The Corporate Librarian

The Corporate Librarian found out this week that his position is being eliminated the end of April, so expect a detailed post on job hunting once he comes back from vacation on the 20th. Marvel as he navigates the internal job posting database! Gasp as he arranges informational interviews!

To A: So far, the Corporate Librarian’s fellow librarians haven’t been using Web 2.0 technologies, unless one counts the Corporate Librarian’s posting of the occasional photo from team events to Flickr. He’d like to know about other corporate librarians’ use of Web 2.0 technologies as well, so he’s creating an open thread on the topic.

To Carolyne: The Corporate Librarian has been lucky dealing with IT so far, but we’ll see what happens once he starts making crazy wild-eyed suggestions about improving the team’s Sharepoint site. One issue that’s come up regarding the possibility of obtaining a feed of customized data from a vendor is “Who’s funding the server?,” but that’s not strictly an IT issue.

To David: Now promoting libraries in a corporate setting is something the Corporate Librarian can and will post about, probably next week Internet access permitting. The motel the Corporate Librarian is staying at claims to have some manner of Wi-Fi Internet access, and if that doesn’t work the Corporate Librarian’s friend’s workplace has some manner of Wi-Fi, as does the public library there. The other topics, the Corporate Librarian doesn’t have experience with, but suggests contacting John Blyberg of the Ann Arbor Public Library, who’s done some amazing stuff. Here’s his blog entry on their dynamic recommendation system.

To Shaunna: The Corporate Librarian had honestly never heard of grey literature before, but will see if he can find out more about locating and cataloging grey literature in the legal profession.