"LLN, the Library Leadership Network, is a resource designed to help library leaders communicate, coordinate, find resources, and share information. The network includes essays, discussions, open topics and forums."(LLN, 2010)
The above quoted phrase briefly describes my selected website's purpose, information, and what users can expect to learn from this site. As one can tell from the website's title, this site is specifically created for library leaders to keep informed and up-to-date in the field of leadership and management. This website allows busy and occupied library leaders to have a glimpse and taste of what's up in their line of work, to be able to share with their peers ideas, notions, challenges, and more.
With the help of the search engine, Google, I was able to locate this wonderful and helpful website.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Competency 8: Research Visual / Multimedia
The graph and chart are about characteristics
and attributes of leadership. The graph displays results
of global polls showing different percentages of a
leader's traits/skills upon the practice of leadership.
The graph is vertically descending from the most
chosen factor to the least chosen factor.
The chart is about leadership attributes.
There are four directive attributes:
leading yourself, leading your boss,
leading your peers, and leading subordinates.
At the bottom of this website it says
"You're visiting a Brief & Free version."
Mention of copyright restrictions is nowhere
to be found. Here are the title and the link:
Effective Leadership
Competency 7: Image
Leadership is my chosen topic. Curious as
I become because of this competency exercise,
I checked out various books for further studying
and reading. President Abraham Lincoln is
almost the synonym of the term "leadership."
Search engine, Google, is my tool helping me
locate this image by typing in "leadership"
under the category of "images."
The posted image is from a blog whose owner
is also a student. I scrolled the whole site down
to the bottom to locate the copyright link.
None could be located. Please click either the
title, or the "Link reference" to the blog for
further information.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Competency 6: Databases - WorldCat/Citation Pearl-Growing(Cont.)
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Description/Reflection: Citation pearl growing, aka, the snowballing approach is meant to improve recall (more hits). Leadership(topic) in public library(library type) is my default search target. When I practiced this search, I had a vague idea what I would like to find through the search. Instead of using the targeted name I utilized where that person had lived. In addition to the default terms the descriptor, "dallas" was used to expand the search.
Click here to navigate the link.Description/Reflection: The second hit was what I expected to find. "Lillian Bradshaw"
Click here to navigate the link.Description: "Lillian Bradshaw" was the first female director in Dallas Public Library.
Competency 6: Databases - LibLit/Browsing Search(Cont.)
Click here to navigate the link.Description/Reflection: Since the public library is my selected library type and leadership is my chosen topic, I exercised this snowballing approach by using "leadership in public library" to see what surprise would come out. I did get one after browsing through the listed 120 hits. In fact, there are more interesting terms showing up by browsing through the hits. Terms like "mentoring," "challenge," "education," and "collaboration" imply there are more related topics in the similar field.
Description/Reflection: The 32th hit titled "Staff and Leadership Shortages? Grow Your Own" got my attention; actually I am currently member of Grow Your Own program in our public library.
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Description/Reflection: Here is the image of the Full Text HTML I copied from clicking the 32th hit. The title is "Staff and Leadership Shortages? Grow Your Own."
Competency 6: Databases - ERIC/Building Block Approach(Cont.)
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Description/Reflection: I know from the beginning what I would like to retrieve from doing this search. From recent recurrences of global calamities, it is evident that efficient exercise of leadership in a crisis is crucial. So, in this practice, my first approach and concept are to find out terms from leadership to public library then to crisis. I came to the following-"crisis" in exercise of leadership in public library. Through multiple-concept search combining "crisis of leadership in public library" I got 4 hits. The 3rd titled "Finding Opportunity:Darcy Cahill--Baltimore County Public Library" got my attention.
Click here to navigate the link.The final result by the most specific facet first approach search--"Finding Opportunity: Darcy Cahill--Baltimore County Public Library"
Competency 6: Databases - ASC/The Most Specific facet First Approach
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Description/Reflection: Starting with the first and the most concept search, "leadership," I got 103,389 hits. Then I tried my second approach using "public library" and got 33,836 hits. My third search try "innovation" got me 123,450 hits. Combining those three using "AND" operators I narrowed the search results to 5 hits. The 5th hit, "The New Public Library Directors" is what I expected to have.
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Description: Among the 5 hits, the 5th on the list titled "The New Public Library Director," is what I have an interest in reading.
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