Archive for May, 2006
Web 2.0 Company Directory
May 4th, 2006Remember my Web 2.0 Company Blog List? Well, I’ve started playing with it more and have now started to create profiles for a few companies on the list. I did two yesterday and two today (took about 10 minutes). I’ve worked on making the profiles as extensive as possible and using the [...]
Help Out an LS Reader
May 3rd, 2006I received the following e-mail from Richard Kassissieh, a regular reader of Library Stuff:
“My small, independent high school is seeking new library catalog software to replace our current Athena system. Can you recommend a package that takes advantage of new Internet standards, such as tagging, XML markup, user comments on collection items, and search that [...]
Librarian Skypecasts
May 3rd, 2006Would anyone be interested in starting a series of library related Skypecasts? I’d love to do a few for the book Chrystie and I are writing on community building. Any other topical ideas?
Learning.now
May 3rd, 2006A new blog from PBS was launched the other day. It’s called Learning.now:
“Learning.now is a weblog that explores how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn. It will offer a continuing look at how new technology such as wikis, blogs, vlogs, RSS, podcasts, social networking sites, and the always-on [...]
Librarian Blogs Galore!
May 3rd, 20066 Librarian blogs that have been sent over to me by colleagues or my aggie over the past few weeks:
1) Z666.7.L364 - “musings related to metadata, cataloging, and the “great big” world of librarianship” - From Jennifer Lang
2) The Disorganized Librarian - “A meandering journey into the mind of a somewhat disorganized but totally groovy [...]
I’ll See You in Shul
May 2nd, 2006OK, not really library related but I had to post this.
According to Jewsweek, there are three Jewish online social network sites.
Shmooze (which is featued in the article), Jmerica, and Jewstar. When I was first getting on the Internets, Jewish Geography was all the rage amongst my friends…the more things change…