Archive for January, 2005
Making the Case for a Wiki
January 31st, 2005There is an article in the latest issue of Ariadne on Wikis. The author, Emma Tonkin, brings up the concept of the single user wiki, something that I had never thought of before:
“Talking to yourself may well be the first sign of madness, but what about writing to yourself? At first sight, it seems [...]
Who Rocks? Michael and Aaron do!
January 31st, 2005Michael Stephens and Aaron Schmidt will be doing the library community proud when they present at the Online Social Networks Conference in Februrary. Here is their track:
The Library Blogosphere: Toward a Working Taxonomy
Hosted by: Michael Stephens and Aaron Schmidt
The classification of library related blogs has provided insight into the ways libraries and librarians are [...]
Multiple Open Tagging Bookmarklet Thingy
January 31st, 2005Hip Hip Hooray!! I’ve been waiting for a tool like this one to come along. If you can’t decide whether you want to use Furl, del.icio.us, or a few others, why not just post to more than one?
The Delicious Furled Tea Bookmarklet Maker will pop-up a few boxes for you to [...]
Firefox Plugin for Searching the CISTI Catalogue.
January 31st, 2005Scitech Library Question comes up with another big post (linked from Richard Akerman) about a Firefox plug-in for the CISTI Catalogue.
I used CISTI a lot when I was at the law firm. A great product and well worth the price of obtaining documents that can’t be found elsewhere. And boy do [...]
New(ish) Library Bloggers Strut Their Stuff
January 31st, 2005Since LISblogsource is officially kaput, I figured that I’d mention a few of the new(ish) library weblogs that I have come across over the past month or two (many are older than that – I’m just a bit slow on the uptake).
I found these 3 through my ego feed (well, the last one was linked [...]
Still Bloggin’ About Internet Librarian
January 30th, 2005Carol Cooke attended a pre-conference worekshop on RSS and Weblogs that Jenny and I did at Internet Librarian in November and is still writing about her experiences there. She blogs:
“Think about your average day, one of the most important things you can to to remain relevant to your institution is to read. Journals, newsletters, [...]
Furl for Thought
January 30th, 2005Steven Johnson has a well-blogged-about essay in the NYT Book Review entitled Tool for Thought. In it he talks about a tool he uses to store all his research articles, notes to himself, and more.
“Having all this information available at my fingerprints does more than help me find my notes faster. Yes, when I’m [...]
Another Weblogs in the Library Article
January 30th, 2005One of my editors (Thanks RVM) sent me this e-mail on Friday morning:
“There’s an article in the latest Library Resources and Technical Services…that you might be interested in, entitled, “TalkLeft, Boing Boing, and Scrappleface: The Phenomenon of Weblogs and their Impact on Library Technical Services” by Paul Moeller and Nathan Rupp.”
I’m interested! I’m interested! [...]
Del.icio.us Tag Stemmer
January 30th, 2005The Delicious tag stemmer by Matt Biddulph seems useful. It helps in cleaning up your tags that you have created with the same tag stems (ie blog/blogs). Take a look at this example.
I found this from a feed to http://del.icio.us/tag/del.icio.us that I subscribe to. A good number of posts that I [...]
Hyperlinkage
January 30th, 2005One of my Furl feeds linked me to Hyperlinkage, a new web-based aggregator. I signed up (of course I did) and played with it for a while and was impressed with the system. Registration was easy (even though they send an e-mail confirmation, I didn’t immediately have to go there and get it [...]
Interview with Bruno Bornsztein of Feedmarker
January 28th, 2005I had the opportunity to interview Bruno Bornsztein, the creator of Feedmarker. It has been published over at ResourceShelf.
Staying Motivated
January 28th, 2005I’m often asked how I stay motivated to blog every day (well, almost every day). I tell them that if you have a passion for something, then the motivation will just come naturally. I also mention that reading what other people write often helps. For example, I have been a fan of [...]
Connotea – Social Bookmarking for Scientists
January 28th, 2005The Scitech library question mentions Connotea:
“Connotea was created by Nature Publishing Group’s New Technology team. The ideas behind it come from del.icio.us, a general collaborative bookmarking service. Connotea takes this concept and adds some features to tailor it to the needs of scientists. CiteULike is a similar online academic bookmark management service based on del.icio.us, [...]
Don’t Get Political On Us
January 28th, 2005On Monday, I mentioned that I was going to read and report on a book entitled Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World.
I started reading it this AM and realized right away that it was highly politicized. The first chapter was very skewed towards one political agenda over another. I’m [...]
Go Directly toThis Article…
January 26th, 2005Do not pass go, do not collect $200. If you are at all interested in social software and its impact on conferences, take a look at this article titled Social Software and the Future of Conferences – Right Now, published in Educause Review. A taste:
“New social software technologies can support the conference experience, [...]
Cornucopia
January 26th, 2005I knew that I would love looking at this presentation titled, Enhancing Internal Communications with Blogs, Wikis, and More after reading the first few sentences:
“With so many virtual teams today, along with what some are calling the “collapse of email”, organizations are looking for new and innovative ways for teams to communicate. For many, the [...]
Q&As from the UK DOH via RSS
January 26th, 2005The National Electronic Library For for Heath in the UK provides RSS Feeds for Hitting The Headlines, What’s New? and Document Of The Week.
Today, they announced that their Primary Care Query Answering Service Q&As are available via RSS as well. This is a great way for any government organization to not only get [...]
Tagsurf
January 25th, 2005Can you tell that I’m tag happy these days? Today, Nick at Threadwatch posted a much needed Folksonomies 101 and mentioned Tagsurf:
“Welcome to Tagsurf. Tagsurf is a new type of online message board which uses tags to help organize subjects instead of threads or channels. Join now for free and start posting tagged messages. [...]
Online Insider
January 25th, 2005Did you know that Library Stuff is not the only blog being published by Information Today? Maydee Ojala is blogging too. Say hello to Online Insider:
“…the editorial blog by Marydee Ojala, Editor of ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals. ONLINE Insider intends to extend the reach of the print publication, presenting a [...]
UWinnipeg Library is a Bloggin’
January 25th, 2005It looks like this has been around for a while, but I hadn’t seen it until tonight. The University of Winnipeg Library has a weblog to “Promoting online resources and print reference material in the University of Winnipeg Library.”
It also looks like they are attempting (or attemped) to start a blogging initiative. (link via [...]
Greg Schwartz Podcasts!
January 24th, 2005Got 27 minutes? If so, then grab a Snickers bar and take a listen to Greg Schwartz as he ventures out into the world of library podcasting.
Topics include an introduction to podcasts, a bit on what he does at his job, and a lengthy discussion on everyones favorite new topic, folksonomies.
All in all, a [...]
But Will Your Patrons Dig It?
January 24th, 2005In my most recent Internet Spotlight column, I discuss how libraries can incorporate community-based readers advisory into the library catalog. My thought process was based upon using the patrons who take books (and other materials) out of your library to advise other patrons on the same. Who better to recommend books to patrons [...]
Antifolksonomy
January 24th, 2005Forget the obvious irony, but if you want the other side of the folksonomy debate, take a look at the Antifolksonomy page on del.icio.us.
Metafilter adds Tags
January 24th, 2005Steve Rubel reports that Metafilter has implemented a tagging schema for their posts.
I wonder why they didn’t implement RSS Feeds for these tags? Without them, I don’t think I’d use this new (albeit fun) service. Sigh.
Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World
January 24th, 2005I just ordered a copy of this book, which was just published last week. It’ll make for good train reading. Expect a review when I’ve finished it (maybe in a week or two). (link via Jolly Blogger)
Headline Errors Librarians Hate to Read
January 24th, 2005Nearest Neighbor News Network
January 23rd, 2005Nearest Neighbor News Network is another web-based aggregator. From the site:
“NNNN collects articles from news sites and weblogs of your choosing and then displays them all together. It also displays other articles that it believes you would be interested in.”
I took it for a test run and liked its ease of use. [...]
Why I Love My Wife – Reason Number 6934
January 23rd, 2005My wife is into baby names. I mean REALLY into baby names. She spends more hours per day discussing them in online forums than I do reading my aggregator. So today, when Tara posted about Think Baby Names , I IM’d my wife the link. Tonight, she got back to me [...]
Librarians Need to be Flexible.
January 23rd, 2005Regarding open tagging structures and folksonomies, Clay Shirky writes:
“What’s certain is that the explosion of content that makes folksonomies a forced move was a done deal a long time ago. The librarians are now in the same situation as the journalists: “What will happen when everyone can do what we do, without having to be [...]
Legislative Bloggers
January 23rd, 2005Some North Dakota senators are blogging. A great way to get their issues across to their constituencies. Not the first government officials to do this, but impressive nonetheless. Of course, these blogs come with RSS Feeds. An interesting quote from the article where I located this resource via Topix:
“Sen. Tom Trenbeath, [...]
