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A few weeks ago the director of my library asked me to design and produce a website for a small community group, the North Shore Business Development Foundation (NSBDF). I was happy to be given the opportunity (I start getting the shakes if I don’t get to design a website […]

An Unformed Thought

This entry was posted in TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen and tagged Mick Jacobsen websites on December 6, 2009 by mick

Elsie Martinez, Meg Edwards, Elizabeth Nelson, Marcie Shaffer, Lauren Offerman-Vice, and I were given the opportunity to consider and write a vision statement during Synergy 2009: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative. The group consisted of special, academic, and public (adult and youth) librarians from all over the state of Illinois. […]

Synergy Vision Statement

This entry was posted in TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen and tagged Mick Jacobsen on November 8, 2009 by mick

One of the most important, if not most important, aspects of screencasting (yes, it is another screencasting post, I swear I have other interests see the Summer Reading series at LISNews) has nothing to do with designing or producing, but where it is placed. Screencasts, to be most useful, have […]

Being at the Point of Need

This entry was posted in TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen and tagged Mick Jacobsen on September 20, 2009 by mick

For a patron to learn that our library has just the resource they were looking for, followed by a helpful tutorial by a librarian, only to realize a day later that they can’t remember exactly how to access it worries me. Many patrons quickly forget the title of a recommended […]

Screencasting to an Audience of One

This entry was posted in TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen and tagged Mick Jacobsen screencast on August 1, 2009 by mick

I was given the opportunity to be on a panel discussing screencasting for the RUSA MARS Hot Topics Panel at ALA. The slides will not make much sense in and of themselves, so I am making my speech notes available as well. Thanks to everybody who made the long walk […]

ALA Presentation on Screencasting

This entry was posted in Conferences & Presentations TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen and tagged Mick Jacobsen on July 16, 2009 by mick

Sad news, Rachel Singer Gordon’s Tech Static is calling it quits. Tech Static is/was an outstanding resource for reviews of technology books. Anybody who has collected Dewey 000s knows just how difficult it is to find credible, reliable, and well written reviews of computer books. This is especially true for […]

The Tech Static

This entry was posted in Technology TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen and tagged Mick Jacobsen tech static on June 21, 2009 by mick

"We must never forget that the human heart is at the center of the technological maze…" -Stephen Barnes