June has been a month of heavy reading. There have been so many links that I could have shared below. In an effort to keep the list relatively short (and therefore manageable) I’ve narrowed down to what I consider the most interesting. For any of you with extra reading time on your hands you can take on Kathryn Greenhill’s challenge of the 100 articles every librarian should read.
Technology
Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen – Gestural interfaces: a step backwards in usability
Richard Nurse (libwebrarian) – Discovery Solutions Thoughts on Content
Maria Popover (BrainPicker) – 7 Must-Read Books on the Future of the Internet
Leadership
Davenport Ursillo – How to Lead Without Followers
Future of libraries/librarians
Save NYC Libraries – The Library is Dead, Long Live the Libary
Alexis Madrigal (The Atlantic) – What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library
Steve Petersen (The Bivings Report) – Librarians offer plenty in a social media world
Education
Derek Rodrigeuz – Understanding library impacts on student learning
Heather Braum (Librarian in the Cloud) – The Future of Education
Sarah Kessler (Mashable) – 5 innovative ways to teach online
Digital scholarship
A. Dias de Figueiredo (ED MEDIA 2011) – ED MEDIA Keynote Debate: Digital Scholarship
Matthew Reisz (THE) – Title Fights
Further reading
Kathryn Greenhill – 100 articles every librarian should read
