Archive for September, 2006
RSS Still Rocks!
September 16th, 2006One customized feed that I have had in my aggregator for at least 3 years is an Amazon search feed that I created from OnFocus. It’s a search for “Social Networks” as a subject and every now and then a new book gets sent my way. This feed is still one of my [...]
Another Library Stuff
September 15th, 2006Steven Bell just e-mailed me (always great to hear from him). He wanted to apprise me of another Library Stuff blog.
Interesting…
Library 2.0 Logo Mashups
September 15th, 2006From the brilliant Ben Ostrowsky comes Library 2.0 Logo Mashups. Cute.
My Hometown Helper
September 13th, 2006I haven’t posted anything that a PR has sent me in years (just not my thing), but this one was too cute not to blog about.
From the e-mail:
“The folks over at Hamburger Helper are conducting a grant contest for local non-profit groups raising funds to positively impact their community in some way.”
“As a [...]
ALA Member Blog Spam
September 13th, 2006While it’s so very cool that ALA has a member blog, I hate to be a buzz kill. It looks like the blog has fallen victim to trackback spam (many NSFW words there).
There hasn’t been any trackback spam in the last two entries so I hope they have it under control.
(via)
Google’s Banned Books
September 13th, 2006In their latest attempt to win over the hearts of librarians, Google has created a banned books page.
This is actually pretty cool and useful (besides the link to the “study aides” when clicking on the canned searches - blech!). One great thing about this is that Google is showing off their advanced search features in [...]
Blogs Work!
September 10th, 2006Check out this very slick blog that Amanda Etches-Johnson is using for her social software class.
Remember the phrase, “Eat Your Own Dog Food”? This is what it means. If you teach a social software class without actually using social software, you may want to rethink your strategy. That’s why I taught my [...]
How Much Are You Worth?
September 9th, 2006From Rachel Singer Gordon, one of my first librarian heroes:
“I was chatting this morning with another librarian about giving conference presentations & workshops. When we took the bold step of talking about what we charge, it confirmed my sneaking suspicion that I’ve been somewhat undervaluing myself. (Of course, some of you who have heard [...]
Caption This Photo
September 8th, 2006
Red Bull Mole Encounter
Originally uploaded by srp6685.
The library gives you wings!!
Serendipity
September 6th, 2006I love my aggregator. Sometimes, I think it follows me around and pushes content to me that it thinks I will like.
For example, I’m reading a fantastic book about prisons and the mental health system, titled, Crazy…
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Tonight, like magic, this report from the BJS pops up. (via)
Weird
Of course, I’m doing a big [...]
I’ve Tried Google Already…
September 5th, 2006Jenny used virtual Reference and blogged about it:
“In each of the three instances, the librarian came back with a URL from the top five results of a Google search. Clearly. There wasn’t even a pretense of anything else. If you can believe it, one of them even unkowingly sent me a link to a [...]
Slick Library Thing/Library Web Site Add-On
September 5th, 2006Check out what the Shenandoah Public Library is doing with their Library Thing account and RSS. Slick! (via Travelin’
Da Family
September 4th, 2006The reason why I don’t miss presenting at conferences and meetings.
There is nothing in this world more precious and important to me than family. This weekend, Barbie’s grandmother turned 80 and we had a huge celebration for her. I will never miss celebrations like this anymore. It’s a promise I made [...]
Library Journal Goodies
September 2nd, 2006Wow! Go Library Journal for publishing two great pieces in their September 1st issue.
First, the one by Michael Casey (whom I admire greatly) and his colleague Laura Savastinuk write on Library 2.0 (which I’m still learning about - I still don’t “get” a good chunck of it, but I’m getting there, I think)
After you [...]