Hi, well it's been awhile. I've been working on the library budget, and it's demanded most of my time. Just about done, except for some narrative requesting a full-time position for our Reference Librarian.
The other major work I'm doing involves a task force set up by the State Librarian of Kansas, Christi Brandau. She asked us to work on an interface for the State Library of Kansas and the citizens of the state. We had about 12 members come up with elements and functions desired. It won't replace "Blue Skyways," but will instead serve as that memorable, one-stop shopping site where you can get to everything the state offers for its public. The mall door, if you will.
By contrast, "Blue Skyways" is the specialty shop downtown...kinda like the "Purple Sage" or "Jacob's Well"... an approach that works well for librarians, who like to search, and less well for the public, who like to find.
And while the name may conjure up the book title "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon, it may be harder to see the connection to the airline economy of Kansas via Boeing, which has given the site corporate support for many years.
So I'm thinking of recommending a name as part of the interface. The task force had quite a bit of discussion... some of the obvious names have been taken for other purposes: KanAnswer, KanFind, the Kansas Virtual Library. Even the Kansas State Library is gone.
But how about "The Library of Kansas"? No direct google results show. Kinda clean and crisp. Think the Library of Congress people can object?
Singing,
Micaela
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