Monthly Archives: December 2007

53 posts

DOK Delft offers iPod Touch

DOK Delft offers iPod Touch Originally uploaded by mstephens7 http://www.dok.info/index.php?cat=nieuwsitems&nieuws_id=222 I don’t think Babelfish got this translation right: Now get acquainted with newest technology! Always and everywhere listen to music and very sharply films examine, but you can with these IPod also Hertzian at. You serve him by moving your fingers concerning the baffle. For only one euro per day you obtain the neusje of the salmon in house for a first familiarisation. Course at music & film department and question to the leenvoorwaarden.

Libraries or Starbucks Stores?

____________ _______ made a point of being wherever you are. They have a tremendous, almost inescapable, presence in countless, high-traffic neighborhoods. Yet they’re also somewhat cutting-edge, not just in how they treat their employees or in their gutsy (if questionable) expansion tactics, but also in their efforts to stay relevant. This is evidenced in such ventures as adding Wi-Fi connections for customers…. To find out which: click here. We discussed this last night in LIS701 as part of trendspotting/Library 2.0 module.

I’m Dotty!

dottymichael Originally uploaded by Dave & Bry Thanks to Dave Pattern for the dot treatment. Check out Kathryn and Jessamyn too. The word effect is incredible! Dave – can you do my Stonehenge pic like that? http://www.daveyp.com/blog/index.php/archives/268/

Thanks CCLA/FCLA

Arrival Originally uploaded by mstephens7 What a great reception in Florida! 🙂 Thanks to the Florida Council of State University Libraries/College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) Executive Board/Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) Board for inviting me to keynote their meeting. The discussion and questions that followed were wonderful! The presentation is available here: http://www.tametheweb.com/talks07/HyperlinkedCCLAFGCU.pdf

Casual Conversations

I’m honored to be taking part in this ongoing series. Get a load of the roster for 2008! The archives for conversationalists Aaron Schmidt and Meredith Farkas is here: http://www.opal-online.org/archivelis.htm The Casual Conversations series is designed to be up-close and personal from a respectable online distance. While there are many conferences (in-person, online, and in-world) where librarians can hear leaders in the field make formal presentations about interesting projects, there are few opportunities to hear these same leaders discuss informally what they currently are working on, their future plans and goals, the challenges and opportunities facing librarianship, their personal pet […]

Students 2.0

Via Hey Jude: http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/students-20-fantastic-initiative/ This will be an initiative to watch: Administered, designed, edited, and written by a global mix of students of varying ages, interests, voices, and points of view, Students 2.0 will feature content written by both staff writers and guest contributors. From Hawaii and Washington, from St. Louis and Chicago, from Vermont, New York, Scotland, Korea, and other points on the globe, these writings will be united in one central aspect: quality student writing, full-voiced and engaging, about education. The moment for a student-centered edublogosphere has come. The staff at Students 2.0 invite their adult partners in […]

Lee & Michael, Apple Store, Coconut Point, Estero, Florida

Lee & Michael, Apple Store, Coconut Point, Estero, Florida Originally uploaded by mstephens7 Thanks to Mr. Lee Leblanc for driving me around southwest Florida for my talk at the Florida Council of State University Libraries/College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) Executive Board/Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) Board Meeting at Florida Gulf Coast University. Lee is a MLIS student at FSU – and he inspires me. http://bibliodox.blogspot.com/

Dublin City Public Libraries Portal with PageFlakes

DCPL Portal Originally uploaded by ebyrne41 Eddie Byrne writes: The portal page I have created which will be the default home page on all the public access PCs in Dublin City Public Libraries. Approved as of today! This is a sneak preview! A Web 2.0 success, it is Pageflakes-based, simple, yet ideal, serving our users and the library service in equal measure. Customisable, PC independent, and satisfying multiple requirements. SEE www.pageflakes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries/ This is incredible! Look closely, check out what’s been included, and add this to the mix of how you might create a start page for your user computers. Well […]