world, wouldn’t it just be simpler to bite the bullet and define it as the union of two or more people for the conveyance of property, raising of children, and/or companionship with other individuals?"