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Yearly Archives: 2006
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…the future of the AV Department: “Show me your streaming video plan.” …getting out from behind the reference desk: “If you have staff who have butts in seats and they are ust sitting…show me a retail operation that would let people sit.” … games: “Most of them are really complicated things that kids learn from.” …the library: “It’s not about the library! It is about five very specific user spaces, communities: Neighbourhood/Community, Entertainment/Culture, Learning, Research, and Workplace.” …on the future: “We need to manage experience NOT collections.”
Finding the Future: Library 2.0 Originally uploaded by Michael Casey. Abram finds the future. Patti Butcher, State Library Director, opened the day with a charge for the 300 folks assembled to put aside their fear of change and think about what’s presented today. (Dr. Curtis Rogers videoblogged a bit of her talk.) Then she quoted this: The heart of Library 2.0 is user-centered change. It is a model for library service that encourages constant and purposeful change, inviting user participation in the creation of both the physical and the virtual services they want, supported by consistently evaluating services. Curtis & […]
Jenny and Stephen in Columbia, SC Originally uploaded by Michael Casey. The day begins!
Talis has announced the winners of the Mashup competition. Congrats to AADL’s John Blyberg (a powerhouse of L2 goodness) for first place and to the Second Life Library 2.0 for second! Read Teresa Koltzenberg’s post at ALA TechSource here and Jenny Levine’s post here.
are we there yet? Originally uploaded by crr29061. We made it after delays, rain, waiting for the fueling truck and mysterious paperwork that had to be correct so we could take off. Thanks to Dr. Curtis Rogers for picking us up, taking us for southern cooking and getting us to our hotel. Tomorrow: The Technology Institute!
Rachel Singer Gordon is running a survey for folks who speak, sit on panels and present workshops: The Speaking Fees in Librarianship Survey is intended to give a rough idea of what speakers at library conferences and workshops tend to charge, and to give others an idea of what they might themselves ask for (or, that they can even ask!). Please see The Liminal Librarian for more details and comments. Please take the survey!
Here are some of the resources from my Library Technology Report: Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog: http://web2.wsj2.com/ Graeme Daniel’s Online Social Networking Bibliography and Sites: http://m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/2788.cfm?x=0&rid=2788 Stephen Abram on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 & Librarian 2.0: http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000505688.cfm
Kate Sherrill, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana librarian, reports via e-mail that Evansville PL in southern Indiana is loaning Playaway players: “I had heard from a friend that EVPL was going to have these, and I see that they are available now..” http://www.evpl.org/digitalbooks/playaway.aspx She also send the link to the Playwaya Libraries page: http://www.playawaydigital.com/libraries/ I’ll be interested in hearing from librarians who have offered this device.
Phil Bradley reports at search Engine Watch: Hitwise is reporting that Flickr is the #1 photography site in the UK. This isn’t really a surprise at all – what’s more suprising is that it’s taken a while to get there, and how it’s got there. Flickr’s UK market share has increased 39%, Photobucket’s share decreased by 17% and Webshot’s remained flat. This is apparently due good SEO and searches for soft porn using the brand name and various terms you can work out for yourself. In some respects this is worthy of nothing more than a wry smile and shrug […]