I’m honored to be invited to LIANZA in 2013 to do a keynote address! http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/2012/dec/20/tame-web-founder-lianza-keynote-speaker Meeting NZ colleagues in person will be very cool. If you are attending, please say hi!
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Support café – 23 mobile things on iPad mini, a photo by janholmquist on Flickr. Very happy to be working with Jan Holmquist on this project!
From the new issue of SJSU SLIS Student Research Journal: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/vol2/iss2/2/ This paper highlights one of the key concerns in the emerging area of crisis informatics: issues of trusted information in crises/disasters and how the unregulated nature of social media affects information creation and dissemination. Deciding which information providers to trust and what sources of information to trust in crises is critical as acting upon trusted information can shape and influence the nature of the crisis. Social media is a powerful tool for sharing information during crises and can be used to improve emergency management capabilities, however, it has […]
Thursday nights can be slow at my library. The teens have all gone home for the day, and the only ones that remain are the quiet few who are tearing through their homework or have their eyes focused on their internet browser. Tonight at my library, the scene was the same but before me was a pretty huge question: My little brother locked me out of my iPod. He’s five years old and he won’t tell me how to unlock it. How can I start again? Do I need to buy a new iPod? The teen was pretty bummed that […]
Lora Baiocco writes: I took this picture on the way to work and I thought you might be interested in a little free library initiative taking place in Montreal. I don’t have anything to do with the project but I think it’s very cool! It’s called Livre Service which translates to “Book Service” – but it’s also a play on “Libre Service” which means “self-service” – fun!