Archive for June, 2005
Blogdigger Local On KCPW
June 12th, 2005I’m listening to Greg Gershman (or is it Gersham - listen to the audio) talk about (mp3) Blogdigger Local.
Never Underestimate the Power of Professional Networks
June 12th, 2005From an article in the NYT titled, “Enough Keyword Searches. Just Answer My Question“:
“Recently, for example, I was trying to track the changes in California’s spending on its schools. In the 1960’s, when I was in public school there, the legend was that only Connecticut spent more per student than California did. Now, the [...]
Sunlink Announcements via Blog
June 12th, 2005Alicia links to The Sunlink Announcements Blog. She found a comment from them in one of her blog posts and reprinted it (I do that a lot as good comments sometimes go unread). The comment reads:
“We are SO happy that you discovered SUNLINK Announcements! It is intended for Florida K-12 public school library media [...]
Conference & Corporate Blogging - A Case Study
June 11th, 2005For those interested in setting up a conference blog for your organization, this case study may be helpful. A few quotes that I found interesting:
+ On sponsorships - “There were both advantages and drawbacks to having a sponsor. When the sponsorship team sought a backer for financing the Internet terminals that would [...]
Chicago Here I Come
June 11th, 2005Look what came in the mail today. Getting excited!!
Conference Wikis
June 11th, 2005They have a wiki for the Reboot7 conference (they are using the Wiki as the conference web site) and a section called Comments On Speeches. Lots of congrunting going on. This is the type of thing I would love to see when we have the official wiki at Internet Librarian.
It also [...]
Blogging ALA on a wiki!
June 9th, 2005I must admit, I’m pumped for ALA Annual (Let us also not forget CLA next week!). The PLA bloggers will be out in force (we’ve got many bloggers signed up already) and we will definitely participate in the conference coverage on the wiki. I think we’re getting closer and closer to figuring out [...]
Two More Bookmark Managers
June 9th, 2005Loosewire mentions two bookmark managers/locators which may be of interest:
1) NetVouz - Not only tag your favorites and get feeds, but you can organize them in personalized directories. Neat!
2) Favorites Finder - “Favorites Finder runs in a bar at the bottom of your browser and by typing a few key letters you can navigate [...]
Silence in the Stacks
June 9th, 2005Scott McLemee wanted to know if there were any “ruminative” academic librarian bloggers out there, so he turned to Steven Bell:
““I can’t say any individual has developed a blog that has emerged as the ‘voice of academic librarianship,’ ” noted Bell in response to my query. “Why? If I had to advance a theory I’d [...]
Finding Answers Beyond Web Search
June 9th, 2005Gary Price has written a fantastic commentary on BetaNews
“Sure, there is plenty of great content on the open Web, but it’s far from ‘everything.’ Plus, even if what you’re looking for has been crawled and indexed by Google or Yahoo, there is no guarantee that you’ll create the proper search to have it appear at [...]
Six Degrees of Wikipedia
June 9th, 2005More fun goodies from Wikipedia. Six Degrees of Wikipedia:
“[F]inds the shortest path between any two Wikipedia articles in the main namespace using wiki links.”
Not working as of this writing, but I’ll play with it later (hopefully). More stuff here. Is there an API for Wikipedia? (link via Ross Mayfield’s Bookmarks)
FeedLounge
June 9th, 2005FeedLounge looks interesting:
“Besides standard feed reading features, FeedLounge offers a number of unique features like tagging, saving items indefinitely, flagging items and access from any modern browser.”
I’ve subscribed to the blog.
Ann Arbor District Library Will Unleash New RSS/Bloggy Web Site
June 8th, 2005Edward Vielmetti is on the technology advisory board and gives us the scoop:
“The old library catalog is a DRA product running on OpenVMS on DEC Alpha hardware, with a Frontier front end for doing events and notices and reading lists and locations and hours and other library information stuff. The new catalog system will be [...]
LJ Launches Blog…with RSS Feed
June 8th, 2005OK, someone is messing with my head. A day after I pan Library Journal for releashing a new version of their site without RSS Feeds, I see this evening (via Jessamyn) that they launched a Tech Blog, with many veteran library bloggers (Blake, Michael, Aaron, Lori, and more) on “staff.” Subscribed!!
OK LJ, you’ve [...]
Live Changes in Wikipedia
June 8th, 2005Got a few minutes? Take a look at real-time changes in Wikipedia. What thrilled me was the number of changes happening every second!
This reminds me. I’d love to be updated via RSS whenever there are changes to specific entries in Wikipedia. Do they have this yet? I couldn’t find [...]
2nd Interview Up on PLA Blog
June 8th, 2005The second interview for the PLA Blog is is now up. Get ready to learn about the many blogs (including the Blogger Book Club) from Lynn Dennis at the Roselle (IL) Public Library.
NPLN Workshop
June 7th, 2005Tomorrow morning, I’m driving to Wilkes-Barre, PA for a presentation to the Northeastern Pennsylvania Library Network. The committee for the full-day workshop have been keeping each other informed with a blog, which is pretty slick. I’ll have to ask them if it worked.
Kirkus RSS Feeds
June 7th, 2005It’s a feedalicious day! Librarian in Black mentions that Kirkus Reviews has feeds. There are four of ‘em:
+ Most Viewed Stories
+ Most E-mailed Stories
+ Most printed Stories
+ Most Saved Stories
Not the best presentation of RSS that I have seen (stuck behind a pop-up with funky URLs), but at least they have them, which [...]
Jane Dysart Honored
June 7th, 2005My colleague and friend Jane Dysart was honored with the Karen Switt Award from the Leadership and Management Division. Congrats Jane!
I’m having a ball reading the SLA Conference Blog. I feel like I’m there.
Medicare RSS Feeds
June 7th, 2005Medicare just launched 4 RSS Feeds:
+ Medicare.gov Spotlight
+ CMS.HHS.gov Spotlight
+ Medicare.gov Site Updates
+ CMS.HHS.gov Headlines
Suweeeeet!
LJ Misses Boat Again
June 7th, 2005New Library Journal site. No RSS. Ugh!
Blog Presentation at SLA
June 6th, 2005Richard Akerman took notes from a blogging/RSS presentation at SLA today. It looks like Library Stuff was mentioned in the same breath as “evaluation blog.” Neat.
Another Day, Another List
June 6th, 2005Bonnie Shucha has created another list, this one of law libraries using RSS (other than blogs).
Yet Another Reason to Start a Blog
June 6th, 2005I’ve reversed my thinking that everyone should have a blog (thanks Walt), but I still think that blogs are very useful for library professionals. For example, take a look at the following quote from an article titled, Web Sites, Blogs Can Boost Your Career:
“Blogs are also being touted as a strategy for career [...]
Louisiana Supreme Court RSS Feed
June 6th, 2005Ernie The Attorney mentions that the Louisiana Supreme Court now has a feed for their news releases. Ernie had some issues with the feed (”the feeds are not only ‘partial’ but also don’t contain any distinguishing information that is useful”) and I can’t access it at all (XML parsing error). Ho Hum. Two [...]
Teachers and Del.icio.us
June 5th, 2005Alicia, my buddy from TLA, needs some infomation on how teachers are using del.icio.us. If you’re a teacher, help her out if you can.
Getting Localized With RSS
June 4th, 2005Brian Chin blogs about the new Seattle Intelligencer Webtowns RSS Feeds. I love this!
My new area of interest these days is localized news and how this type of information can be delivered to the people who care about it, the citizens. This is not a new idea at all, but the issue intrigues [...]
The All New Utah.gov
June 3rd, 2005David Fletcher reports that a new Utah state page went live this week. As we know from the past, Utah is a hotbed for emerging technologies, so I was not dissapointed to see lots of shiny happy RSS buttons. Hey, New York State: How about some RSS goodness?
List O’ Law Lib Blogs
June 3rd, 2005Bonnie Shucha has started a list of “Law Library Blogs and Blogs by Law Librarians or Law Library Associations.” (link via Law Librarian Blog)
2 New Library Blogs
June 3rd, 20052 new(ish) library blogs that were submitted to LISFeeds today:
1) Infomancy - “I am Christopher Harris, the Director of a School Library System in Western NY who is currently overworking myself in the simultaneous pursuit of two advanced degrees required to keep said job” (Hosted on the UB School of Informatics blog server)
2) Promote Your [...]