Open System, Open Learning – WordCamp Chicago 2010 View more presentations from Kyle Jones. I’m pretty darn proud of my former graduate assistant and TTW Contributor Kyle Jones. Take a look at his recent presentation at WordCamp Chicago. I’m also incredibly proud of him because he’s been accepted into the doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin Madison to study LIS and instructional technology. He’s got a great TA position and everything!! With Kyle’s library background from Elmhurst and Dominican, his excellent coding skills and a focus on instructional design in his coursework, he’s going to be an incredible professor! […]
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The Dark Ages began with closing a library, originally uploaded by Travelin’ Librarian.
(a brief interview between Portland Public Teen Library @justinlibrarian and Portland teen @davidchuphoto) What are you using it for? I’m usually sitting in bed and using it as a computer instead of a laptop. I would go back to a laptop if I got a MacBook. What are your favorite apps? Twitter, ABC Player, Doodle Jump, Tap Tap Revenge 3, Safari What would you like to see the library do with Ipads? Libraries should lend them out as ebook readers or portable computers and people could read them in the teen lounge. People could be more relaxed with the iPad in […]
Check it out: http://issuu.com/dokdelft/docs/dok_jv09_defweb2
Note from Michael: This article & interview was originally published last year in Digitale Biblioteek. Seth Godin has been writing and speaking about marketing, the new landscape of the Web paired with emerging social media and the increasing power of consumer “word of mouth.” His books include The Big Red Fez: How to make Any Web Site Better, Permission Marketing, The Purple Cow, Small is the New Big, The Dip and most recently Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. I’ve been drawn to his ideas and insights for a long time, while working in public libraries to teaching library […]
Thanks to everyone who organized and attended Academic Librarians 2010 in Ithaca, NY yesterday. I had a great time! My slides are here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/HyperlinkedUsersNYAcademicLibs.pdf
I’m prepping for my talk on Tuesday at the NY Academic Librarians Conference and I’m thoroughly enjoying clicking through this EDUCAUSE presentation from David Woodbury (North Carolina State University) and Jason Casden (North Carolina State University) from last January! I am sorry it took this long to get to it. Take a look: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/LibraryinYourPocketStrategiesa/195003 Students are arriving on college campuses with the ability to connect to the web with a diverse array of mobile devices. However, some online services aren’t a good fit for the small screen, and new services can also be developed that take advantage of the mobile user […]
For those that are interested the Chicagoland Drupal Group (which I happen to run) is streaming their meeting this coming Monday 9:30-12:00 central at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mickjacobsen. The scheduled presentations are: But, I don’t WANT to read the whole manual: Continuing-Ed Opportunities with Drupal by Gwyneth Stupar, Reference and Web Services Librarian at the Northbrook Public Library and Matthew Lechleider Drupal community organizer. Getting Evanced to Play Nice with Drupal – a Huge Step in the Right Direction by me. If you happen to be in the Chicago area the group is meeting at the beautiful Glen Ellyn Public Library. This program […]
Denise Raleigh writes: On May 15, 2010, the Gail Borden Public Library was not a quiet place. In fact, at 2:15 p.m., it became very, very loud. Gail Borden Public Library District received the National Medal for Museum and Library Service due to what the community and the library staff accomplish together. On May 15, the library invited everyone for a celebration that included this surprise flash mob that uniquely combined dancers from the Dixon Dance Academy and the library bookcart drill team. Cathy Dixon choregraphed the dance and John Fleener of Elgin Academy lead the film crew and he and […]