THIS WEEK IN LITERATURE (LESS THE TEXT)
Handout#1. LibQual+ charting library service quality. When I saw this article my first thought was man! are they milking these poor people for all they can get or what? Then I figured- why not? All other aspects of our lives are used and abused. But seriously. . . . Having just taken up serious studies in this field one begins to notice that the educators, facilitators, etc, in the field also take the field and themselves seriously, and try to convince others to do the same, for survival, or satisfaction, or monetary support for one thing or t’ other.
To be a commodity, that commodity must be needed, desired, and used. Whatever that field can do to convince people they are necessary is probably necessary, even though they may be buying into a lie. But I suppose at some point one’ ideals are worthless in the real, antagonistic world, so get on with business, and may the best situation win.
It may be library use will decline with the emergence of the digital domain. I for one have stockpiled enough books to keep me busy in reading till the end of my life, along with instruments to create the sounds of a cultured environment. So when I retire before really getting into the field, I wish you all good luck. I am going to enjoy!!!!!
Handout#2. Perspectives on user satisfaction surveys. By the time you get to page 6662 you have just got to stop and wonder, did anybody besides me actually try to read this most boring of articles? On my personal scale of boredom, which is seldom required, it ranks way down there with Mein Kampf- itself the MOST BORING PIECE OF RAMBLING PULP FICTION I EVER ATTEMPTED TO READ. As a harbinger it was a definite struggle to keep awake (didn’t get very far). Oh joy! on page 6682- something about a futuristic study!
Handout#4. The Promise of Appreciative Inquiry in Library Organizations. After two articles and a website on quality this article sounds interesting- a just reward for submission to the punishment. People pay big bucks for that kind of analysis.
I am reminded abut a wise man once thought “One man’ nirvana is another man’ hell”- oh wait- that was me.
One thing leads to another and soon its back to the same old mutual (cant think of a PC term) society. Reminds me of those nature shows where there are entire civilizations of creatures sucking the life blood out of larger creatures by attaching to their epidermal layers.
Dwell on this abstraction from the article:
“. . . . appreciative. . . mystery. . . marvel. . . high futures. . . hopes. . . dreams. . . images. . . peak experiences. . . highest aspiration. . . envisioning. . . placebo. . . physical. . . psychological. . . emotional. . . medicine. . . expectations. . . future. . . reality. . . interpretations. . . multiple realities. . . journey to the future. . . the unknown. . . seductive. . . deep and sustained. . . change. . . discovery. . . dream. . . design. . . destiny. . .variety. . . informally. . . light. . . high performance. . . experiences. . . stories. . . behavior. . . reveal. . . aspirations. . . interact. . . influence. . . creative. . . thinking. . . influence. . . creative. . . thinking. . . feeling. . . peak experience. . . enabled. . . creation. . . the fifth discipline. . . mastery. . . change. . . collaboration. . . dynamic. . . shapes. . . articulations. . . deeper levels. . . varies. . . awareness. . . habit. . . evolution. . . possibilities. . . seeing. . . relevant. . . effort. . . latent. . . life. . . learning. . . growth. . . development. . . groups. . . appreciative. . . shifting patterns. . . devil’ advocate. . . angel’ advocate. . . suggestion. . . scenarios. . . ideas. . . core. . . effect. . . bold actions. . . pressing problems. . . focus. . . administer. . . full range. . . optimism. . . intentions. . . strengths. . . complex. . . transformational. . . inception. . . assure. . . whirl of change. . . option. . . fixed. . . change at the speed of imagination.
But it reads well. And, as a direct confrontation to the interventionist mentality, it probably makes more sense than intervention management. Just try instituting it among the masses. But I don’t know? Have you got a light? Using this for a framework one might talk one into anything under any circumstance. I might be patronized.
To be a commodity, that commodity must be needed, desired, and used. Whatever that field can do to convince people they are necessary is probably necessary, even though they may be buying into a lie. But I suppose at some point one’ ideals are worthless in the real, antagonistic world, so get on with business, and may the best situation win.
It may be library use will decline with the emergence of the digital domain. I for one have stockpiled enough books to keep me busy in reading till the end of my life, along with instruments to create the sounds of a cultured environment. So when I retire before really getting into the field, I wish you all good luck. I am going to enjoy!!!!!
Handout#2. Perspectives on user satisfaction surveys. By the time you get to page 6662 you have just got to stop and wonder, did anybody besides me actually try to read this most boring of articles? On my personal scale of boredom, which is seldom required, it ranks way down there with Mein Kampf- itself the MOST BORING PIECE OF RAMBLING PULP FICTION I EVER ATTEMPTED TO READ. As a harbinger it was a definite struggle to keep awake (didn’t get very far). Oh joy! on page 6682- something about a futuristic study!
Handout#4. The Promise of Appreciative Inquiry in Library Organizations. After two articles and a website on quality this article sounds interesting- a just reward for submission to the punishment. People pay big bucks for that kind of analysis.
I am reminded abut a wise man once thought “One man’ nirvana is another man’ hell”- oh wait- that was me.
One thing leads to another and soon its back to the same old mutual (cant think of a PC term) society. Reminds me of those nature shows where there are entire civilizations of creatures sucking the life blood out of larger creatures by attaching to their epidermal layers.
Dwell on this abstraction from the article:
“. . . . appreciative. . . mystery. . . marvel. . . high futures. . . hopes. . . dreams. . . images. . . peak experiences. . . highest aspiration. . . envisioning. . . placebo. . . physical. . . psychological. . . emotional. . . medicine. . . expectations. . . future. . . reality. . . interpretations. . . multiple realities. . . journey to the future. . . the unknown. . . seductive. . . deep and sustained. . . change. . . discovery. . . dream. . . design. . . destiny. . .variety. . . informally. . . light. . . high performance. . . experiences. . . stories. . . behavior. . . reveal. . . aspirations. . . interact. . . influence. . . creative. . . thinking. . . influence. . . creative. . . thinking. . . feeling. . . peak experience. . . enabled. . . creation. . . the fifth discipline. . . mastery. . . change. . . collaboration. . . dynamic. . . shapes. . . articulations. . . deeper levels. . . varies. . . awareness. . . habit. . . evolution. . . possibilities. . . seeing. . . relevant. . . effort. . . latent. . . life. . . learning. . . growth. . . development. . . groups. . . appreciative. . . shifting patterns. . . devil’ advocate. . . angel’ advocate. . . suggestion. . . scenarios. . . ideas. . . core. . . effect. . . bold actions. . . pressing problems. . . focus. . . administer. . . full range. . . optimism. . . intentions. . . strengths. . . complex. . . transformational. . . inception. . . assure. . . whirl of change. . . option. . . fixed. . . change at the speed of imagination.
But it reads well. And, as a direct confrontation to the interventionist mentality, it probably makes more sense than intervention management. Just try instituting it among the masses. But I don’t know? Have you got a light? Using this for a framework one might talk one into anything under any circumstance. I might be patronized.
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