Author Archives: Bohyun (Library Hat)

About Bohyun (Library Hat)

Bohyun Kim is the Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology at the University of Michigan Library. Formerly, she was the Chief Technology Officer and Professor at the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Digitizing current materials – notes (to be updated later)

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

Digitizing current materials What if you want to proactively digitize relatively current materials of your institution? – The opportunity to capture materials within the context and in communication with the contributors. – Express digitization grant from the national network of … Continue reading →

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Netflix and Libraries: You Are What “Your Users” Think You Are, Not What You Think You Are

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

By now, probably almost everyone has read about the Netflix’s decision about separating their DVD delivery service from the streaming service.  I am not going to argue about how bad the decision is since that should be pretty clear to … Continue reading →

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Research Librarianship in Crisis: Mediate When, Where, and How?

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

*** This post has been originally published on ACRLog *** The talk about the crisis of librarianship is nothing new. Most recently, back in May, Seth Godin, a marketing guru, has written on his blog a post about the future … Continue reading →

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Apply or Not: ALA Emerging Leaders Program

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

ALA is now receiving applications for the 2012 class of the Emerging Leaders (EL) Program, and I saw many new librarians considering applying to the program in Twitter, Facebook, etc. Applying for this program requires some paperwork. You have to … Continue reading →

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My 2011 ALA Conference Schedule

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

To believe it or not, I haven’t still finalized my ALA schedule.  The ALA Annual Conference is so big and offers so many different programs, presentations, and discussion meetings that it is hard to pick in advance exactly what schedule … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Middlemen and the Warehouse Business

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

No Hyperbole Seth Godin recently wrote a blog post about the future of the library. His question is mostly directed to public libraries, and so many responses came out already. (Among many see the posts by Bobbi Newman, Nancy Dowd, … Continue reading →

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Tech Skills for New Librarians & Me (seeking advice)

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

I was recently asked to write a short piece on what kinds of tech skills new librarians will need to have before going out to the job market.  So I got to put together a list of some of the … Continue reading →

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Personal Branding for New Librarians: Standing Out and Stepping Up

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

Tomorrow, I will be giving a webcast for ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference with Kiyomi Deards and Erin Dorney. The webcast is open to all attendees of either ACRL 2011 Conference or ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference. I have moderated a panel … Continue reading →

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Usability Express: Recipe for Libraries

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

Here is the slides for the presentation I am doing with my colleague, Marissa, at Computers in Libraries 2011 conference this coming Wednesday.  I cover the first half in which we look at the common usability flaws in library websites … Continue reading →

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No-brainer Usability: the new Twitter iPhone app

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

I am presenting about usability issues in library websites in Computers in Librareis 2011 in a few weeks. So needless to say, I have been thinking a lot recently about usability. Today, having updated all apps on my iPhone, I … Continue reading →

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