Comments on: fifty ways to lose your techie librarians… http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: » Poke Your Tech Staff With Sticks, and other ideas http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-94026 » Poke Your Tech Staff With Sticks, and other ideas Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:29:15 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-94026 [...] What a difference a year makes? Jessamyn was among those sharing her stories of how technology and tech staff were often mistreated in libraries, but there’s a lot of technology in this year’s ALA program (including three competing programs on Saturday: The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate, Social Software Showcase, and Transforming Your Library With Technology. [...] [...] What a difference a year makes? Jessamyn was among those sharing her stories of how technology and tech staff were often mistreated in libraries, but there’s a lot of technology in this year’s ALA program (including three competing programs on Saturday: The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate, Social Software Showcase, and Transforming Your Library With Technology. [...]

]]> By: Random Access Mazar » 10 Ways to Lose your Best People http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-6149 Random Access Mazar » 10 Ways to Lose your Best People Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:07:52 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-6149 [...] The meme of the moment: how to lose your “techie” librarians, started by Michael Stephens. I read through the posts by my esteemed colleagues Sherri, Dorothea (my evil twin!), Jessamyn, Karen, and Sarah, among others. Fascinating reading. These lists are a combination of a variety of things; good experiences turned inside out, bad experiences (personal and merely observed) laid bare, intreprations of the attitude of the profession as a whole, through the professional literature, certain high profile kerfuffles in librarianship (and their fallout), and the culminative impression we get from reading the daily stories from tech librarians around the world though the librarian blogosphere. I am reminded of how very lucky I am to work where I work, with the people I’m surrounded by. Reading through all those posts, and by writing my own list of what would turn me away, it’s clear that it’s all in the attitude. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job? [...] [...] The meme of the moment: how to lose your “techie” librarians, started by Michael Stephens. I read through the posts by my esteemed colleagues Sherri, Dorothea (my evil twin!), Jessamyn, Karen, and Sarah, among others. Fascinating reading. These lists are a combination of a variety of things; good experiences turned inside out, bad experiences (personal and merely observed) laid bare, intreprations of the attitude of the profession as a whole, through the professional literature, certain high profile kerfuffles in librarianship (and their fallout), and the culminative impression we get from reading the daily stories from tech librarians around the world though the librarian blogosphere. I am reminded of how very lucky I am to work where I work, with the people I’m surrounded by. Reading through all those posts, and by writing my own list of what would turn me away, it’s clear that it’s all in the attitude. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job? [...]

]]> By: sillybean » Fifty ways to lose your techies http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 sillybean » Fifty ways to lose your techies Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:31:15 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-5429 [...] Fifty ways to lose your techies—written for/about librarians, but oh so true in any context. 1:30 pm comment [...] [...] Fifty ways to lose your techies—written for/about librarians, but oh so true in any context. 1:30 pm comment [...]

]]> By: Librarian Avengers » Digital Preservation Panel at SXSWi http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-4771 Librarian Avengers » Digital Preservation Panel at SXSWi Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:27:08 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-4771 [...] And on that note, some great lists on the topic of How to Lose Your Techie Librarians. [...] [...] And on that note, some great lists on the topic of How to Lose Your Techie Librarians. [...]

]]> By: What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » Ten Ways to Lose Your Techie Librarians http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-4733 What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » Ten Ways to Lose Your Techie Librarians Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:29:15 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-4733 [...] Be sure to read these other additions to the list: Free Range Librarian, librarian.net and Caveat Lector [...] [...] Be sure to read these other additions to the list: Free Range Librarian, librarian.net and Caveat Lector [...]

]]> By: Lissa http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-4627 Lissa Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:14:22 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-4627 Gates computers...please, can we shoot those that haven't died yet? Pour super glue in their floppy drives? Go all BOFH on their power supplies? Gates computers…please, can we shoot those that haven’t died yet? Pour super glue in their floppy drives? Go all BOFH on their power supplies?

]]> By: Free Range Librarian http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-4573 Free Range Librarian Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:26:09 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-4573 <strong>How To Lose Your Tech People</strong> Third update: Jessamyn weighs in. Second update: Caveat Lector weighs in and brings up both the Gender Thang and those absurd job ads that cram twenty people into one description. Right on, girlfriend! I too add that MPOW has none... How To Lose Your Tech People

Third update: Jessamyn weighs in. Second update: Caveat Lector weighs in and brings up both the Gender Thang and those absurd job ads that cram twenty people into one description. Right on, girlfriend! I too add that MPOW has none…

]]> By: Laurie the Librarian's Blog http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681/fifty-ways-to-lose-your-techie-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-4552 Laurie the Librarian's Blog Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:15:51 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1681#comment-4552 <strong>Ways to Lose your Techie Librarian</strong> You know how sometimes certain topics touch a nerve and gets everyone talking? Ways to Lose your Techie Librarian

You know how sometimes certain topics touch a nerve and gets everyone talking?

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