Archive for May, 2006
BookFob
May 30th, 2006This is odd and theoretically cool, but there are lots of questions.
“BookFob is an incredible new product from Numly, inc! Rather than carrying books in your briefcase or backpack or carry-on luggage, why not attach your books to your key chain?
BookFob allows you to store electronic books (e-books) on [...]
For You Second Life Folk
May 30th, 2006I haven’t had a chance to get into SL yet and I probably won’t for a while. To many tools, not enough time. That won’t stop me from posting about it though because I might be able to help in spreading the love. For example, Pete Cashmore blogs. about two tools that [...]
A Bunch of New to Me Library Blogs
May 30th, 2006I’ve been saving these up since the last time. Lots of goodies.
+ Mr. Mustache - “I am a reference librarian with experience in both the public and state government fields. I am doing this on a whim, sort of like the mustache I grew when I was 19 and still have in my 50’s.”
+ [...]
7 Years and Counting
May 30th, 2006
me
Originally uploaded by stevenmcohen.
Happy Anniversary sweetheart! I love you. We met in 1990, but I feel like I’ve always known you.
Thank you for your support and for being the greatest wife and mother in the universe.
Love,
Me!
The Literature List…More Coming
May 30th, 2006You may or may not know that I’m a closet litblog fan. For me, these blogs are the best places to find books other than those written about in the NYTBR. This is one of the reasons why I’m excited to announce that the latest entry in the PubSub Community Lists project is [...]
LibraryCrunch Does Good….Very Good!
May 28th, 2006When I first heard about Michael Casey’s LibraryCrunch and the term he coined, I was a bit…confused. The domain was an obvious spin off of TechCrunch, and the coined term and obvious spin off of Web 2.0. At that time, my mind was basically in the gutter professionaly and I didn’t take a good [...]
4 More New-To-Me Blogs
May 27th, 2006OK, here we go:
+ I learned from BlogJunction that the Executive Director, Marilyn Mason has a blog. Very cool!
+ @ the library - “News and resources from Albertsons Library, located on the Boise State University Campus.” - And linked to from the Library site (very important)
+ Tales of a Librarian
+ The Scrolling Stone - [...]
Browster
May 27th, 2006
Browster
Originally uploaded by stevenmcohen.
I read about Browster on Cnet and was intrigued. One minute later and I was thrilled! You see, most of my reading work is done via Aggie (my lovely and overworked aggregator) and if I read a summary post and click through, that [...]
I Needed This
May 26th, 2006Edward Champion (who writes one of my favorite Litblogs) says:
“It is a fundamental truth that librarians are among the sexiest people on the planet.”
Warning (I really hate doing this): If you offend easily, don’t continue reading his post.
Source Syntax on PubSub
May 26th, 2006“gen” on InfoPill writes:
“I’ll stick to PubSub. Just wish I could use a matching engine on a specific feed with PubSub… hmm?”
I couldn’t find an e-mail address to contact them and they only allow comments from members of their blog, so this was the only way I could respond:
If you want to filter out a [...]
2 Posts in…
May 25th, 2006…and Steve Brian Mathews over at The Ubiquitous Librarian is knocking me over with his ideas. Take a look at what he blogged today:
“Why don’t academic libraries provide a free document delivery system for all patrons? Many libraries offer this service to faculty or to distance learning students, but why not to all students?”
He [...]
Best LIfe Possible
May 25th, 2006I’ve been in a bit of a funk over the past few days. I’m sure it will pass. It already has started to fade. That’s life. It happens. Every now and then I read something that encourages me to “defunk”. This time, it came from Never Eat Alone, one of my [...]
RSS to E-mail
May 23rd, 2006For those that prefer e-mail to aggregators for blog content delivery (or have users that prefer it this way), take a look at this breakdown by Robin Good.
Update - Correct link to Robin Good piece added - Thanks Hope.
SLA Blogger Get Together?
May 23rd, 2006Jessica Baumgart will be at SLA and is asking about a possible blogger gathering. I’ll be there from June 13th (around Noon) until June 14th (late) so both days are good for me. I’d love to have a few drinks with fellow colleagues. I’ll be presenting on June 14th with Hope Tillman [...]
Blog Diddy Blog Blog
May 23rd, 2006I’m not sure if the fastest growing field in the blogging arena is PR (There’s more than 400 blogs on the PR list) or librarians (I haven’t checked the number lately on the librarian list, but it’s alot). I follow both closely. Here’s a bunch of new-to-me blogs that Aggie sent me today:
i [...]
Proud Pop Again!!!
May 23rd, 2006Not me…yet (next week - Friday). Congrats to Steve Matthews and his wife on the birth of their daughter Bethany.
The Ubiquitous Librarian
May 22nd, 2006Brian Matthews has put AltRef to rest and has started The Ubiquitous Librarian. From the first post:
“The Ubiquitous Librarian is everywhere! The Ubiquitous Librarian constantly seeks new ways to interact with users. The Ubiquitous Librarian is all about participation. It’s about stepping outside of the library and interacting with patrons wherever they may be: [...]
ExtraLibris
May 22nd, 2006I had an interesting e-mail exchange with Moreno Barros today. Moreno is a library school student in Brazil and he had submitted his blog to the librarian list.
He told me about a library blogging network that he started with a few of his colleagues called ExtraLibris. Here is the translation he sent [...]
Influence - The TTW Effect
May 22nd, 2006Back in March 2003, I met this long-haired guy with a goatee. He was sitting at a table with his Mac at the Hilton in Washington D.C. “You rock”, he said excitedly as I passed his table and glanced his way. “Thanks”, I replied, and a friendship started. You see, Michael [...]
Last 100 Comments on HCPL Catalog
May 22nd, 2006On Friday, I received an e-mail from Glenn Peterson. He’s created an RSS feed of the latest 100 comments on the Hennepin County Public Library catalog. This is a perfect way to monitor the comments submitted to the catalog. Charts and graphs can be created. We can actually track the usage. [...]
See Ya Monday
May 19th, 2006I won’t be posting until Monday night. I have a draft column to look at this weekend that Michael Sauers wrote for Public Libraries magazine on the DPL video downloads (Thanks Michael - It’ll be published in early fall I think), an article to write for the PLA Blog on the Day of the [...]
MADreads
May 19th, 2006An article on Madison.com points to a new blog from the Madison Public Library called MADreads, which includes book reviews by librarians. From the piece:
“Available on the library’s Web site or as an RSS feed, the blog aims to create virtual community, explains librarian Jane Jorgenson. The format encourages readers to interact with the [...]
Hennepin County Library Offers Patron Comments on Catalog Entries
May 19th, 2006Michael Stephens, who has just finished a speaking tour in Minnesota, blogged today about some neat stuff that HCPL just released. Not only can users comment on any catalog entry, but they can get updated with any other comments via RSS. Wow!
This is amazing user focused technology. I’d love to see how [...]
EBSCO Offers Alternate Subject Schemes to Customers
May 19th, 2006I read this on EContent today:
“EBSCO has announced that EBSCO A-to-Z (A-to-Z) customers may choose the subject classification scheme that meets the needs of their patrons. EBSCO is now offering a general headings option, based on a set of headings created by the librarians at EBSCO designed to help patrons find what they are [...]
Practice Safe Meebo
May 19th, 2006For those that use Meebo as their IM reference tool (it’s really the easiest to use - no downloads, the whole 2.0 thing) should take a look at this blog post from the company:
“A number of meebo users have started using third-party proxies and this caused us to worry a bit. Proxies are ripe for [...]
Caption My Picture
May 18th, 2006
Steven and his lips
Originally uploaded by rochelle, et. al..
We had so much fun captioning Gary’s picture, here’s one of me to caption. Here’s my take:
“C’mon and give a liberrian some shuga”
Leave your captions in the comments.
While I searched for a picture of me on Flickr, I came [...]
Lexis Nexis Canada RSS Feeds
May 18th, 2006Library Boy, (lovin’ his stuff lately), mentioned yesterday that LN Canada has released a bunch more RSS Feeds. Lots of goodies there.
Some advice for LN. Combine all of your feeds on one page, even those that are non-US based. It makes it much easier for those who want to subscribe to your [...]
Libraries and the Long Tail
May 18th, 2006Responding to a post by Stephen Abram, The Gypsy Librarian blogs::
“I should say that I personally do not read bestsellers. I sure keep myself aware of them, but I am more of a long tail reader, so to speak. Mr. Abrams asks if bestsellers need more promotion from us. I would venture to say [...]
Feedpass = RSS Education
May 18th, 2006Randy Charles Morin blogged about Feedpass tonight, so I checked it out. Very neat.
Feedpass creates an alternative page for your feed, with lots of bells and whistles. First, it reminded me of Feedburner, but then I realized it was built for the blog reader and not the blog user. And, they’re not [...]
Bowker Blog? Nah.
May 17th, 2006Take a close look at this press release:
“Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced the debut of a new online message board that will allow some of the world’s most highly regarded library professionals to post updates regarding their progress on individual subject areas being developed for the new Resources for College [...]