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A lot of folks have already linked, but allow me to point you to http://engagedpatrons.org/ from Glenn Peterson at Hennepin County PL. And I agree with Sarah: It’s a HUGE deal! From the site: EngagedPatrons.org provides web services for public library websites. We enable you to offer events listings, blogs and more on your website, no programming required! The pages you create on our site “plug into” your existing web site. We do the programming for you; you reap the benefits of being able to offer your users a more engaging and interactive web presence. EP services are designed to […]
This one is one my bookshelf…waiting… but this description at NEASIST is most cool, I wish I could attend: On Ambient Findability: “At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, the user experience is out of control, and findability is the real story. Access changes the game. We can select our sources and choose our news. We can find who and what we need, when and where we want. As society shifts from push to pull, findability shapes who we trust, how we learn, and where we go. In this cyberspace safari, Peter Morville explores the future present in […]
I wish I could have stayed! There is some great stuff happening down in San Antonio. Try these on for size: http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2006/01/21/innovative-users-group/: LibraryWebChic blogs the Innovative User Group meeting. http://litablog.org/?p=175: Karen Schneider discusses trends, librarians kicking “booty” and Library 2.0. http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/01/20/20060120_oclc_symposium_extreme_makeover_rebranding_an_industry.html: Jenny’s HOT HOT HOT Coverage of the OCLC Extreme makeover Symposium. WHY did I not change my ticket??? http://www.plablog.org/2006/01/linda-braun-three-cs-of-teens.html: Beth Gallaway on “The Three C’s of Teens” via the PLA Blog. Hotness abounds here. Folks, it’s about CONTENT!
http://clioinstitute.info/blog/2006/01/interactive_website_features.php Nice post at the Clio Institute Blog about interactive features. Lots of user-centered stuff here and an eye toward usability. These will make good discussion points for a meeting!
Chris Deweese shared the URL for his Lewis & Clark Library System “Weboratory” Blog, where he discusses some of the innovative projects he’s coding for his system. I wish every library consortium/system/state library could have a team of coders like Chris. Here’s an route map for deliveries in the LCLS done with the Google maps API. And how about TaBS? TaBS (TAgging, Bookmarking, Sharing) is a bookmarking tool for LCLS members. Using your CLeO account you can create a TaBS profile and then store your bookmarks in TaBS and access them anywhere you have an Internet connection.
43 Folders is “Merlin Mann’s site about personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better.” And I am thouroughly enjoying his advice, viewpoint and take on “getting things done.” In fact, he has some excellent GTD resources. Please see http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done/ for more. He also podcasts and recently got married!
I love the ideas about applications of video in library settings. One of these days we’ll see an official “video podcast” from a library show up in the next incarantion of the iTunes MEDIA Store. David King has a great post about integrating video into Library Web sites. He lists ten things librarians might do with video, including: Videocast of bibliographic instruction, downloadable when a student needs it Tours of the library Showing what a meeting room looks like Wonderful ideas that make use of the medium. The BI videos could be very helpful for “training on demand.” At SJCPL, […]
Via Ken Smith: http://www.mchron.net/site/edublog.php?id=P3344 Greatest Hits Collection: Tim Porter went on holiday and left behind a list of what he considers to be his best pieces. This is a list of maybe four dozen posts, with a link and a brief synopsis for each one. That’s an act of self-scrutiny that many bloggers should undertake, if we dare. Bloggers need to do what they can to give some staying power to their best writing. I thought I’d pull out my all-time favorite TTW posts and point to them here. Links to the posts are BOLD. TTW Favorites! The Balanced Librarian: […]
See this for the first 5 factors! Watch Open Source applications closely I didn’t bring this out as much as I should have in my post at ALA TechSource, but other folks did which I appreciate! I am fascinated by what’s happening with Open Source and, ILS Vendors forgive me, I would be tickled to see a project like Georgia’s Evergreen take off and be implemented in libraries everywhere, supported by a thriving community of OS Librarians. Think about it…pretty hot in my book. See ya Innovative…Hello Evergreen! Want customized RSS or other new features? Hold a hackfest and make […]