ALAMW2007 Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Things are bustling at the convention center! I’ll be hanging out with the OCLC folk at their booth in the exhibit hall after the symposium. If you are attending, please say hi. (and don’t miss the DDR at the ALA TechSource booth!) See you there!
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An Aussie Librarian writes: I was dismayed to read your post ‘Lock the Doors’ regarding the library who have decided to close for part of the day, due to youth violence and inappropriate behaviour. I am glad that the community is taking a role to keep the library open. These types of problems with youth are by no means limited to the USA and we have experienced very similar here in Australia. We have a success story You may want to share with readers of TTW. One of our public libraries, West Torrens Library Service, recently won an award for […]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/netflix/hands-on-the-netflix-download-video-service-thumbs-up-229533.php Fascinating “hands on” report of the new NetFlix video download service. Sadly, it’s not for Macs yet but I’m glad to be reading about it. I’m fascinated to see how all these services — NetFlix, amazon, iTunes — will change the AV area of many public libraries over the next few years.
Hey Library Bloggers! Need some inspiration? Try a post like this on for size: http://www.libraryforlife.org/blogs/lifeline/?p=2651 Including: 5. Children’s toys and games! Yep, that’s right. The Children’s Services Department offers more than books! You can find everything from dinosaurs and zoo animals to games like Sorry and Life. (And did you know you don’t even have to come in to benefit from our children’s area? You can call up to hear a story read over the phone, or visit the Children’s Department website to explore TumbleBooks, which are online children’s books with audio and pictures.) 4. Your family! This is true […]
A Dominican student writes: I was sent this information: The journal Libri has a special award for student created papers. See http://www.librijournal.org/award.html. The prize is $500 plus a subscription to Libri plus publication of your paper in Libri. Guidelines for authors can be found at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. Deadline for the contest is the end of May 2007. I had a discussion with someone about how many wonderful writers we know at Dominican. Grad school students should be encouraged to publish, especially those interested in working in academic libraries. Thanks for wanting to help students publish! I agree. I was so impressed […]
The taxi will be waiting for me at 6am tomorrow (uhhh) for an 8am flight to my favorite American city. I’m looking forward to seeing library friends and colleagues and the OCLC Social Software symposium. If you are attending (last I heard over 300 are signed up), please say HI! I’ll be armed with Moo cards. Here’s to safe travels for all!
This fascinates me. The Church of the Customer blog points out “The Not So Secret Shopper” who visited a Kohl’s Department store and found a mess. Cameraphone in hand, he documented the condition of the retail establisjment and blogged about it. http://heehawmarketing.typepad.com/hee_haw_marketing/2007/01/hurricane_kohs_.html The folks at Church of the Customer state: Here’s the thing: 156 million Americans use high-speed cellphone networks that allow them to take pictures like this and post them immediately to a blog where, naturally, they can spread. Pew estimates that 41 percent of American cellphone owners use their phones as content creation tools. That translates into about […]
January 19, 2007. “Who’s Watching YOUR Space?” Moderator. OCLC Symposium with danah boyd, Howard Rheingold & Marc Smith, ALA Midwinter. Seattle, Washington. January 21, 2007. Next-Gen Sharing Libraries. OCLC Program. ALA Midwinter. Seattle, Washington. January 23, 2007. Elmhurst College Library Honors Program. Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois. February 1, 2007. Library 2.0.: Learning 2.0 Kickoff Presentation. McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario. February 2, 2007. Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries. Ontario Library Association. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 3, 2007. Top Technology Trends with John Blyberg & Amanda Etches-Johnson. Ontario Library Association. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 15, 2007. The Hyperlinked Library. […]
Ohhh…sweet technolust… Driving back to Illinois this week I caught up on my Mac podcasts, including one of my favorites Mac Break Weekly. The podcast included loads of news about Apple’s new product the iPhone, and I realized that my personal technolust will surely get the better of me. I want this phone! That said, I wonder how many geeked out folks will doing just what I did: T-Mobile Rep: “T-Mobile Customer Support, how can I help you?” Me: “Yes please, when does my contract expire with T-Mobile?” T-Mobile Rep: “August 2008.” Me: (Ouch) “And how much is the fee […]
Day 106 – I am a librarian Originally uploaded by cindiann. One of the points I like to touch on in my presentations is for interested librarians to find a social space they like and try it — and identify themselves as a librarians or library worker. It goes all the way back to this at ALA Techsource: Share your bookmarks, feeds of the music you play on your computer, and more via the social tools, and you’ll reap three benefits for sure: presence, learning, and experience. We talk about presence and libraries a lot, but what about presence for […]