http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=5388404&page=1 Frustrated, she logged on to Twitter from her BlackBerry and typed “Damn Internet down in my house. Arrrrrgh. Can’t fix until Thursday. Shoot me.” Twitter kicked in. Wallace didn’t know that Comcast had a digital detecting unit searching the Internet diligently looking for unhappy customers who needed help. Frank Eliason heads that unit for Comcast and saw her rant. “She clearly needed help. As soon as I saw her post I started tracking her down.” Eliason went to great lengths to find Wallace. He located her Web site, found who owned her domain name, tracked down her business partner, […]
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Via Open Access News: New partners for Flickr Commons The George Eastman House and the Bibliothèque de Toulouse have joined Flickr Commons and will provide OA to some of their images there. (Thanks to Boing Boing.) The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian is also providing access to part of its collection on Flickr, though not as part of Flickr’s The Commons project. The images are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license (images in the Commons are in the public domain). (Thanks to Patrick Peccatte.)
Lori Reed writes: http://librarytrainer.com/2008/08/02/bill-to-ban-facebook-in-libraries/ What I am really here to say is that it’s important to educate children so that they can make smart decisions in any circumstance. From USA Today: Congress is considering a bill that would bar children who use computers in public libraries from accessing Facebook and other social networking websites without parental permission. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard recently. First, how will we define “other social networking websites” when pretty much every site is becoming a social networking site? Has anyone in Congress heard of Web 2.0? Second, how […]
I’m always happy to hear from former students. I just got a nice email from Mick Jacobsen. TTW readers may remember him from his info about LibGuides. He’s moved on to some cool stuff: Our first gaming event is taking place later today (spearheaded by me). We have a Wii and PS2 for DDR. So far nearly 50 kids of signed up, luckily we also have lots of board games so no riots. We will have an adult gaming event in the near future and I am working with the senior centers to bring the Wii to them. The website […]
From Sean: From WNDU coverage of a trial in LaPorte. (http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/25752679.html) Apparently, WNDU is Twittering a running commentary of the day in court via a cell phone and Twitter.
http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/counters-to-enterprise-20-objections/ John at Library Clips weighs in on 15 Objections to Using Social Learning: Objection #5: How Do You Know it’s Accurate? What if someone posts inaccurate information (unlike email it’s visible to a lot of people), and someone acts on it? I actually mentioned this in a previous post as the garderns job, to go back to old posts and re-edit them or use comments to correct situations. But this is self-organised as well, the ecosystem may correct itself to an extent, people are quick to catch people out and correct things. The blogosphere is self-regulating in this way, you say […]
Contenders DDR, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library. Please read this post and the comments at LiB: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/07/photo-release-f.html The one major goal (and you probably already guessed it) is the requirement to have a signed photo release form from anyone who is identifiable in any photos of using the library’s services, in the library, outside the library, anywhere. I know libraries that require releases only for photos with 5 or less people in them. I know libraries that require releases period, for every face, back of the head, profile, anything. I know libraries that only require releases for photos […]
Via http://engagedlearning.net/ Objection #15 – The Silent Yet Deadly Objection #14: Prove It! Objection #13: How Do You Measure ROI? Objection #12: How Will You Measure That It Is Working? Objection #11: Too Much Info Objection #10: Wasting Time Objection #9: They Aren’t Technical Objection #8: Out of Date Information Objection #7: The Information is Wrong! Objection #6: Mixing Things Up Objection #5: How Do You Know it’s Accurate? Objection #4: Posting Anything, Including Bonobos Objection #3: Control of Information Objection #2: What Does This Have To Do With Training? Objection #1: Socialize! Learning manager Kevin Jones offers insights and solutions […]
I’ve been testing Twinkle… it too does things with the localization features of the iPhone 2.0 software. I’ve discovered Twitter folk near me in Mishawaka…but sadly Spider Lake is devoid of Twitterers right now. This is fun, a little silly, but also a serious: what will localization do for us in the coming years?
Brian Kenney writes: Have you heard of 23 Things, the self-guided program for learning about 2.0 web technology? It was developed by Helene Blowers a couple of years ago at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and since then has been adopted across the country by public and school libraries, districts, and even entire states. It consists of a number of “things,” or small exercises, that you do online to expand your knowledge of the 2.0 web and social networking, from blogs and podcasts to wikis and Twitter. For a while now (and prodded by our Technology Editor, Kathy Ishizuka) I’ve realized it […]