Using “interesting items” as an annual outreach tool
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File this under ideas that I just don’t have time to work on.Every few months I’ll see an article that I feel everyone should read—very well written, seminal, synopsis pieces. The most recent one that comes to mind is from Wired about the switch to alternative fuel. It summarizes the current problems, explores the challenges, and is overall very readable, yet weighty.I was thinking about the New Year and how everyone has top 10 lists for this and that and it could be cool for libraries to create one page lists (not bibliographies) of “interesting items” that were published over the past year—maybe with a very short two sentence annotation. Think about it in terms of our profession. What are ten things (books, articles, editorials, blog posts, listserv discussions, podcasts, webcast, whatever—format agnostic) that everyone should read? What is representative of 2007? Probably something about digital preservation, something about 2.0, something about shifts in organizational structure, something about outreach and promotions, something on building/space design, something about Next Gen Catalogs, etc. Maybe couple this with a few buzzwords, trends, challenges, and predictions.Now apply that same scheme to other disciplines—what are the topical “things” for engineering, computer science, business, medicine, psychology, the arts, etc. Who won major awards in the field? What are people blogging about besides celebrities? What is the buzz in various categories? What should everyone know about?HBR does something like this annually for innovative ideas—and it’s always a great read—so why not do something more locally? Customize it for your library community. …
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