Daily Archives: September 15, 2013

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Update on #hyperlibMOOC – Week One Wrap Up

Note from Michael: Just wanted to let TTW readers see what our week one wrap post included over at The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. Follow along here:  https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hyperlibMOOC&src=hash A Goodreads community has sprung up, created by the students: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/113641-hyperlibmooc Here’s the wrap up, complete with a pic of Cooper! (Note the @names below are for the MOOC platform Kyle built)   Greetings all! This week has been incredible! I am so knocked out by all the folks joining us, the profiles going up, blogs taking shape – and the site wide interaction filling our virtual learning space. During the summer, this adventure felt […]

How Traverse City Really “Uses” Its Library

  Nice news story about my home library: http://www.theticker.tc/story/how-traverse-city-really-uses-its-library by Lynn Geiger “I love looking at data of all kinds, but not everyone does,” says TADL Director Metta Landsdale of the system that offers data and insight into material circulation, library use and collection size. “The dashboard presents what I believe is excellent TADL performance in a way that more and more people can absorb and appreciate.” In addition to those nearly 290,000 adult books, 222,658 children’s books have been checked out in 2013, along with 205,484 movies, 109,578 albums, 17,217 magazines, 31,492 audiobooks and even 2,456 puppets. TC’s most […]