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Michael speaks on a variety of topics related to libraries, people and technology

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Keynote Addresses & Plenary Sessions

Closing Keynote: “Hyperlinked Library Services for Everyone,” Closing Keynote, Michigan Library Association Conference, Traverse City, Michigan

Closing Keynote: “The Hyperlinked School Library,” Michigan Association for Media in Education Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, October, 2010.

Keynote: “Hyperlinked Users: [...]

Great Example of Conference Blogging!

Clare Leibfarth, Medical Librarian at the Affinity Medical Center Doctors Campus in Massillon, Ohio writes:

Would the readers of the Tame the Web be interested in learning about the conference blog http://65.181.189.143/ConferenceCall2007/ for the Joint Chapter MLA Meeting in Omaha?

This morning I posted an “interview” with MLA President Mark Funk. Previous posts (there are [...]

Press Release: Web 2.0 & Libraries, Part 2: Trends and Technologies

Web 2.0 & Libraries, Part 2: Trends and Technologies

by Michael Stephens

Social software, more ubiquitous than ever, continues to have a profound impact on information and communication in the Information Age.

From the American Library Association to social software news aggregation, it's clear the trend toward utilizing "Web 2.0" technologies for information [...]

Telling the Library’s Story: A TTW Fave

David Lee King emailed and asked me for some quotes/thoughts on telling stories in the library for his forthcoming book — a chapter on Community-Focused Digital Experience. In looking back I didn’t realize that the “telling stories” theme had been running through my work. Here’s a few of my favorites.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/sets/72057594085037908/

From Ten [...]

Library 2.0 Socks

Library 2.0 Socks Originally uploaded by mstephens7

I owe a lot of folks a hearty THANK YOU for all sorts of assistance and kindness these past few months. One of those folks is Don Yarman, who attended one of my talks this summer in Ohio. I follow his blog and know that he knits. [...]

Upcoming Presentations

May 4, 2007. Massachusetts Library Association. Blog’s Eye View:Three Industry Bloggers Talk about Library Trends, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

May 7, 2007. Rural Libraries 2.0 Conference Keynote with Jenny Levine. Traverse City, Michigan.

May 17 & 18, 2007. Library 2.0. Mohawk Valley Library System, New York state.

June 6 & 7 Social Software & Libraries Roadshow, [...]

Upcoming Presentations

April 3, 2007. Web 2.0 & Libraries. National-Louis/Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois.

April 12, 2007. Library 2.0 with Jenny Levine. Texas Library Association. San Antonio, Texas.

April 19, 2007. Rethinking Resource Sharing, Keynote. Big Ten Conference Center, Park Ridge, Illinois

April 26, 2007. Southwest Florida Library Network Technology Day. Toward Library 2.0. Naples, Florida.

April [...]

Upcoming Presentations

March 15, 2007. Library 2.0 & Emerging Technologies, Skokie Public Library Staff Workshop, Skokie, Illinois.

March 23, 2007. Library 2.0: Planning, People & Participation. Workshop for Capital Area Library Directors. Williamsburg, Virginia.

April 12, 2007. Library 2.0 with Jenny Levine. Texas Library Association. San Antonio, Texas.

April 26, 2007. Southwest Florida Library Network Technology Day. [...]

Upcoming Presentations

February 22, 2007. The Hyperlinked Library. Boston Public Library Staff Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

February 22, 2007. Library 2.0. Simmons GSLIS, Librarty 2.0. Boston, Massachusetts.

March 1 & 2, 2007. Blogs & RSS Building Community & Library 2.0 with Jenny Levine. Nassau County Library System, Uniondale, New York.

March 23, 2007. Library 2.0: Planning, People & [...]

TTW Mailbox: Using Google Co-op in Ohio

Joel Husenits, Managing Editor at the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN), writes:

The Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) is using Google Co-op to power a search engine that searches all 251 Ohio public library websites. You can check it out at www.oplin.org/fal (we folded it into our existing “Find an Ohio Library” [...]