Comments on: Try a little tenderness http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: joshua m. neff http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-215134 joshua m. neff Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:33:36 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-215134 Liz, Karen, you're both right, and ITI certainly isn't responsible for my neurotic responses. Liz, Karen, you’re both right, and ITI certainly isn’t responsible for my neurotic responses.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-214721 K.G. Schneider Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:58:38 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-214721 Liz, exactly. I don't see hordes of "ITI people" making excuses for SWIFT. I tried to stick pretty closely to the specifics without tarring the conference, and I've been to bad conferences and know what they're like. Liz, exactly. I don’t see hordes of “ITI people” making excuses for SWIFT. I tried to stick pretty closely to the specifics without tarring the conference, and I’ve been to bad conferences and know what they’re like.

]]> By: Liz Lawley http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-213915 Liz Lawley Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:54:09 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-213915 Joshua, isn't painting an entire organization based on the informally presented views of one employee exactly what bloggers *don't* want to have happen? The reality of having "authentic" voices is that they don't always say what we want to hear. And if the result of a misstep is that significant, that's a very very strong incentive for organizations not to attempt to become more conversational in their approaches. Joshua, isn’t painting an entire organization based on the informally presented views of one employee exactly what bloggers *don’t* want to have happen? The reality of having “authentic” voices is that they don’t always say what we want to hear. And if the result of a misstep is that significant, that’s a very very strong incentive for organizations not to attempt to become more conversational in their approaches.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-209032 joshua m. neff Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:26:13 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-209032 On a slightly more serious note, I agree that the whole SWIFT thing isn't such a big deal in the long run. And it's not coloring my view of ITI or CiL. Unfortunately, the way some ITI people have responded to criticism of SWIFT <i>is</i> coloring my view, and while I'm really looking forward to seeing all my cool Libraryland peeps in DC, I'm not as enthusiastic about the actual conference as I was before. On a slightly more serious note, I agree that the whole SWIFT thing isn’t such a big deal in the long run. And it’s not coloring my view of ITI or CiL. Unfortunately, the way some ITI people have responded to criticism of SWIFT is coloring my view, and while I’m really looking forward to seeing all my cool Libraryland peeps in DC, I’m not as enthusiastic about the actual conference as I was before.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-209028 joshua m. neff Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:23:20 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-209028 I gave the last page of the FAQ to some government agents. They tell me they have top men working on translating it. Top. Men. I gave the last page of the FAQ to some government agents. They tell me they have top men working on translating it. Top. Men.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-208832 K.G. Schneider Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:35:41 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-208832 As someone said about another experience, "No babies died..." That said, I was very amused by the FAQ. Did you see the last page? It was an odd "Executive Summary" of Latinate page-filler. As someone said about another experience, “No babies died…” That said, I was very amused by the FAQ. Did you see the last page? It was an odd “Executive Summary” of Latinate page-filler.

]]> By: Steve Lawson http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/comment-page-1/#comment-208504 Steve Lawson Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:34:41 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/02/try-a-little-tenderness-2/#comment-208504 "ITI hasn’t kept us in Iraq for five years, or subsidized inhumane factory farming, or closed down libraries." Well, that's quite a curve you are grading on! But I think I agree with your central point. So SWIFT is a bust. Big deal. I'm not planning on letting that color my experience of CIL. “ITI hasn’t kept us in Iraq for five years, or subsidized inhumane factory farming, or closed down libraries.”

Well, that’s quite a curve you are grading on! But I think I agree with your central point. So SWIFT is a bust. Big deal. I’m not planning on letting that color my experience of CIL.

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