I’m off to teach all weekend at Dominican and then I’ll be at Chicago Public Library with Stephen Abram and Jenny Levine for their Scholars in Residence Program. I’ll blog when I can!
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http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2181372005 Here’s the HOT part about student created content and new ways to look at learning: The school was chosen after it successfully bid to pilot the “iPodagogy” project in Scotland. Pauline Walker, the school’s deputy headteacher, said the iPod could even allow the pupils to make their own television shows, which they may then download and watch back when they want. “It’s another way of delivering school work which is exciting, rather than writing an essay,” she said. “Anything that helps to get the kids thinking will help them to learn.” Ewan Aitken, the City of Edinburgh Council’s executive […]
Via cj at Technobiblio! 🙂 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/166/report_display.asp Interesting stuff on content creation and collaboration: Bloggers and to a lesser extent teens who read blogs are a particularly tech-savvy group of internet users. They have more technological tools such as cell phones and PDAs and are more likely to use them to go online. Not only do they live in technologically rich households, but they are more likely to have their own computer at home and to be able to use it in a private space. They help adults do things online. Most strikingly, they have more experience with almost all online […]
Via Nancy K, SJCPL’s Coordinator of Info Tech (who gets it big time!): This makes me sad. An article at the IndyStar notes how poorly Indiana fares in a study of how we stack up with other states in a “technology report card.” It seems Indiana has not progressed in tech start ups, graduating scientists and the tech economy in general http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005511020478 We rank rather low in some categories and actually dropped in a few. What do we need? The article says we need more science and math graduates, more technology in schools (that’s used) and a focus on information/tech […]
An open letter to everyone who spoke, attended and blogged the Public Libraries Track at Internet Librarian 2005: Thank you all for contributing to the track and its success. I was pleased to see so many folks attend and ask questions. I appreciate the energy in the room, the flashes going off when speakers posed with attendees, the hoots and hollers, the level of comfort the room had and the applause for the folks that got up to speak. I hope we can do it again next year in Monterey. mark your calendars: October 23-25, 2006! Special Thanks to the […]
It’s always good to read a piece called “Futurists Pick Top Tech trends” and apply the trends to how libraries and librarians might change. Take a look at this article in WIRED: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69138,00.html?tw=rss.GAD The trends: Simplicity Mobile Socialization R.I.P. Combustion Engine? Going Green IT Revolution of 2006 Devices will become simpler to use, possibly without the extra features that gum up gadgets like remotes and handhelds. With that, we’ll come to use or phones more for information, finding friends geographically (“who’s nearby?”) and voice recognition will make tasks easier. We’d better really get a grip on the mobile devices in […]
Libraries (and any bureaucracy) are excellent at planning and preparing ? we often prepare and plan for years ? but when those plans are put into place and executed we have a tendency to walk away without performing constant follow-up… I think that what we need to remember is that Library 1.0 is a restrictive place, governed by strict hierarchies, rigid boundaries, and underpinned by change-avoidance. Perhaps this is sufficient — knowing what we are wanting to move away from and where we want to go. The mechanism that is Library 2.0 will assist us in this journey. Michael Casey […]
Finally things have calmed down. Here goes a long overdue summary of what I took home from Monterey. #1 Public Librarians Rule I had high hopes for the track when we got the go ahead from Jane to put it together. I am super-pleased with the feedback I’ve received. (and send more if you haven’t…) There was such energy in the room… so, one thing I learned is the folks that work at PLS really seem to be interested in new technologies and serving their users. Public Librarians rule because they care about their users and their buildings and the […]
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Hurrah! I got to chat with Chris Jowaissis a bit at IL. He is incredible and I’m always glad to see a new post at Technobiblio. http://www.technobiblio.com/archives/2005/10/get_it_odl.php Seems CJ has found the first state library podcast, an interview with “ODL Public Information Officer Bill Young about the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma program.” Give it a listen as you form your own plans for podcasting events and interviews…