http://www.tadl.org/wireless/map/ Traverse Area District Library is my library away from home! Jeff, in IT there, IMs on occasion to let me know what’s happening. This just debuted! What a great service provided by the library that reaches out into the community using some pretty nice techie tools.Not only are library hotspots listed, but other free ones as well. I asked Jeff what their goals were. He said: “We had a few goals in mind: 1. provide our patrons with an accurate list of free hotspots in the area 2. gain additional real-world experience with (buzzword alert) AJAX, XML, XSLT, the […]
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I know I’ve mentioned that I’m teaching at Dominican University SLIS this fall. One thing I really wanted to do with this group was introduce them to the Biblioblogosphere as readers and bloggers! From this came an assignment: they all got Blogger blogs the first weekend of class. Their task: 5 blog posts about libraries, technology and the Web! Natalie agreed to let me post a link to her site as a sample..and note her links to many other members of the class. these folks are doing well! http://whomovedmylibrary.blogspot.com/ Update: Rick made a great comment and I wanted to put […]
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2095642005 Nice article with some thought provoking points.
Nice pics at Marydee’s blog! http://www.onlineinsider.net/2005/10/ili2005-photos.html http://www.onlineinsider.net/2005/10/more-ili2005-photos.html
I leave early Friday for Monterey and Internet Librarian 2005. I hope to see many colleagues and friends and spend some time taking libraries and tech. See you there and please say HI! I’ll be moderating the Public Libraries and Technology track all day Monday — hope to see you there!
Sometimes we rely too heavily on rules, protocols and procedures. The best policies and practices in libraries are those that can be bent or ignored when the situation calls for it. I admire those managers and administrators that get that and see the difference between micro-management/never break the rules and those that realize we are all in this big thing called life together and yes stuff happens. Like someone wanting to use the phone. Thanks FGL for the reminder.
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/blog_detail.php?blog_id=75
Via Jessamyn – http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html What great stuff. I love to read a blog author bio as well as see who is writing! That puts a human element in all this blog stuff. And always remember: you are writing for your “future boss!”
Please read jenny’s excellent post at ALA TechSource! Texting with Jenny from the UK, I said I just wanted to post a big “DITTO” next to this post. “All very interesting, but it worries me all the more when all of this is sold directly to the consumer and bypasses libraries. It’s times like this I re-light a candle that Audible will wake up from its coma and bridge the Digital Rights Management (DRM) gap between libraries and iPods. Right now, I believe OverDrive is the only company that lets libraries circulate copyright-protected videos, but of course Overdrive’s Windows-Media-encrypted files […]
(Darlene Fichter and I are presenting a workshop on organizational weblogs next Saturday in Monterey…this is good food for thought!) http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/archives/2005/08/the_gartner_hyp.html 1. Technology Trigger: A breakthrough, public demonstration, product launch or other event generates significant press and industry interest. Ponder any of the hot hot technologies we’re discussing. When did you first hear about RFID? Podcasts? IM in libraries? Was it at a conference or a big event or in an article… what about BLOGS? Let’s ponder blogs and podcasts for this example. March 2002: CIL…I first heard about blogging..and I discovered some classic bloggers… 2. Peak of Inflated Expectations: […]