Yearly Archives: 2004

245 posts

London Gallery

Not only did I attend and speak at a great conference… I took 5 extra days and did some FUN tourism stuff… http://www.tametheweb.com/galleries/London2004/ Included is a trip to the London Brass Rubbing Centre and many views of St. Paul’s Cathedral! Best place for lunch? St. Martin’s in the Fields Cafe in the Crypt… or Beetroot!

Getting Started with Blogs

Mary Jo, one of the members of our PhD cohort, asked me for some LIS news sites and blogs that she might look at to get started as an offshoot of my presentation in class this weekend. What I thought I would do is post it here…because it might be helpful to other folks as well. First up: don’t miss LISNews as the perfect starter news clearinghouse. Then, take a look at: http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html http://www.hi.is/~anne/weblogs.html (This one is rocking my world right now…) http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Weblogs/ There’s an LIS blog for every interest! These, from my link list, are faves: Library BlogsKaren Schneider’s […]

Ten Guidelines for Developing Your Internal Blog

Steven posts about internal blogs and I totally am in on this one. We have been using a blog like structure internally at SJCPL for a while now. It includes nine major categories programmed by the NRDT Web Developer and Computer Specialist based on the Lasso program from Blue World software (http://www.blueworld.com/). All entries for those categories ? Admin News, Personnel News, Staff news, etc ? build on each other, posting in reverse chronological order just as most blogs do. Each category is assigned to certain staff via IP addresses recognized by the database system. Secondary ?blogs? are in place […]

10 Things I Learned in London at Internet Librarian International

10 Things I Learned in London at Internet Librarian International It’s a sweet thing to drink breakfast tea in my room, lounging in my hotel dressing gown, reading the proceedings and planning for the day. Technology training issues are the same for trainer/librarians everywhere – from issues about retention of material to support for training programs by administrators! Talking with Rob was illuminating and made me realize public librarians in the Netherlands are lucky to have him doing training! According to Sullivan: personalization and “invisible tabs” may be the wave of the future for search engines…and after hearing Frank Cervone […]

Back in the US!

I’m back! Actually I got back late Saturday but I spent all day yesterday finalizing my literature review for SLIS 6700. I turned it in last night at 8:37pm… Much information to go through and post! But here’s a pic by Rob, the Trainer from the Netherlands. I didn’t even know he snapped it. I was Congrunting Danny Sullivan and smiling because of Sullivan’s take on image searching. He’s a great presenter!