Michael Stephens had a great idea today. He suggested distribution of buttons that say “Blog People”. And while I’d certainly buy a physical button, I immediately thought “Why not a virtual button?”
So here’s my go at it: 
I encourage you not only to display it on your site (let your geek flag fly!), but also to link it to the Gorman piece at least until someone gives me a better idea. It’d be great if you could host the image on your own server, but if you have to leech onto this one, I’ll survive.
Update: Better ideas abound. The majority seems to be linking to the great Revenge of the Codex People over at It’s All Good. David King suggested “a page/post with all the relevant links”. If only I had the time to put such a page together…
I want to take a moment to congratulate BiblioAcid both for reaching their first anniversary in the blogosphere, but more importantly, for taking that opportunity to enter the realm of the podcast. Sadly, as an ignorant American, I’ll have to get someone else to listen and tell me what is being said, but maybe this would be a good excuse to pick up a little French.
Steven mentions the great wiki that brings together resources related to the recent Northern Voice conference (great presentations, by the way). I’d love to see something similar for Computers in Libraries, but first and foremost, I’d like to see us establish a common tag to use for sites like flickr, del.icio.us and Technorati. That would greatly aid the collocation of relevant content, as can be seen in the use of the northernvoice tag at Flickr or del.icio.us.
So what’s it gonna be? Here’s some possibilities:
computersinlibraries
computersinlibraries2005
cil
cil2005
Also, do we want to consider applying a broader tag, such as libraryconference? As good information professionals, shouldn’t we begin to work out some preferred terminology? Let’s show these folksonomies who’s boss!
I’d be happy to help coordinate any decision-making about this, but it needs input from y’all. So how about you contact me with your opinion and I’ll try to get a sense of which way the collective tide sways. Great, it’s settled then.
Now presenting, warts and all: Open Stacks #6
Also available via the podcast feed.
Just under 17 minutes of rambling and unnecessary adverbs.
Show Notes:
Intro courtesy of Radio Daddy
Incoherent thoughts on Gormangate (see related links)
R-rated movie borrowing policy at the Omaha Public Libraries (some related links)
The death of federated search?
Related links:
The original LA Times op-ed as HTML or PDF
The source of the “Michael Gorman is an idiot” quote? (thanks to Seth Finkelstein)
The infamous LJ piece
There are too many responses from which to choose, so try this Feedster search on Michael Gorman.
Mr. Gorman’s response on the ALA Council list
My comment on Web4Lib
Dorothea Salo on the blogosphere’s missed opportunity
I mentioned in Open Stacks #4 that my old Webjunction article was in the process of being updated. That update is complete, online and with links that now lead to actual living blogs. Enjoy.
I’ll be talking more about “the Gorman piece” in the next show, but in the meantime, I thought you might like to read Gorman’s response.
Here’s a fun quote: “I am surprised that people who attack an article as mine (LAtimes, Dec. 17th 2004) has been attacked should be as thin-skinned as some appear to be.” Do I even really need to comment on this? No!
Updated 9:52 AM: You might enjoy the Slashdot take on the Gorman piece. Comments abound. You’ll particularly like this one (noted by Steve Bollinger on Web4Lib).
On the show, I mention NPR inevitably jumping on the podcast wagon, but failed to mention that at least one show, On the Media, already offers a podcast feed. Apparently, they’ve doubled their online listenership since offering the feed a month ago. [Thanks to Tod Maffin for that story.] I’ll also take this opportunity to point you towards the relatively new listing of public radio feeds.
First of all, in case you hadn’t heard the tragic news, Hunter S. Thompson commmited suicide yesterday. May he rest in peace.
Now on with the business at hand: Open Stacks #5
Also available via the podcast feed.
Show notes:
Dave Sifry’s Web 2.0 presentation
The Columbus Self-Checkout Story:
LISNews article (read the comments)
Article in Columbus’ Alive
Electronic Petition
I react/respond to jessamyn’s call for comments on podcasting. (Sorry jessamyn. No writing here.)
Just under 11 minutes this time. I make the bizarre statement “going to have to listen to what I write” which is at least partially apt, as I had some vague notes for that segment, but still. As always, comments are welcome.
Me and the library #2
Originally uploaded by planetneutral.
Just wanted to test out the “Blog This” feature at Flickr. So far, I’ve posted all of my pictures from Alaska, as well as my pictures from Monterey, which includes my pics from Internet Librarian 2004. So check it out, if you’re so inclined.
You know podcasting has arrived when Larry Lessig jumps on the bandwagon.
