Blogger+Issues

//2. eBooks in libraries// //3. Creative Commons// //4. Should ALA committees go virtual?// || a. eBooks - which to purchase? how to use them? how to hack them? b. Netflix - institutional accounts c. Live-streaming of committee meetings d. Instant responses to patrons' chat or Twitter complaints e. Networking using the Internet f. Mentoring as professional development over the Internet 2. Transliteracy 3. Financial issues: Are our budgets big enough 4. The library as a community space a. Making brick-and-mortar libraries as "cool" as their websites or online presences || 2. Academic librarians look at things at a more macro-level, public librarians micro-level. 3.Understanding user needs. 4. E-readers, what to do with or about them. || 2. Budget issues 3. How do we make technology work for us? 4. User experience 5. Censorship challenges 6. Social media-how and when to use it? || 2. F uture of libraries and librarianship (collaboration, learning from each other, place for technology and Internet) 3. How to allocate funding for resources/tools (free Web tools, e-readers, professional development, staffing) 4. Marketing and promotion of libraries and self (individual libraries that are in danger of cuts or being closed down, bloggers as librarians and in other capacities) || a. what skills do we need? b. technology is intemidating. c. webinars, streaming videos, pushing technology to include others. 2. e-books a. Love them? b. Are they betraying libraries? 3. Blogs written to teach others 4. Book reviews / Article reviews ||
 * **Group** || **Four Most Intriguing/ Biggest / Most Important Issues You Found** ||
 * //Sample// || //1. Advocating for library services in tough times//
 * Dewey || 1. Technology
 * Franklin || 1. How can libraries be relevant in the digital world?
 * Moore || 1. Information sharing
 * Avram || 1. Social media and tech tools for outreach, collaboration, learning, and community-building
 * Pearl || 1. Technology