While I was in Chicago, things really ramped up on the SJCPL Gaming front. I am happy to announce here at TTW that my library is implementing a gaming tournament program as well as a complimentary online presence allowing interactivity between the game organizers and the gamers we seek to serve. First: Read the Lifeline post about Gaming! “P” lays out what’s happening. “Starting in January of next year, the Main Library will be the site for video game tournaments featuring Mario Kart: Double Dash, Nintendo’s infamous multiplayer racer. Gamers will be able to play against each other using one […]
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Overheard at CPL, concerning a libarian helping another librarian understand her teen: “I left the ‘Born with the Chip’ article on her desk…” 🙂
I could sit and listen to Stephen Abram (and Jenny Levine) talk libraries all day! Here are some of my favorites from our time together at CPL: Abram-isms: “The next step in libraries is what are we going to do to ‘trick’ our new users to use the library.” “Technology needs to take a step back, like utilities, like heat and light, and let the services and people come forward.” “You must have a vision of the future, or you will always be stuck in the present, over and over again.” “DVDs and CDs will be extinct by 2012.” (See […]
Here’s a clearinghouse entry of a couple of articles you may want to add to your reading pile: Heard people banter about AJAX and how a lot of Web 2.0 apps are using it? A great post by Jesse James Garrett is here: http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php And what of Folksonomies and Metadata? Checkout “Metadata for the Masses” by Peter Merholz at http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000361.php Pondering the future of the Audio/Visual department? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/start.html?pg=2
Via Sherri I am tickled that they are piloting and being so up front: “During Fall semester 2005, Ask Us Now! will pilot a new enhanced real-time reference component using AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). If you do not have the AOL Instant Messenger installed on your computer, we recommend that you use the “classic” Ask Us Now! service. Help us evaluate instant messaging with AOL’s IM software! The University Library is conducting a pilot of IM for answering your library- and research-related questions.” I hope the students, staff and faculty use the service and the library reports out on their […]
http://library.coloradocollege.edu/cal2005/ My IL05 Bonjour IM buddy Steve Lawson, who writes “See Also” is doing a presentation at the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference. He writes about it here: http://library.coloradocollege.edu/steve/archives/2005/11/teach_an_old_bl_1.html This is an excellent use of a weblog with CSS enhancement as a presentation. Steve..my socks are offcially knocked off! Add Steve Lawson’s blog to your aggregator – it’s a good one!
Must…have…tag…cloud… Speaking of: Jessamyn is helping me with an install of Movable Type 3.2. Hopefully TTW will get a much-needed makeover soon!
Via Ken Smith at IUSB, my favorite hometown blogger! Ken points to an interview with David Kline, who just published a book called Blog! He pulls out this impressive quote. After bloggers master the fundamentals of this new medium, they will come to value belonging more than hearing themselves talk. Also, this sense of being a member of something bigger than themselves will drive them to shape their postings to be of service I truly believe librarians who blog professionally have a great sense of community, especially those who have avoided the ME ME ME mentality and looked toward the […]
I wrote about Indiana and the study that found we are tech poor in the state last week. Here’s a neat post from Winnie, where she mentions the study as well as her experiences at IL05. Note that even a small library can have success with tech and be ahead of the game! http://allthingsw.blogspot.com/2005/11/technology-librarians-and-indiana-how.html “Now, in general, I think that New Castle and Henry County are behind in the tech wave that?s been coming at us for the past few years. But, I do think that NCHCPL is doing a good job of staying on top. For instance, Google has […]
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