Detained…questioned…irked… Originally uploaded by mstephens7 Read the whole sordid tale here. We really need to market LIS as a profession… especially to TSA agents!
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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 […]
You have new Picture Mail! Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian
The podcast group is presenting: how to make great library podcasts and more! http://librarypodcast.blogspot.com/ http://podcastpractice.blogspot.com/
The tagging group presented on tagging in libraries and created a tag based pathfinder for Chicago. Delicious: http://del.icio.us/socialtagging Site: http://www.daniellegustafsonsundell.com/ChicagoPlacesPathfinder.html
http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2007/12/brian_kelly_iwr.php Richard Wallis writes: I had the great pleasure last night of helping UKOLN’s Brian Kelly celebrate his award of IWR Information Professional of the Year. The well deserved award was presented at Online Information 2007 yesterday. Woohoo! I’ve had the pleasure of presenting with Brian a few times. He is truly an innovator in the UK and beyond.
Faculty Seminar Series, Tuesday, December 4 at 12:30 p.m. in the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (Parmer 115C). Michael Stephens (Graduate School of Library and Information Science) will present Weblogs, Libraries & Librarians. Lunch will be available (a chili bar, including meat and vegetarian chili). Yesterday I had the honor to talk about my research and the Biblioblogosphere with faculty from all over the university. It was a great experience – and oh boy was I nervous! The presentation went well as did the discussion after. And the vegetarian chili rocked. I promised all who attended a copy of […]
Southeast Library System / Eastern Library System Fall Colloquium: "On Librarian 2.0," Cornhusker Marriott, Lincoln, Nebraska. Originally uploaded by mstephens7 Thanks to all who came out for my talk last week in Lincoln, Nebraska. We had a nice dinner, some wine and some good conversation. Here’s the presentation: http://www.tametheweb.com/talks07/Librarian2.0NebraskaStephens.pdf
Great post at one of my favorite productivity blogs, 43 Folders: http://www.43folders.com/2007/11/27/sink-or-swim-managing-rss-feeds-better-groups So it dawned on me to group my feeds by the way in which I want to read them, not by topic. If there were some feeds that I didn’t mind missing, and some of which I wanted to read every single word, I should organize them that way, not by their putative subject areas. Here’s what I came up with: News – Self-explanatory, but specifically feeds from traditional news outlets like the New York Times, BBC, et al that pump out so much stuff I can’t possibly […]
Don’t miss the resources and Slideshare of Elyssa Krsoki’s presentation to ACRL New York: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/acrl-ny-social-software-in-academic-libraries/ Many HOT examples in her straight-forward, concise style!