March 2006 – Page 4 – librarian.net

hi – 17mar

I have a few family members who are into genealogy who send me fun updates from time to time. This one is loosely library related so I’ll share it with you here.

Your Great Great Grandfather, James Brown Martin and his wife Jane Moore Martin were born in Belfast, Ireland. Lived in the Bronx for many years! He fought in the Civil war and then returned to NYC to work as a stone mason on the NYC Library, City Hall and other public buildings.

James Brown Martin
Norman Martin – Jean Wilson Terry – Maude (Nana) Martin (my great grandmother)
Jean Martin West
Jean Terry West (my aunt)
Joseph Thomas West (my dad)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Movers, Shakers, Candlestick Makers (also bloggers)

Posted on 16Mar0617Mar06 by jessamyn

Another round of Movers and Shakers with more than a few familiar faces and some people I’ve now said “Oh man, I have to meet that person.” Congratulations to Vermonter Trina Magi and new settler Meredith Farkas, JohnBloggers Blyberg (on the “to meet” list) and Hubbard (who I had lunch with once back in 2001 and should do so again) and popblogger Sophi Brookover along with PLA blogger Beth Gallaway. Also selected were Jill Stover from the Library Marketing blog, Matt Gullett (updated link) who writes for the Library Journal Tech blog among a zillion other places, Alycia Sellie Madison ZineFest cofounder, and Sarah Johnson from Beyond the Job. Nice job everyone!

the transparencies of wikis

Posted on 14Mar06 by jessamyn

Wikis are great because you can see how people’s presentations of ideas shift and change. The ground rules page of the ALA wiki is fascinating. Watch the tone change from this version, to this version, to the current version. I swear you can watch learning happening.

how to deal with a tornado @ your library

Posted on 14Mar0614Mar06 by jessamyn

According to Heritage Preservation, the National Institute for Conservation 80% of U.S. collecting institutions do not have an emergency plan that includes collections, with staff trained to carry it out. The LiveJournal libraries community has an interesting thread about how to deal with emergencies at the library in the wake of the tornados that went through Kansas this weekend. Read one librarian’s story and the follow up discussion about other library’s disaster plans. Remember Greg Schwartz’s first day as supervisor when the tornado warnings hit. We’ve been learning a lot about how libraries deal with flooding in light of Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 and other recent catastrophes, but many of us may not know what our disaster plan is, or where it is kept. Today’s list of links is on disaster planning.

Conservation OnLine’s list of disaster plans for libraries
Mary Finley’s Disaster Planning for Libraries bibliography
Writing the Disaster Response Plan: Going Beyond Shouting “Help! Help!” by Stephen Henson
SLAs Disaster Planning Portal
The Public Library as a Community Crisis Center by Barbara Will
Digital Libraries – Coping with Disasters by Roy Tenant

ala official conference wiki, yes you heard me

Posted on 13Mar06 by jessamyn

In the credit where credit is due department. Meredith Farkas informs us that ALA is taking some ownership and offering some branding (and I’m not sure what else, clearly not server space) to the ALA Conference wiki which has become a regularly anticipated conference supplement, terrifically helpful to those of us who like informal recommendations about the area we’re visiting. I printed out many pages of restaurant suggestions when I was in San Antonio and they were really helpful. [thanks walt]