I finally buckled down and completed the 23 Things on CSLA's Web 2.0 tutorial. Now I'm conversant if not a convert. I am just old school enough that I see some of these apps as interesting and amazing, but huge time wasters......I love delicious, think Flickr is amazing, love Wordle, get blogging, still don't see the VALUE of Twitter. I will use some of the great links on my school library web page like the The British Library---WOW! Continue
Added by Susan Cline on November 13, 2009 at 11:17pm —
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Last night I took in a program at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library about the James Bonds films. It was hosted by Raymond Benson, who has written 9 James Bond books, and Dann Gire, the film critic from the Daily Herald newspaper.
Their commentary was great, filling us in on tidbits we would otherwise not have known. The clips from the films were also great. A refreshing change of pace instead of staying home and watching TV.
What kind of programs does your library offer? Continue
Added by Morgan Mandel on November 13, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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ETTLIS-2010
2nd International Symposium on
“Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services”
June 3-5, 2010
Venue
Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan (Near Shimla) (HP)-173215 India
Jointly Organized by
Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (HP) – India
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida (UP) – India
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library IIT Roorki (Uttrakhand) – India
Central Library, Delhi Technological University, Delhi… Continue
Added by Shri Ram on November 9, 2009 at 3:33pm —
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How do you share links, resources with your library patrons? In the past, the default option would certainly be through email. There is nothing wrong with sharing links through emails, though it seems to me a more structured and organized way would be better.
But today with the rise of social networks, collaborative tools and general web 2.0 love, there are a bewildering number of online sharing options, I thought it would be useful in this post to briefly consider each class of tools and asses… Continue
Added by Aaron Tay on November 4, 2009 at 6:52am —
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A couple of months back , I wrote a post entitled Creating custom search boxes for library use. This is one of my top 10 most popular blog posts and also one of the posts which I'm most proud of because it is one of my few posts that I feel is pretty original.
In that post, I figured out a way to create search widgets/boxes for practically any database, which can be embedded in many places… Continue
Added by Aaron Tay on November 4, 2009 at 6:50am —
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Haven't had much time to blog this weekend, as I was busy running a pilot survey for my Phd (more about that in the future), but I will just share 2 wild/random ideas I have about email.
Gmail and LibX
In my last post, I talked about how LibX is very useful, for acquisitions work, in particular how it c… Continue
Added by Aaron Tay on November 4, 2009 at 6:47am —
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A few years ago we (my bib team) looked at our cataloguing and classification processes and tried to work out how we could improve the processes and cut down on the human input side of things. I was one of 2 main cataloguing staff working for a large public library service and I knew that it didn't make sense to have every single record we received from our suppliers updated by hand, so that it fitted in with our local needs. We still needed to keep some local information, but we were sure that… Continue
Added by Gary Green on October 28, 2009 at 11:48am —
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Dear Friends,
I am seeking someone who can conduct the tutorial on Library 2.0 during 2nd International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS) 2010 during June 3-5, 2010 at JUIT Waknaghat (HP) India. Person should have some practical experience.
I am happy to inform that we have one special theme on Library 2.0 where people will share their experiences and success stories.
I take this opportunity to invite all the members of this special g… Continue
Added by Dr. Sanjay Kataria on October 20, 2009 at 12:10pm —
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2nd International Symposium on “Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services” (ETTLIS-2010), June 3-5, 2010
INVITATION
Invitation for Participation and Paper Contribution on Emerging Issues of Libraries and Information Services, but not limited to the following:
• Global Best Practices in Library and Information Services
• Emerging Technologies: Issues and Challenges
• Change Management in Libraries and Information Centres
• Strategic Partnership and International Col… Continue
Swedish library conference Knytpunkt 2009 including speachers as John Blyberg and Peter Williams will be broadcasted over the net.
You can follow the conference by login in as guest and a username on https://connect.sunet.se/knutpunkt2009
Sessions in English are (local time): Wednesday Oct 21
10.15 - 11.15 John Blyberg: ""Strike Anywhere: How the 21st Century Library c… Continue
Added by Peter Alsbjer on October 20, 2009 at 5:00am —
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Wouldn't it be good if you could follow someone on Twitter and only receive their Tweets that were relevant to the reason you started following them? For example, Imagine you started following someone because they were an expert on Web2.0 stock management. Imagine that they were also obsessed with Steve Davis (snooker player). In this fantasy world you also happen to dislike snooker so much that a mention of the yellow slipping in the pocket after being nudged gently by the blue makes you fall a… Continue
Added by Gary Green on October 8, 2009 at 6:41am —
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CFP (Call for papers) reminder emtacl10 http://www.emtacl.com
emtacl10 —
The international conference for cutting-edge technological developments in libraries within higher-education.
Abstract submission: 15 October 2009 https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=emtacl10 Continue
Added by Joost Hegle on October 6, 2009 at 4:30am —
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Here's an idea for Augmented Reality. Why not integrate a map of book and film locations into Augmented Reality handheld devices? So, if you're walking through central London, you can call up the film 'American Werewolf in London', it would direct you to the location of scenes, then once you got there it would pinpoint the exact spot/angle a scene was filmed at and replay the scene, overlaying the film on top of the real time image over your device. Live the film! Or how about going to Woking an… Continue
I finally buckled down and completed the 23 Things on CSLA's Web 2.0 tutorial. Now I'm conversant if not a convert. I am just old school enough that I see some of these apps as interesting and amazing, but huge time wasters......I love delicious, ...
Last night I saw a great program at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library about the James Bonds films. It was hosted by Raymond Benson, who has written 9 James Bond books, and Dann Gire, the film critic from the Daily Herald newspaper.
Their com...