Future library roles, recommended reading–and comic books
Here’s this week’s post at PLN Highlights, along with the usual reminder that you really should join the PALINET Leadership Network–it’s a great resource for current and future library leaders of all sorts.
It’s panel time at the PALINET Leadership Network:
- The LLN Peer Panel for April 2008 weighs in with “Recommended reading,” books panelists have read that they’d recommend to other leaders–from The Long Tail to Rome and Jerusalem.
- April’s PLN Challenge concerns “Library roles in 2020“–will your library still play a major role as a physical source for resources, and what will your library’s primary roles be in 2020? Pamena Snelson and David Schappert kick things off with two thought-provoking answers; you’re invited to add your own responses (and to bring in public, special and school library futures).
Comic books? Sometimes, Jamie LaRue’s newspaper columns take a slightly different turn, as in “Power corrupts,” where we learn one perk of being a library director: Nibs on the comic books! Leaders need lighter moments too…
Nicole Engard added another element to the “Open source notes and resources” article, adding a few blogs on open source. For those directly related to libraries, there’s now a new section on the main page; other blogs appear on the Talk page.
Engard also did something else a handful of other users have done, something you might consider: Clicked on her username (the leftmost link on the top of each page after you log in) and created her user page. Just as we encourage direct user participation in PLN, it’s great to let other people know who you are and how to contact you–and a user page is one good way. (Here’s mine, such as it is.) Once you create a user page, any signed contributions will link to the page.
