{"id":664,"date":"2008-08-27T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=664"},"modified":"2008-08-19T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T16:46:34","slug":"now-out-of-print-booktalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/now-out-of-print-booktalking\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Out of Print – Booktalking"},"content":{"rendered":"

written by Angela\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh, how technology changes everything \u2013 sometimes for the (much) better! <\/span><\/p>\n

I started my library career in 1997 at DPL\u2019s Reference Desk. One of the tasks I was assigned was to create a reader\u2019s advisory newsletter. I started Booktalking, <\/em>a bi-monthly print newsletter which featured reading lists, anecdotes, and book\/author information. I still have copies of the newsletter back to 2001 \u2013 don\u2019t know where I saved the older archives, probably on a (gasp!) floppy disc, but at least it was the smaller disc, not the record-album-looking one from War Games<\/em>. If you\u2019re feeling nostalgic, you can read back-issues of Booktalking <\/em>on the Library\u2019s website, but only back to 2006. Probably because I recycled old articles and added a new twist.<\/p>\n

Most of my reading tastes are still the same \u2013 love chick lit by Marian Keyes; love laughing at Carl Hiaasen. <\/span>But there is a much better way to get this information to the public in a timely and<\/em> interactive manner. Blogging! (And when I re-read this entry in 5\u2026 scratch that \u2026 2 years, I\u2019ll be like, \u201cBlogging \u2013 that\u2019s so archaic. It\u2019s all about the microchips in the brain now, man. <\/span>Read my mind\u2026\u201d). Sadly, we don\u2019t have that technology in Iowa yet, so we blog. And the Reference Department has created a dandy blog that captures the essence of my original newsletter, Booktalking. <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>So, Booktalking <\/em>as a publication is gone, but in its place is something beautiful, magical really \u2013 \u201cInfo Caf\u00e9.\u201d <\/span>Read it daily (you\u2019re reading it now, in case you didn\u2019t know). I\u2019d tell you to bookmark it, but that\u2019s sort of last year, too. RSS feed it, baby. Don\u2019t know how? Call the Reference Desk \u2013 no, wait, who has time to make phone calls anymore? <\/span>You can chat with them live on the \u201cinter-galactic web\u201d (internet). <\/span><\/p>\n

Wake me up when technology stays the same for more than day. Until then, read books. The more things change, the more they stay the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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