Brian Herzog writes a perfect post on why Firefox could and should be used on public computers (emphasis mine): http://tinyurl.com/4fzz6b My library is in the process of re-doing all of our public computers. One major change we’re making is to switch to Firefox for our web browser, instead of the Internet Explorer/Public Web Browser combo we’ve always used. The reason we’re switching is a simple one – Firefox is just cooler. It lets us have more control over how the browser functions, and lets us offer more tools integrated right into the browser. Better for us, better for patrons. Here’s […]
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John Klima writes: Here’s the magic of this. I am not confined in thinking that I need to be like everyone else, think like everyone else, or act like everyone else. I can’t be. We’re all unique. And being unique means that none of us are alike. You couldn’t follow the crowd if you wanted to. So how is this helpful? Why would you want to tell this to students? For me, it removed my inhibitions, it removed my fear of failure. No matter how awful things might feel in the moment, you can know deep down that you bring […]
Great idea from Finland: http://webometrics.fi/blog/blog/2008/05/05/library-20-tree/ On April 3-4 the research project Library 2.0 – a participatory context organised a workshop and a symposium. More about these can be read on the project web site. We had about 50 guest, including invited speakers from Estonia, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. To compensate the pollution and burden on the environment all the travelling caused, we decided to plant a tree, an ash (Fraxinus excelsior). I got the idea from ESSIR last year where the organisers did the same thing. The city of Turku was immediately interested in the idea and wanted to provide a space […]
11. I’m not good at presenting my ideas. 12. No one, besides me, really cares about innovation. 13. There’s too much bureaucracy here to get anything done. 14. Our customers aren’t asking for it. 15. We’re a risk averse culture. Always will be. 16. We don’t have an innovation process. 17. We don’t have a culture of innovation. Have you heard any of these? Have you said them?
Links & Citations: Links & Citations from the presentation CC Flickr Images used in the presentation Slide Downloads: The Hyperlinked Library (120MB Master PDF May 5, 2008) The Hyperlinked Library (Australian Version) (Special Thanks to Kathryn Greenhill for her help) The Hyperlinked Library (Trustee Version) Warren Newport PL Staff Day: WNPL 2.0
http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1715 Nicole writes: Karen Coyle has a great post on her site where she calls for help on creating “An easy, online, social library catalog.” Why another cataloging tool? Karen has recently returned from Kosovo where many of the library don’t have catalogs and certainly don’t have the resources to run many of the affordable solutions out there. Here’s Karen’s checklist: A social networking site where the society members are libraries, not individuals. The ability to capture copy cataloging from other libraries or create cataloging on the site itself. Full Unicode support, both for the interface and for the data. […]
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/mit-reinvents-the-post-it-note-with-post-it-notes/ Watch the video and ponder how we could use this in libraries: quick and dirty notes for planning, tagging books for pickup, etc.
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2927/flashing-lights-warn-library-visitors-to-be-quiet (Thanks to Ken at Crown Library for the heads up.)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ksu-ima050108.php# OMG! LOL. TTYL. For many adults over the age of 30, the former groupings of letters would seem incoherent, but for a newer generation of technologically-savvy young adults it can say a lot. “Instant messaging, or IM, is not just bad grammar or a bunch of mistakes,” says Dr. Pamela Takayoshi, Kent State University associate professor of English. “IM is a separate language form from formal English and has a common set of language features and standards.” Takayoshi, Kent State associate professor of English Dr. Christina Haas and four Kent State undergraduate researchers examined the language of instant messaging. […]
| View | Upload your own David Armano posts a presentation on Micro Interactions at his blog Logic+Emotion. I think he really taps into an important opportunity for libraries. Take a look and checkout his well-cited and well-crafted show. Don’t miss the points about consumer-generated content, Starbucks and lifestreaming. Does your library have a way to participate in your users’ lifestream?