http://www.web2learning.net/archives/556 Nicole writes: I just finished my first conversation with a reference staff member at Drexel via IM! I needed to find a required journal and was thrown off by the interface they provided me with. I went right to my comfort zone – InfoTrac because that’s what we have at work and I know how to use it – but turns out that even though it said my journal was in there – it wasn’t! So I opened up IM and asked the librarian. Now that I think back I guess a complaint would be that he/she didn’t provide […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
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The Conference Blogging Team would like to announce the KLA2006 Conference Blog. To view conference session reviews, leave comments, view pictures and more, check out these sites. http://kla2006.blogspot.com – Blog http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentuckylibrary/ Pictures
The Social Customer Manifeso’s “Top Ten Ways Businesses, Associations and Organizations Can Use Social Networking:” http://www.socialcustomer.com/2006/09/the_top_ten_way.html Jessamyn West’s Ten Tips for Presenters: http://www.librarian.net/stax/1863 (read the comments too!) Librarian in Black’s Ten Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/09/ten_reasons_lib.html
Via UnitStructures: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=2210227130 This doesn’t mean that anyone can see your profile, however. Your profile is just as closed off as it ever was. Our network structure is not going away. College and work networks still require an authenticated email address to join. Only people in your networks and confirmed friends can see your profile. Fascinating. I am curious to see how this plays out. Here’s my profile for Dominican: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=34901340
Great interview over at Library Garden: http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2006/09/blog-based-library-websites-interview.html Well we are getting lots of great comments about how up to date our site is. People really like seeing the latest news on the front page in reverse chronological order. And, of course, one big benefit is being able to offer an RSS feed through Feedburner. We like to stress that we can bring the news about the library to you on your schedule rather than you having to come to us all the time. One drawback has been that we have found that not a lot of people are acquainted with […]
Sarah sent me this note and some images and said I could blog them. Thanks Sarah! Dear Michael: A colleague and I were teaching a class called “Cyber Six Pack” about 2.0 tools and I was thrown by the signs that were posted in the computer lab where we taught. Granted, these were in a computer lab in a community college’s library…but they suck the fun out of spending time on the computer at school. Photos were taken with my 3-year-old cell phone, so they aren’t the best quality. Number 1: “Absolutely No!” Number 2: What constitutes as “extended Web […]
Thanks to Helene Blowers for linking to Matt Gullett’s new to me blog Youth Tech: http://youthtech.wordpress.com/ Matt is the Technology Education Librarian at ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center. I’m also happy that he’ll be presenting with Kathryn Deiss in our Public Library track at Internet Librarian in Monterey! From the About Page: This is a site/blog that will post, converse, write and communicate about issues that involve youth (teens, tweens & tods) and how best to interact, educate, entertain, relate and learn. We hope to post on broad themes and specific issues that will be of interest to […]
“Privacy is a thing of the past…” There’s a new Pew report out, with technologists and thinkers offering their views of the future of the Internet. The Future of the Internet II has some fascinating findings and will offer much food for thought. From their summary page: A low-cost global network will be thriving and creating new opportunities in a “flattening” world. Humans will remain in charge of technology, even as more activity is automated and “smart agents” proliferate. However, a significant 42% of survey respondents were pessimistic about humans’ ability to control the technology in the future. This significant […]
Library Camp East is tomorrow in Darien, CT! http://wiki.library2.net/index.php/Library_Camp_East_2006 I wish I could be there! I hope the day goes well and I’ll be watching for blog posts, Flickr pics and more! Have a great day everyone!
http://learningexpress.blogspot.com/2006/09/week-6-thing-15-library-20.html Lori Reed, training specialist for the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, ponders L2 and empowering staff. What else does Library 2.0 mean? Empowering not only patrons but staff. Our library provides the most outstanding customer service of any organization that I have ever seen. But do we provide the same service to internal customers? Not always. If our vision is to be the best library in America, we have to start by being the best staff. We need to support and encourage each other. We need to realize that yes we are all individuals and we make […]