Archive for August, 2006
Blog Day
August 31st, 2006Isn’t every day Blog Day?
Recommendations with Reservations
August 31st, 2006Suggestica got hammered in the comments and on other blogs. Oh well.
Mita (a very cool librarian in Canada) then wrote:
“[W]hen it comes to my next reading selection, I already know what I like to read. What I want a system that will tell me what I should read.”
“Sometimes we should be [...]
Library Spring
August 31st, 2006Why am I subscribing to Library Spring? Because of the first post. An excerpt:
“Why Library Spring? The world of libraries is hardly blossoming. Another name could just as well have been Identity Crisis. But it is all too easy to be cynical, an protective mode to slip into.”
Love. That. Quote.
“I have been blogging [...]
Suggestica
August 30th, 2006This is interesting
Suggestica provides book recommendations from experts in certain fields (Deepak Chopra is in there!). According to Suggestica, there are 4 types of book buyers.
“+ Browsers: These people go to a bookstore and start browsing the sections of their interest. They buy one or more books based on several factors – including [...]
Caption This Photo
August 30th, 2006
Googlish
Originally uploaded by carolwill_2000.
Silly Rabbit – Blackberries are for Kids
August 30th, 2006Hallie got a hold of my Blackberry tonight for the first time and knew how to (instinctively?) use it right off the bat. Scary.
Study Buddy
August 30th, 2006According to AP:
“Time Warner Inc.’s AOL launched StudyBuddy in time for the school year. It is free, though a premium version with more resources is available for $4.95 a month. Users of StudyBuddy can even choose a grade range, such as K-2, to narrow choices even more.
June Herold, AOL’s vice president for education and consumer [...]
Kansas Libraries & Librarians Flickr Group
August 30th, 2006Cool! Someone set up a Flickr Group for Kansas Libraries & Librarians:
“Welcome to the Kansas Libraries & Librarians Flickr Group! This group was created to help foster the community of libraries and librarians in Kansas.”
Save MySpace? – Does Anyone Care?
August 30th, 2006Peter Cashmore of Mashable fame, blogs about DOPA and the goal of the Save Your Space group to reach 1 Million signatures.
“[W]ith only 3,230 signatures so far, it doesn’t look like they’re going to make it. It seems that the average MySpace user is either oblivious to the legislation, or doesn’t understand it – something [...]
Which Feed to Use
August 29th, 2006Michael Sauers blogs:
“[T]here’s a move afoot to stop using the terms RSS and ATOM when it comes to presenting this technology to users (look at IE7 and you’ll see what I’m talking about, the word RSS doesn’t appear anywhere,) and just stick to the term ‘feed’. KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid. Take a look at [...]
National Library of Medicine RSS Feeds
August 27th, 2006I can’t for the life of me remember if I’ve seen NLM feeds before. A quick check of my archives and I’ve seen that I have never mentioned anything related to this. Interesting…
Anywho, Gary Pice posted about a list of RSS feeds provided by the NLM. Plus, a podcast. Neat!
La La La La. La La La La. Elmo’s World
August 27th, 2006We took the kids to Sesame Place this weekend. Then, a sleepover at the cousins.
More pictures here.
Nebraska Library Association Blog
August 24th, 2006The Nebraska Library Association main site is a blog! Cool!
Lawgarithms
August 24th, 2006Denise Howell is blogging at ZDNet
Denise Howell is blogging at ZDNet
Denise Howell is blogging at ZDNet
Denise Howell is blogging at ZDNet
First the news about the 7th Circuit and now this. Plus, we’re taking the kids to Sesame Place this weekend, so the entire Cohen household will be a smilin’
Library Marketing!!
August 24th, 2006
LOST?
Originally uploaded by asulibmarketing.
The Arizona State University Library is doing some awesome marketing to their student body. How do I know? They’re Flickring it!!
It would be neat if they were blogging this as well.
They also just officially launched their podcasts today.
Wow!
All Rise! RSS is Now in Session
August 24th, 2006Ok, that title doesn’t make much sense.
Gary Price has the suweeeeeet news that the 7th Circuit Court now has an RSS feed for their recent opinions AND audio feeds for their court oral arguments.
From the announcement:
“I think having the briefs and arguments up on the Web makes for a much better-educated bar,” said Circuit Executive [...]
Blogalogue
August 23rd, 2006Glenn Harper, who is the Information Resources Librarian and Ringleader of the Blograrians at Frankston Library Service sent me a note about their new blog called Blogalogue. This quote comes directly from his e-mail:
“The concept for Blogalogue is perhaps a little different from most other public library blogs in Australia in that from the [...]
BookMooch
August 23rd, 2006I got an e-mail from John Buckman, who runs a site called BookMooch, which he describes as a “A community for used book exchange”. I had seen it before but didn’t get a chance to play with with it and I don’t now. I took a look at the about page and [...]
Worthingteens
August 23rd, 2006Word today from Stefan Langer, the Worthington Libraries Webmaster, of the launch of their new blog, Worthingteens
I love the design. Plus, there is an RSS page.
And, as an added bonus, they have a Flickr account! Thanks Stefan.
READ Posters Illinois State University
August 22nd, 2006
READ Poster Illinois State University Football Players
Originally uploaded by ISU Milner Library.
Illinois State University has a bunch of READ posters that they have created and uploaded to Flickr. They just added his one of 4 members of the football team. Neat!
RSS For Court Decisions
August 22nd, 2006Steve Matthews, my fellow law librarian to the north, writes:
“If you’re still waiting for case law RSS like I am, try this trick… Conduct an advanced search, using the date restrictors, on your favourite decision database, like this. Then, take that URL, and paste it into an HTML feed scraper like feedtier. In this case, [...]
Mr-T’s
August 21st, 2006When Barbie and I traveled to Israel in the summer of ‘92, we visited Mr-T on many occasions. At that time, REM was huge and I bought about 5 Hebrew T-shirts of the band. Tonight, Barbie sent me this one:
At the risk of striking up another conversation about Israel, I wanted to share [...]
New To the Collection RSS Feeds
August 21st, 2006I love libraries that have RSS feeds for new titles in their collection. Many do this now and it puts a smile on my face to see it.
Bond University (I think I’ve written about them before – maybe on this topic) has three feeds
It looks like they don’t have many new books every month, [...]
New To Me Librar* Blogs
August 20th, 2006+ Brave New World – “The World of a 21st Century Librarian”
+ Z Words – “My last name begins and ends with the letter Z. I aim towards a career in librarianship. Married for more than 20 years now. We have a high-functioning autistic teenage son. Also one cat, probably autistic too. I am unabashedly [...]
More Proof
August 19th, 2006Stephen Abram blogs about Google execs selling their stock and then says:
“I’ll show you my commitment if you’ll show me yours. There’s a world of difference between working for your community and working for yourself.”
Just more proof that we need to remind ourselves that Google is not in it to make us happy. Google [...]
Forbes on PubSub
August 19th, 2006There’s a piece in Forbes about PubSub:
“Don’t wait for the happy ending. That $4 million is down the drain, and PubSub can’t even afford to file for bankruptcy. No one has filed suit–yet.”
How very sad. I miss my days at PubSub. Most of the guys around the office were a fun bunch [...]
“Information Pizza”
August 18th, 2006Remember that RSS Tutiorial that Luke Rosenberger promised us? Well it’s online now and it rocks!
“Are you tired of going out searching over and over for your topic of interest? Or constantly checking and re-checking website after website to see the latest updates? There’s a better way! Your libraries offer you tools and services [...]
No More Presentations
August 18th, 2006Barbie and I had an agonizing conversation this week. It was long, full of number crunching, and very important for our future. But in the end, we came to the conclusion that I knew we would. As of today, and for the unforeseeable future, I will not be accepting any more speaking [...]
Help For Those Who Panic
August 15th, 2006After being “immediately bored” after cracking open her library school introduction class text (and then almost panicing), Librarienne comes up with a great idea:
“So I decided that I needed to give myself something to keep nearby for those moments when I ask “Is this all there is?” which will probably happen quite often [...]
Statistics
August 15th, 2006For the first time in about a year, I just glanced at my blog statistics. Wow! I want to thank everyone for reading, linking, and commenting over the past 6 years. My numbers are the highest they have ever been. I must be doing something right, eh?
