Archive for May, 2004
Weblogs at PLA
May 20th, 2004Well, PLA doesn’t have a weblog (yet), but I wrote a piece for their site on public libraries and weblogs. It will have to be updated to reflect the changes in Blogger and MT, but the basics are still there.
UThink in Library Journal
May 19th, 2004There is an article in Library Journal about UThink, the fabulous weblog project from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Hey, LJ, fix that URL. (link via ResourceShelf)
Ref Grunt
May 18th, 2004RIP Ref Grunt. You will be missed. Thanks Peter.
Customize and Filter your RSS
May 18th, 2004I gave a silent “Hip Hip Hooray” (it’s getting late) after reading the following quote from Harold Check’s interview with Mark Fletcher of Bloglines“HC: My analogy about bookmarks was really just about numbers. People can navigate a few hundred items, whether it’s websites or email addresses or whatever. Beyond that, we start to have trouble. [...]
Blogger Goes Photo Blog
May 18th, 2004About.com points out that Blogger has introduced photoblogging, via Hello. The service is free (for now, I assume), so maybe I’ll give it a try every now and then and post pictures of Hallie every once in a while. (link via Topix)
Feed on Feeds and Link Dumps
May 17th, 2004Last week, I asked Blake to set up Feed on Feeds on the LS domain. After my begging and pleading, he finally installed it yesterday, and I have been playing with it. I’ve always wanted a web-based aggregator on my own server that would update the feeds on an hourly basis and cache [...]
Stephen Cohen’s thoughts on Enterprise Architecture
May 17th, 2004I know nothing about Enterprise Architecture, but this Stephen Cohen does. Of course, he spells his first name wrong…
Lexis v. Westlaw
May 16th, 2004I was quoted in an article in the ABA Journal entitlled, “TOWERING TITANS: LexisNexis and West Are Still Battling for Dominance”, written by Jason Krause. This is a well-written article. A must read for anyone working with these two databases. My quote:“As the two behemoths work toward competitive balance, lawyers, paralegals and [...]
Plogs
May 15th, 2004An interesting article in CIO Magazine entitled, “The Virtues of Chitchat”, by Michael Schrage, discusses the use of blogs within corporate IT departments, most notably with keeping everyone informed with ongoing projects. Schrage calls them project logs, or “plogs”. A few quotes:“Curious, I pinged a few of those Fortune 500 friends. To my astonishment, [...]
Save LISNews Button
May 13th, 2004Jessamyn has created a Save LISNews button. I’ve placed it on LS and encourage you to do it as well. If you can save it on your own server and not just link to mine, that would be appreciated. How ironic would that be…
Listservs….not for me
May 13th, 2004The Young Librarian has a discussion about listservs, giving reasons why she is a member of 12 (that’s right, 12) of ‘em. She makes some good points:“Each listserv does serve a specific purpose. There are a couple of listservs which have considerable overlap in general purpose, but each has it’s own personality, despite sharing [...]
Aspen Times RSS Feeds
May 12th, 2004The Aspen Times now offers 7 RSS Feeds for their content in RSS.91 and RSS 2.0 format. Great News.
RSS Tutorial Part IV: News, News & More News
May 12th, 2004Cindy L. Chick has posted part 4 of her RSS tutorial, this one concentrating on commercial news. As I’ve said many times before (sorry if it starting to get old), but I think (heck, I know) that they future of RSS is in customization of resources, not just the resources themselves.
Speaking of presentations…
May 12th, 2004Darlene Fichter is doing a video-conference for the MOLO Regional Library System entitled, “Using Weblogs to Promote Library Services: It’s Easier Than You Think”:“What is a blog and how could this tool be used by your library? More and more libraries are using blogs to help market programs and services from publishing online newsletters, library [...]
Untangling Blogs and RSS
May 12th, 2004Yesterday, two librarians at Georgia State University, who have started a bunch of weblogs, presented on Blogs and RSS [PDF], for the SLA Georgia Chapter. They started a TypePad weblog, which I assume will not be updated, but you never know. I would love to see a copy of the presentation…We need to [...]
Save the Whales…and LISNews
May 12th, 2004LISnews, has been a staple in the library weblog community since 1999. It has been the driving force behind many library weblogs (mine included) which, without the support and continuous work of Blake, probably would have ceased by now. My point: Blake Carver is one of the driving forces behind the library weblog [...]
Check GMail Address Availability
May 11th, 2004I got an IM today from a colleague today. He scored a suweeet Gmail account e-mail address. I like mine (stevenmcohen [at] gmail.com). If you want to check the availability of a gmail address, try this resource. If your username is taken, they’ll provide a few suggestions…(via del.icio.us)
Blogsnow
May 11th, 2004This is pretty neat. blogsnow displays the most popular weblog links to particular online resources. For example, Ebay, and CNN. The most popular link on Ebay is a wedding dress being sold by a disgruntled ex-husband.Could any of this work in the library world? Or maybe the library weblog world? [...]
Day Off…kinda
May 11th, 2004Gorgeous day here on Long Island. I took a needed day off from work to relax and enjoy the sun and Hallie. Plus, today is the first day of my online workshop called “The Beginners Guide to Weblogs and RSS”, a four week class complete with hands on training. It should be a [...]
Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes
May 11th, 2004Amanda is in need of some help. She wants to keep Bibliolotry.net going, but she’s not sure what she wants to blog about.“Turns out that, out of no where, I’m doing a lot more library research/writing than I expected so I just can’t find the time to sustain this model. I’m tempted to go [...]
Google Blog
May 11th, 2004They tricked us with a ‘test’ URL last week, but Google has officialy launched Google Blog, powered by Blogger (duh!).“Get the latest word direct from the Googleplex about new technology, hot issues, and the wide world of search”. (Atom Feed).I like the idea of big search companies having an official weblog. Microsoft has done [...]
NewsYouCanUse
May 10th, 2004For you Mac RSS readers out there, you might want to check out NewsYouCanUse:“NewsYouCanUse is a small application that provides continuously updated newsfeeds right in your menubar.
• Online directory of 260+ feeds
• Drag and drop RSS feeds• Lives in your menubar, letting you know when there’s something new• Optional alert sound when a site is [...]
RSS Feeds from Network World Fusion
May 10th, 2004Not only does Network World Fusion have a shitload of RSS Feeds (seriously, check ‘em out), but they have a way to customize them as well. Great work.Now, if I were only interested in the exciting world of computer networks…
Yenra
May 10th, 2004“Yenra is an online news magazine that covers emerging trends, technologies, and products…A number of RSS feeds are available from Yenra” (via Internet Resources Newsletter)Techie librarians note: There is a feed for RFID.
Yay and Yuck!!!
May 9th, 2004My favorite tool to come out of the new Blogger upgrade is that each post creates a separate page. This is a feature that I have wanted for a long time in Blogger (it has long been a staple in MovableType, and you can create stories in Radio, which has separate pages). So, you’ll [...]
More Quickies
May 6th, 2004Still busy as beans, but here are some more links that came across my aggregator within the past few days:1) Blogging Overview (via Kalsey)2) Blogs Counter Political Plottings – “Social networking, online community activism and blogs have started a “revolution of the ants,” and it’s spreading beyond the Net. That was the assessment of [...]
Google Apps
May 6th, 2004I’m convinced that half of the stuff that I post here wouldn’t have been possible if I hadn’t “met” Michael Fagan. Well, maybe an eighth of the stuff. Today, in his del.icio.us page (I’m telling you, grab that RSS Feed), he links to Google Apps, which has a few neat Google tools, like [...]
Reuters RSS Feeds
May 6th, 2004Suweeeeeeet!! (Sorry Karen, this one deserves two explanation points)And just in time for my presentation tomorrow for the Westchester Library Association.One issue with the Reuters Feeds. I’m all for huge news companies providing content via RSS, but I think they need to take it one step further. I want customized feeds for specific [...]
Making Love….um…..Gloves
May 6th, 2004There are many stories like this one, but I had to literally pick myself off the floor after reading it:“What is “Kama Sutra?” she asks.“It’s the positions of love,” I tell her, “Sexual positions…”“Ahhh. Gracias. But tell me. What does that have to do with making the…um…how you say? Gloves? For the manos. For the [...]
More Quickies
May 4th, 2004I’m in the midst of three projects, so updates in the next few weeks will be sporadic. I am, however, dutifully reading my aggregator everyday and have saved a few links over the past few days:Feed Me Links (via del.icio.us) – “Feedmelinks organizes your bookmarks so you can get to them from all your [...]
