Comments on: Checklist Manifesto for the Reference Desk

By: Librarians as Context Professionals | Life in Oleg

Librarians as Context Professionals | Life in Oleg — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:16:48 +0000

[...] though. Recently (okay, not that recently, but I remember things I like), Brian Herzog created a checklist that is a good example of how a librarian attains contextual knowledge – there are a lot of lines [...]

By: Librarified » Librarians talking about what librarians do

Librarified » Librarians talking about what librarians do — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:07:20 +0000

[...] it. He also includes posts that are useful to practicing librarians (super-especially his recent “Checklist Manifesto for the Reference Desk”) or musings on current events and controversies in librarianship, but overall I think his blog is a [...]

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:54:53 +0000

This is great–I’ll be giving a talk to library support staff in a couple of weeks, and I’ll definitely be referencing this post. Thanks!

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:34:48 +0000

Great reminders! I’m going to share this post with my co-workers, and just let them know about your blog for general reference interest purposes. I always like you “Reference Question of the Week” posts…

By: barbara trumpnski-roberts

barbara trumpnski-roberts — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:56:04 +0000

I bought the e version of this book and just finished it. Thanks for pointing it out. The need for the reference checklist should be a part of training for every reference librarian, but checklists are important for other areas of the library as well. I’m glad you pointed this out.

I am part of a group that is trying to standardize the basics of training student and staff circulation desk students and shelvers. Organizing the training material is going well, but I have found that it’s difficult to train students unless the supervisor has a checklist of things that need to be covered.

By: Cabot Science Library Blog » New Beginnings, v.1, no.8, July 2, 2010

Cabot Science Library Blog » New Beginnings, v.1, no.8, July 2, 2010 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:59:36 +0000

[...] Checklist manifesto for the reference desk (Source: Librarian Chat) [...]

By: Cari

Cari — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:25:44 +0000

I also read The Checklist Manifesto, and I have tried to put it into practice as much as I can. Our staff is notorious for hating them, but that doesn’t mean I can’t use them for my own purposes.

By: Lists = Awesome Idea for Many of Life’s Tasks

Lists = Awesome Idea for Many of Life’s Tasks — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:42:24 +0000

[...] this interesting and great article about having a “reference checklist” for reference [...]

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:12:46 +0000

You guys are very welcome - and I'm glad you like it. Definitely feel free to adapt and refine it to work in your libraries - if you're able to make it more of a real checklist, or have any kind of improvement/breakthrough, please let me know. @Michelle: and by the way, how'd you know I have this comic as my desktop wallpaper and a friend even gave me this t-shirt. Ha.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:07:54 +0000

Brian,

As always, you ROCK! I guess they don’t mint you a mover and shaker for nothing! I’ve already fwd’d this to my reference staff but I think it has larger implications for our circ staff as well. I feel a staff meeting coming on….

Love this blog!
Michelle