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AADL in LJ & TTW is :-)ing

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA631184.html I’m a flutter over this quote folks: “We wanted our web site to be interactive with the public, and chose blogs as the major form of communication,” said Director Josie Parker. “The major point is to make the library transparent.” This comes from the AADL Director who is actively BLOGGING for the libraray and engaging the community in an ongoing dialogue. Humans are interacting here folks…not tech and not a faceless PR machine. Lordy but AADL is on the Cluetrain now. “They are even being used so that the public can talk with each other. The library is the […]

Research

Yahoo Searches Audio Content

Take a look at this tech piece at USAToday: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-08-03-yahoo-music-search_x.htm?csp=34 Then take a look at the search page here: http://audio.search.yahoo.com/ I was able to locate some tracks I didn’t know were available – at Rhapsody, where I think I need to get a membership…! I also found some Fleetwood Mac tracks stored on a server for download… It looks as though this is a free for all: music services, podcasts, MP3 sharing sites. Let the debate and discussion begin!

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Out into the Community…and a Dunking Booth

Nice flickr set from The Loud Librarian: what a neat idea to have a Summer Reading Program Luau and put folks in a dunk tank. And to use flickr to share the images! Well Done! TLL writes: “Saturday (once again the hottest day in all of creation) was our end of Summer Reading Program luau block party. It was hours of work, but everyone had a good time, and Becca got some really great photos from the event. My first task was to man the dunking booth while Jessy (our fearless YA librarian) took the fall over and over and […]

Blogging

Librarian’s Voices on Library Blogs

Just saying: Here’s a nice post to the SJCPL Lifeline by our AV librarian. It speaks to me becuase it’s written in Julie’s voice. I know she hearts Cusack and it certainly comes through in the post. Just returning from the lake, I spent four hours in the car with The Cluetrain Manifesto and one of the pints is to speak in your own voice when participating in the Web. Well done Julie. Library bloggers – file this one under Notable Examples of Great Library Blogging!

Social Media

Flickr adds features

http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000860052805/ I’m intrigued by the idea of clustering – associated tags for groups of like images, such as the Michigan Clusters here. It made me realize I need to pay attention to my tagging. If I want labrador retrievers and get to this page, I get to see all the variances in tags for those sweet yellow, black and chocolate hounds! One of the benefits of pointing folks to clusters of images is that they will find more images that might not have appeared with just one tage. Ponder then, how we might set up our catalogs with this method. […]

TTW Ephemera

So..if students are writing scripts for their podcasts..what can libraries do for them after school?

Just asking: David Warlick reports on podcasts in the classroom and I’m pondering how libraries can be an extension of this digital content creation thing. I do believe that a “Digital Creation Station” in a library’s Teen section might be a hit. Give them a Mac (or PC yeah yeah but Garageband is soooo cool!), a mic, some software and the chance to play! And don’t even let me hear you say “But what if they get loud?” or, heaven forbid, “what if they have FUN in the library making content to share with friends?” What would the optimal Digital […]

TTW Ephemera

Congrats to Brian Kenney, New Editor of School Library Journal

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA630776.html School Library Journal has a new editor. Brian Kenney, Library Journal’s executive editor, technology & web, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, effective August 1. He succeeds Evan St. Lifer, who left in June to join Scholastic Library Publishing as VP and general manager. I have been so lucky to work with Brian these last few months. I have learned a lot from him about writing, libraries and the “big picture.” Brian gets libraries big time and he understands the place where libraries and technology meet! Best wishes… Oh, and: In 2004, he received a federal […]