Archive for February, 2006
More on OPML and Reading Lists
February 28th, 2006Ellyssa Kroski has joined the OPML-Newbies group and has started playing with Reading Lists. She’s created an OPML file of library conference related stuff. Although, she writes:
“As I created and tested my OPML file, I discovered that although it is easy to add plain html links to the outline, the news reader [...]
Carnival!
February 28th, 2006Just a quick post to remind you that the Carnival of the Infosciences is coming to Library Stuff on Monday. Send all of your submissions to stevenmcohen [at] gmail.com.
aleah marie
February 27th, 2006Yet another neat looking (content wise) librarian blog:
aleah marie - “Tales of an aspiring librarian.”
Subscribed!
It’s a good thing LISfeeds is coming back online soon. We have so many new blogs to add.
Application of Ranganathan’s laws to the Web
February 27th, 2006This paper should be an interesting read:
“This paper analyzes the Web and raises a significant question: ‘Does the Web save the time of the users?’ This question is analyzed in the context of Five Laws of the Web. What do these laws mean? The laws are meant to be elemental, to convey a deep understanding [...]
Andrew Pace - Gotta Love the Guy
February 27th, 2006In his latest column, he writes:
“Despite the lack of buzz on the vendor floor, there were some buzzwords that vendors and libraries could both latch onto and apply to their markets. ‘Library 2.0′ made the rounds as an extension of last year’s “Web 2.0.” Put simply, the 2.0 moniker denotes a next generation of web [...]
Dynix Institute Web Seminar
February 27th, 2006It looks like the folks at SirsiDynix are making the library blogger rounds these days. There are lots of us doing these institutes. Today, mine went up, as did Alane Wilson’s, Greg Schwartz’s (no, we don’t share the same job), and Meredith Farkas’s.
I’m excited for my first real chat about libraries being [...]
RSS, Libraries, and Yet Another Librarian Blogger Survey
February 26th, 2006Is it me or are library blogger surveys all the rage these days? I don’t have an issues with them at all (I think they are very useful in understanding how libraries, librarians, and blogs fit in together), but they are certainly popular. The latest one is from CW.
Also, I think RSS is [...]
My Librarian Blog Reading List…..For Today
February 26th, 2006For the past few weeks, I’ve been in OPML heaven. I’ve been continuing to add feeds to my Web 2.0 Company Blog List, which is available via OPML, and I’m learning a heck of a lot from the amazing folk on the OPML Newbies Group.
After reading Blake’s “10 Blogs to Read in 2006″, I [...]
2.5 Million tags!
February 26th, 2006Something to add to my presentations. According to the Library Thing blog, the self classification/social software tool just hit 1.8 million books and 2.5 million tags.
I follow new features at LT closely, for obvious reasons. There are more matches for LT in my PubSub results on a daily basis than anything [...]
Zoho Sheet
February 24th, 2006The folk at Zoho have released an online speadsheet application. More information on their blog. I’ve been using NumSum for a while and have really enjoyed the experience. Tonight, I’ll check out Zoho Sheet. One benefit of Zoho over NumSum is the ability to import Excel spreadsheets, which you can’t do [...]
Blink Blog
February 23rd, 2006Great news today from Steven Berlin Johnson. Malcolm Gladwell has a blog. Hip Hip Hooray. Subscribed!
More Library Blogs
February 23rd, 2006I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. One of the most impressive outgrowths of this whole Library 2.0 thing is that it makes for a great keyword search. Today, I learned of a blog called Library TechBytes, which is maintained by
Helene Blowers, Public Services Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte [...]
The New Phone Books Are Here!
February 23rd, 2006I can’t wait to get my copy! Congrats Will!
Another Interview with William Vollmann
February 22nd, 2006I love Vollmann because he is more honest than most writers. From the interview:
“Kate Braverman: Black Oak has a wall of your books. I read your novels and short fiction and inquired about you to other writers. You have an enormous reputation as an outlaw, a recluse, and a profoundly important literary force.”
William [...]
Happy Villian’s Store
February 22nd, 2006Need a shirt? How about a bib? If so, take a browse over to the Happy Villian’s Store, brought to you by Happyville Library (10 points if you can tell me the previous blog name for Happyville).
Carnival!
February 22nd, 2006Just a quick note that the Carnival of the Infosciences will stop here in two weeks (week of March 6th). Next week, it will be hosted by Data Obsessed. I love the carnival. It gives those librarian bloggers who may not be read as often as others their chance to shine. [...]
Reddit Eats Own Dog Food
February 22nd, 2006In a meeting one day, one of our execs exspounded on the “eat your own dog food” theory. Basically, this means to use the tools and services that you develop. So, I help develop services and tools for PubSub, so I should use them (and I do!).
It seems that the folk at Reddit [...]
Thingamabrarians
February 22nd, 2006I love this! There is a name for those who are involved in the Library Thing discussion group: Thingamabrarians. I’ve just subscribed to the group feed. Man, another list that I’m interested in. What’s going on here?
Blink and the Power of Blogs
February 22nd, 2006The other day, I received a phone call from Patricia Kitchen, a staff reporter from Newsday. She was writing a piece on Malcolm Gladwell and happened upon my post from earlier this month. We spoke for a while about Gladwell and why his writing resonate well with readers.
Kitchen’s article came out [...]
Get Andrea to China
February 21st, 2006One of my good friends and colelague Andrea Mercado is going to China in 2.5 weeks to work with a bunch of public librarians there. It’s the chance of a lifetime. The problem is that it costs a lot of money. Let’s help her out. She’s put up a PayPal button:
“Here [...]
A Pornographers Guide to Protecting Kids from Porn Online
February 21st, 2006I guess I should start this post with the following:
My views on this blog do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or my sponsor. Any issues about this or any other post should be addressed to me and only me.
One of my favorite non-librarian blogs is SugarBank, a site about the business of [...]
Blogga Blogga Blake
February 21st, 2006Need a laugh this morning (I know I did)? Brian Smith has put together a sketch about the library blogging community.
FOLs and Community Building
February 20th, 2006In my weekly posting to Libraries Build Communities, I ask about Friends of the Library. If you have any thoughts on the topic, or any good case studies, comment over there. Thanks.
Librarian in Black is Writing a Book…Yay!
February 19th, 2006Sarah Houghton is writing a book (well, she’s “doing research for a book”, so a contract or publisher may not be finalized), and is looking for some assistance. She blogs:“I am beginning research for a book about technology training for library staff, specifically about creating, implementing, and maintaining a set of technology core competencies for [...]
Nuvvo
February 19th, 2006Wow! Take a look at Nuvvo“Nuvvo is your way to teach on the web. Everyone knows a little bit about something, and this free, Ajax-enhanced eLearning web service is designed to bring out the teacher in all of us. Sign up and build a course in minutes; advertise your course on our eLearning Market [...]
Edgeio and Libraries
February 19th, 2006News from Edgeio:“We have started to send invitation codes to people who have requested notification of the service launch on edgeio.com. If you’ve entered your email address, an invitation code will probably be coming soon.”I received one and started playing with it. I immediately saw an application for libraries.Edgeio allows bloggers to sell items on [...]
A Voice To Be Heard
February 18th, 2006One of my jobs at PubSub is community outreach. This means I monitor the blogging arena, make contacts, and evangelize the PubSub service. Recently, I came across a few blog posts from students in a media class at Purdue University taught by professor Mary Godwin. Her students have started blogs and one [...]
Who Needs Netflix
February 17th, 2006Wow! Check out this piece from the Rocky Mountain News:
“Next month, the Denver Public Library system will become the first in the nation to allow people to download movies and concert videos from home with a click of their computer mouse. And it’ll be free to anyone with a Denver library card and a [...]
Another Family Member is Blogging
February 17th, 2006I’m thrilled to see that the editorial staff at the Asbury Park Press is blogging. Why would a guy from Long Island care about a newspaper in New Jersey? Well, one of the editorial writers, Larry Benjamin is my uncle.
What really excites me is that they did it right. They didn’t try to [...]
Rock’s Living History, Streamed Online
February 17th, 2006If you’re into live music (especially from the late 60’s to the late 70’s (lots of Fillmore stuff), first read this and then go here. It’s going to be a good day.
Now playing: Turn on Your Love Light.