How To See The Library With Fresh Eyes. Photo by schani on Flickr I just finished the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath. I highly recommend it and got a number of great ideas from it. But when I read it, one idea in particular stood out in relation to libraries. The idea is “the Curse of Knowledge.” The Heath brothers discuss the Curse of Knowledge in this example: “Lots of research in economics and psychology shows that when we know something, it becomes hard for us to imagine not knowing it. As a result, we become lousy communicators. Librarians unfortunately are under the spell of this curse. How can we do this? Use library workers and work study students – library workers and students are valuable assets.
What ways do you use to see the library with fresh eyes? Live at Your Library! Blog: Truant kids in the library. When I was in Florida, the question arose whether public libraries have a responsibility to report kids in the library in the daytime who they suspect are truant. I went back to my great source, Sheila Bryant. In addition to being a librarian and former corrections officer, she was also a truancy officer in Florida. Congrats to Sheila, by the way, as she embarks on her job as a cataloger for Florida A and M University, Tallahassee. Essentially, public librarians are not in loco parentis and have no duty to report suspected truancy.
Here's what Sheila wrote back: By Sheila Bryant Truancy occurs when a student, between the ages of six and 17, miss a certain number of days from school within a specific time period, as defined by the statute of the state that the student resides in. Truancy is an issue that affects many people, because truancy has been associated with various criminal behaviors, such as, vandalism, burglary, and drug use.
Truancy Encyclopedia of Everyday Law. The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources. The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources Online companion to the book. Frequently updated: last update 8-24-2009copyright Nick Tomaiuolo 2009 Indicates a site that is not discussed in the book. News! About FREE resources Featured: Google Books Magazine Search. Listen to Nick's podcast on searching Google Scholar These web pages are companions to the book The Web Library.
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