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Ten Ways to Encourage the Tribe*

 

Download the Virginia Beach Version of the Slides here.

The good folks at Virginia Beach Public Libraries asked me back this year to talk about building community with social tools.  This was perfect timing because I had just read Peter Block’s Community: The Structure of Belonging and I’ve been working [...]

May 17th, 2009 | Category: Conferences & Presentations, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, Library Technology, Micro-Content: Twitter & More, Teens & Libraries | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Social Sites Blocked in Glasgow but City Council Uses Twitter!

Christine Rooney-Browne,  a PhD student based at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, wrote back in March about her experience at  The Mitchell Library in Glasgow “soaking up the atmosphere from the latest Aye Write Book Festival:”

I had thought it might be a good idea to tweet about the events I attended but when I tried to [...]

May 10th, 2009 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Technology, Social Software & Sites | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies

Run don’t walk to check out this very important, very insightful report from Char Booth. I’ve been luck enough to share a few meals with Char and her take on the academic library student technology experience is well-grounded, innovative and, frankly, brilliant.

http://infomational.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/done-and-done/

I’m lousy with anticipation, so I am extremely relieved to write that [...]

May 5th, 2009 | Category: ALA News & Such, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library Innovators, Library Technology, University Tech | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Screencasting Patron POVs, a TTW Guest Post by Mick Jacobsen

I am currently developing screencasts for an exciting new project mpowwill roll out in the near future.

While looking at a stupidly designed, but very useful database, I thought “Why would any patron watch a tutorial on how to navigate this mess?  They want an answer to a question, not a walk through of a [...]

April 30th, 2009 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library Innovators, Library Technology, Technology Training Rocks!, TTW Contributor: Mick Jacobsen | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

Collaboration in the Classroom

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-just-want-to-say-one-word-to-you.html

So, if you’re an administrator, what are you doing to foster collaboration among your staff, and especially your teachers? And I’m talking more than just PLC’s, although that’s not a bad start. What are you really doing to fundamentally change the structure of your school(s) from one of isolation (close the door and [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Category: Dominican University GSLIS, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library Technology, Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Will Richardson Talks with Howard Rheingold

If you have some time, don’t miss this engaging chat between two of my favorite innovators in the technology/education world. Their discussion centers around social networks, learning and the future of education.

http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/a-talk-with-howard-rheingold/

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February 18th, 2009 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, Library Technology, Participatory Culture, Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Lee LeBlanc on the future of federated search

Congrats to TTW Contributing writer Lee LeBlanc for his essay on the future of federated search. He is second runner up in the federated search blog’s writing contest. “The aim of the contest was to predict the future of federated search.”

Read his entire essay here.

The 2030’s versions of the iPhone and G1 project into space. [...]

January 23rd, 2009 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library Technology, TTW Contributor: Lee Leblanc | Comments are closed

BlybergTV

  Webcam chat at Ustream

I can’t be in Darien this weekend, but I can certainly tune into BlybergTV. Nice use of Ustream!

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January 9th, 2009 | Category: Library Technology | Comments are closed

Revisiting Ten Things to Stay Tech Current

I’m prepping classes and presentations right now and my eyes fell on this OLD link from walkingpaper:

http://www.walkingpaper.org/106

Aaron lists some things libraries can do to improve techie stuff. How many have you done? How far have we come?

Here’s just a few of his ideas:

3. Have CD burning available for patrons at your [...]

January 9th, 2009 | Category: IM, Meebo & Chat Reference, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library Technology | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Mobile Library Home Page

Superpatron reports on Duke University’s mobile home page for the library:

http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2008/12/duke-university-libraries-mobile-edition.html

 Duke Libraries Mobile Library Home

1 Hours 2 Available Computers 3 Contact Us 4 Directions 5 Loan Periods 6 Links

7 Phone: (919) 660-5880 (Perkins Reference)

8 Main Library Home Page (not formatted for mobile devices)

If you click through to “Available Computers” you get real time status of free/busy computers in their [...]

December 15th, 2008 | Category: Library Innovators, Library Technology | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
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