Disqus - Latest Comments for Dave Hook

Re: That’s Sooooo 1.0!

Dave Hook — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:32:11 -0000

You ARE so 2.0....

Glad to hear that the pre-session caffeine jolt paid off.

Dave

Re: Us vs Them - Why??

Dave Hook — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:03:15 -0000

You are so right, Nicole! The biblioblogosphere is starting to look a lot like Stars Hollow - at least from the comments on that post. Maybe we're all taking this whole L2 debate WAY too seriously.

Call it Library 2.0, call it what you want, or don't call it anything at all. At the end of the day, we all have the same goal - to make libraries better - and we're all in this together.

P.S. Gilmore Girls is a repeat tonight. It's been like what, a month since they've had a new show?

Re: It’s official

Dave Hook — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:35:24 -0000

Nicole - Great news! Congratulations!

Re: Individual RSS Feed Icon

Dave Hook — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:15:06 -0000

Man...it's that easy? I've been struggling with this same problem as well. Thanks for the response!

Re: Google Answers - Discontinued

Dave Hook — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:16:59 -0000

I'm not surprised that Google Answers failed. This sort of thing was tried years ago with InfoRocket and some other ventures (unfortunately I can't remember any names at this time). They all went nowhere. It's hard to compete when libraries offer better services for free.

Re: I’m one of the cool kids now

Dave Hook — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:17:05 -0000

Hey Nicole!

Guess what - I'm a cool kid, too. My wife gave me an ipod nano for Christmas as well! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Dave

Re: How did we end up this way?

Dave Hook — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:12:36 -0000

I have to agree. How does it look to the outside world when a manifesto includes such statements as 'I will not fear Google...'. Could you imagine walking into a doctor's office and seeing a note on the wall reminding him/her to keep up with the latest technologies and to not fear change? Have we forgotten what it means to be a profession?

Re: Librarymans?

Dave Hook — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:05:53 -0000

Well, the term is slightly better than 'guybrarians', but that's not saying much. :)

Re: What did you get an MLS for?

Dave Hook — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:32:42 -0000

It's been said before and I'll say it again. I can't believe that we actually have to have this discussion again and again in this profession, but it seems that we do.

When I did my undergrad in engineering, it was pretty much understood that what you learned in school would pretty much be obsolete 5 years after graduation, and so it was up to you to maintain your relevance in the profession. Doctors, lawyers, accountants are no exception. Why is that our profession seems to think that it is the exception - the one profession that doesn't need to keep up? Do people not get that we are a profession? Do they not understand what it means?

I love the quote by US Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less"

Re: Google Search for Macs

Dave Hook — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:28:38 -0000

Nicole:

As a new Mac user, I greatly thank you for this tip!

Dave