http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/15/using-the-tools-at-hand or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/15/using-the-tools-at-hand#comment-50310 Carleen Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:14:32 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=372#comment-50310 I don't really have any suggestions to offer but I just wanted to say what a wonderful project this is. I'm working on a similar project but it's a much smaller scale and we're not making a database out of it. We already have several non-profits in the community who have done that, but the only problem is that they don't always keep them up to date (http://www.volunteerbartlesville.com/), ie, contact people have a high turn over, etc. We've also been wanting to do something similar with book clubs in the community. We probably don't have more then ten or fifteen that are active in our town so we could just list them on our website somewhere but I would imagine how neat a database of local/active book clubs for a large urban community would be. I don’t really have any suggestions to offer but I just wanted to say what a wonderful project this is. I’m working on a similar project but it’s a much smaller scale and we’re not making a database out of it. We already have several non-profits in the community who have done that, but the only problem is that they don’t always keep them up to date (http://www.volunteerbartlesville.com/), ie, contact people have a high turn over, etc. We’ve also been wanting to do something similar with book clubs in the community. We probably don’t have more then ten or fifteen that are active in our town so we could just list them on our website somewhere but I would imagine how neat a database of local/active book clubs for a large urban community would be.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/15/using-the-tools-at-hand#comment-50308 Laura Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:43:27 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=372#comment-50308 It looks as though they're using a national program to run the site, but you might be interested in looking at what <a href="http://www.servewyoming.org" rel="nofollow">Serve Wyoming</a> is doing. I'm planning to write them about your project, too, as they're undertaking new initiatives to deal with a <a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1317980&sectionID=1" rel="nofollow">volunteer shortage</a>. It looks as though they’re using a national program to run the site, but you might be interested in looking at what Serve Wyoming is doing. I’m planning to write them about your project, too, as they’re undertaking new initiatives to deal with a volunteer shortage.

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