Check-ins, badges, and becoming mayor have nothing to do with libraries and everything to do with the geolocation game foursquare…. well it did until some of the librarians here at Darien began hijacking our own venue (Darien Library). We began checking in every time we came into work, closely monitoring who among us was crowned Mayor of Darien Library. Possibly making snide comments to our new ruler – of course in good fun. Then it dawned on us: Why are we checking in all the time when we could offer up this service to our users? We began looking a […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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"We have six months to save Evanston’s libraries….", originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian. http://www.branchlove.org/
Justin Hoenke, a TTW Contributor, posted this video at 8BitLibrary: http://blog.8bitlibrary.com/2010/02/26/how-has-gaming-changed-the-way-you-look-at-libraries/
Version which is dubbed into English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wytQ3pudf5k
I am thoroughly enjoying this Authors@Google talk by Garr Reynolds author of Presentation Zen. I’d suggest it to any presenter who wants to do better talk, educators and students. Take an hour if you can a give it a watch.
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/02/23/redbox-rights-and-wrongs Brian Herzog writes: I had heard of libraries using both Redbox and Netflix, but never really gave it too much though. So I was kind of surprised at my response to my director: Maybe this is just a reaction based on the kind of day this has been, but I have mostly negative feelings about this. Based on https://tametheweb.com/2009/07/01/red-box-rentals-at-princeton-public-library/ is seems any money we get is minimal, and I’m always reluctant to give businesses a green light to target library patrons. If we did put one of these in, I sincerely hope it wouldn’t mean we’d be buying fewer […]
There’s lots of talk about where we are headed these days. What is our future? Will we go the way of the dinosaur and suburban mall? Seth Godin seems to think that we’re doomed while Toby Greenwalt and an army of librarians seem to think otherwise. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the future of the public library is right in front of us. And boy, does it look wonderful. Teens at the Graphic Novel and Manga Club, Cape May County Library We need to look no further than to the teens that are using […]
DO NOT MISS this incredible video from Hackney Library. Well Done! As a long LONG time BB fan, the cleverness of this piece just sends me. I applaud the ,musical skill and technical aptitude that put this together. Introducing the staff of the Hackney Library at Barton College. Feel free to contact the Library when you need assistance! http://www.library.barton.edu
Note from Michael – I just found this as a draft in the TTW dashboard from 2007. I must have forgotten to publish it… From Ten Techie Things 2006: Librarians & the Heart (the Emotional part of this post) Putting the personal into what we do! I honestly believe the best libraries of the future will encourgae the heart and librarians will put humanity into the library’s virtual presence. Stephen Abram noted that libraries are innovating yes but many are not yet moving in a new direction: “However, too many haven’t moved into the next generation strategies. Many fail to […]
I am loving this! Great stuff from Down Under. I’ll be adding this to my Intro to LIS course.