Via Skagirlie, Mistress of all things Wiki, Blog and Code at SJCPL: http://blog.skagirlie.net/?p=19 The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 It’s getting towards the end of the year and I’m feeling the need to take stock of where we’ve actually come with Web 2.0 in the last 12 months. So much has happened in this space recently and a tidal wave of innovative, high-quality software has been released this year. So much in fact, that it’s hard to keep track of it all. While many of us talk about Web 2.0 ideas, there’s no substitute for pointing to concrete examples. […]
Monthly Archives: December 2005
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Great stuff from John at LISNews: http://features.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/14/182214 How many of these touched your life? Did you contribute to a wiki? Donate time or money to Katrina relief? Get irked at Gorman’s “mouthing off?” What awaits us in 2006?
I love this list! Reprinting all of them as an FYI…New Library graduates, have you thought about blogging and listing your blog on your resume? http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/03/08/BloggingIsGood Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career You have to get noticed to get promoted. You have to get noticed to get hired. It really impresses people when you say “Oh, I’ve written about that, just google for XXX and I’m on the top page” or “Oh, just google my name.” No matter how great you are, your career depends on communicating. The way to get better at anything, including communication, is […]
I’ve been to point folks to the Darien Library Blogs for sometime, and what better time than now, to highlight this post about AV materials: http://www.darienlibrary.org/connections/movies-music/archives/2005/12/post_1.html King Kong opens today and it’s playing right here in town! Now, the question is, are we determined enough to brave these bone-chilling temperatures and leave the homefires to view the mighty beast? Come on! The reviews are so good, this may turn out to be the rare screen event that launches a classic. Besides, the movie, at more than 3 hours long, will give us ample time to thaw and we can enjoy […]
K. Matthew Dames has a nice article at http://www.copycense.com/2005/12/buying_econtent.html all about the management of e-resources in libraries. This is big stuff. My favorite point is the one he makes about library schools: It is sheer lunacy to graduate librarians into the work force who have no idea how to negotiate an e-content license. Talk about having a butter knife at the proverbial gunfight: without proper training, librarians have virtually no chance of knowing how to obtain optimal value for their e-content dollar, and therefore the institutions that hire them to negotiate these deals likely are overpaying for that content. In […]
Via Stephen’s Lighthouse: http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/LIFE_CACHING.htm LIFE CACHING’: collecting, storing and displaying one’s entire life, for private use, or for friends, family, even the entire world to peruse. The LIFE CACHING trend owes much to bloggers: ever since writing and publishing one’s diary has become as easy as typing in www.blogger.com, millions of people have taken to digitally indexing their thoughts, rants and God knows what else; all online, disclosing the virtual caches of their daily lives, exciting or boring. Next came moblogging, connecting camera phones to online diaries, allowing not only for more visuals to be added to blogs, but also […]
http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p=1084 Ken Smith, who blogs here in South Bend at Weblogs in Higher Education, has published an article about blogging at University Business. Here’s my favorite quote: Whether it’s written by a witty cultural studies professor or a dedicated news junkie, a good blog usually includes links to other websites. The blogger quotes from and annotates other blogs in an informal fashion that many a scholar would nevertheless recognize. Good bloggers do quite a bit of work to present, perhaps even organize, a body of knowledge for their readers, and they write every day. They respond quickly to news and […]
For those GTD fans out there, I’m particularly enjoying Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders blog, including this post about getting started with GTD. Merlin also has really cool hair. You may be into or not, but some of the tips are HOT. Mine the 91 Comments to the post as well for even more. Here’s another! http://www.43folders.com/2004/12/29/a-year-of-getting-things-done-part-1-the-good-stuff/
Via The Social Software Blog: I’m also curious to know what social services folks are actually using the most, beyond whatever is the latest hot company we’re talking about on the blawgs… Oh! I like lists! And I like Social Software! Here goes: 1. Flickr 2. Bloglines/NetnewsWire/Safari RSS Reader 3. iChat/IM 4. Technorati 5. Last.FM What are your Top Five Favorite Social Software Sites?
Blyberg writes about gaming at AADL (and Eli!): AADL’s Gaming initiative “is one of those programs that I still shake my head at in disbelief, because it has been such a staggering success born out of such unorthodox ideas. If you’re looking for evidence that the role of today’s libraries is changing, look no further. That’s what we need more of, folks, unorthodox ideas in the library. The return on this investment? It’s precious: And that’s what draws in the kids. They come in knowing that they are going to be part of something big. These tournaments are their opportunity […]