Archive for March, 2007
TwitterMap
March 15th, 2007Neat.
TwitterMap "pulls the location and last message of Twitter community members using a public Twitter feed, then plots it to a Google Map. The resulting map lets you discover what geographic area your Twitter friends are from, or you can find new Twitter-folk to interact with in your community." (via)
Speaking of Public Records…
March 15th, 2007Check out this new blog from two researchers at the Charlotte Observer called "Your Right to Know". It’s about how to best use Public Records for research. Loevly. (via)
1M archived pages removed post-9/11
March 15th, 2007Just read this via Reddit…
"More than 1 million pages of historical government documents — a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol — have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Some of the papers are more than a century old.
….
The records [...]
Eric Berlin Feels Fine
March 15th, 2007Eric Berlin, fellow librarian and friend from high school (and proably before that), has one of the cutest Twitter article titles I’ve seen so far. Could it be in honor of REMs induction to the Rock in Roll Hall of Fame? A tribute to my son? Who knows.
Anyway, it’s a great article and I just [...]
Funny Twitter Research
March 14th, 2007I have a customized news feed set up for Twitter. Here’s what has been coming up.
Blogging Light, Shared Items Thriving, B-day
March 13th, 2007I’m out in CA for a few days for library software training so blogging will be light until the end of the week. I am, however reading my feeds and sharing a lot of items. And I’m Twittering as much as I can…because it’s so darn easy!!
BTW, if you read my shared items feed, grab [...]
Librarians For Peace
March 13th, 2007
Tim, Janis, Chris & Patty
Originally uploaded by Friends for Peace.
Get the word out. Check out the Friends for Peace photos.
Google Calendar Tips
March 11th, 2007I have read lots of these tips posts today. Even thought this is from April 2006, it’s still very useful. We use Google Calendar for work and it really helps us organize our team as we are all at different places each day. CG syncronizes our work lives well. (via)
TinyURL and Twitter
March 11th, 2007Akshay Java on the importance of short URL tools, especially lately:
"[w]ith the growth of micro-blogging and mobile applications, TinyURL seems to be an important service that is sure to become even more popular. I have found that, from the sample of logs of the public timeline in Twitter, about 68% of the URLs used by [...]
EPA Superfund Site Locator
March 11th, 2007Here’s a useful tool for those that work with EPA data.
"If you want to know how close you are to a Superfund waste site then use this. Integrates the EPA Superfund XML to allow anyone to quickly and easily find the nearest Superfund Sites to their home address or a location of interest."
(via)
“Your Library Visit is Over”
March 11th, 2007More sad news about loud teens in libraries, this time at the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library in Tallahasee, Florida
"Capece stands at the top of the steps leading to the library entrance, dressed in his deputy’s uniform, his hand resting on top of the gun in his holster.
As he watched students headed for [...]
The Several Habits of Wildly Successful Twitter Users
March 11th, 2007Well worth a read. I’ve taken some of the advice given, including ridding myself of a few friends that took up too much of my Twitter page. Also, I’m playing with Twitteroo. (via)
See also: 5 Ways to Use Twitter for Good, from Lifehacker.
Be Ahead of the Curve…Even when your users aren’t.
March 9th, 2007Walt Crawford on Second Life:
"If you want to spend your spare time building library facilities in Second Life, that may be a great thing. I can see possible good learning outcomes. You may get to chat with lots of other SLibrarians and maybe even some who aren’t.
Just don’t tell me that libraries need to be [...]
Your own IM Service
March 9th, 2007Whoa!
"msgr is a web service you can use to create your own instant messenger. Setup a messenger for your group of friends, e-group, orkut community, visitors to your website, or even your intranet!"
I need to look at this more, but I’d love to try it out on a few projects.
(via)
Sentenced to the Library
March 9th, 2007From The Turkish Daily News:
"A real estate agent, Salih Çelik, who was caught by the coast guard while he went fishing with his new boat without a fishing license was sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment. However, the However, the judge has changed Çelik’s punishment to compulsory social service for 5 months in a library"
Sounds like [...]
Twitter at Conferences and More.
March 9th, 2007Steve Lawson blogs:
"Twitter is also making a big push at South by Southwest Interactive this year. They encourage people at that conference to add sxsw as a friend, and then they can track everyone at the conference. I can see this at a conference like Internet Librarian, where attendees could just Twitter where they are [...]
RSS Adoption in Law Firms
March 9th, 2007Fellow law librarian Steve Matthews has a kick butt post on why RSS adoption has been slow in Law Firms. Read this now! He concludes:
"I’m still convinced RSS has a lot to offer Lawyers as a personal knowledge tool, and that it is too early to lose faith. Is my patience justified? Who knows. Maybe [...]
Social Bookmarking and del.icio.us: a personal and professional productivity tool
March 9th, 2007The Superpatron (faster than a speeding reference librarian…) posts a presentation on the use of del.icio.us for research.
I love this and have used del.icio.us a follow up tool for the research I have done fr some attorneys. Lots of garbage to sort through, but worth it if you find that gem. I think the next [...]
F.B.I. Misused Patriot Act
March 9th, 2007Oy Vay! (Or is it Oy Veh?) From the NYT:
"The F.B.I. has improperly used provisions of the USA Patriot Act to obtain thousands of telephone, business and financial records without prior judicial approval, the Justice Department’s inspector general said today in a report that embarrassed the F.B.I. and ignited outrage on Capitol Hill.
The report [...]
Twittering John Edwards
March 9th, 2007Heh. I just added John Edwards as a friend and within seconds, he added me as a friend.. Aw! Thanks Mr. Edwards.
“Non-Traditional” Librarians
March 9th, 2007We’re all non-traditional in some respect, right?
Rachel Singer Gordon (One of my library heros) is working on a book about non-traditional careers for librarians and wants your input. So, help her out, k?
On a similar note, my "PubSub story" (mainly on how I worked as a librarian there - none of the juicy [...]
More Presentations - Very Little Traveling - Yay!
March 7th, 2007So, even though I swore off presenting because of the traveling, I am doing a bunch of engagements this spring. Not a lot, but just enough to keep my skills fresh. Plus, they are all local.
So, here’s my small schedule:
3/7/2007 - PLI - NYC (That was today)
3/22/2007 - Nassau Library System - Nassau [...]
Citation formats on WorldCat.org
March 7th, 2007New to Worldcat.org They now provide citations for numerous formats directly from any book display. I use this tool everyday, and this is pretty useful.
Congrats to Christopher Harris…
March 7th, 2007…on his new blogging gig over at SLJ. Make us proud!!
Graded on Wikipedia Entries
March 7th, 2007From the article:
"Dr Pratt, who teaches on the Middle East for students taking a Masters in international relations and development, has built her course around Wikipedia.
Students have to edit eight articles on the online encyclopedia and then write their own article for the site.
The Wikipedia-based Middle East course counts for [...]
New Flickr Feature….Coming Soon
March 6th, 2007According to Thomas Hawk (who got it from a post by the Flickr Chief, users will soon be able to create subsets, or sets within sets. Very useful. Of course, they are going to make it easy to do. Flickr always does.
"Interesting to note recent comments by Flickr Chief Stewart Butterfield about an upcoming feature [...]
Justia - Be Still My Heart!
March 6th, 2007I’ve been waiting for this for..well…since I first learned about RSS. I can now get any new filings in any (or all!) federal courts. Run a company name and get a feed of the search. I sent the URL to a bunch of clients and they are thrilled. Courtlink does it better, but this is [...]
Twitter Me This
March 6th, 2007David King made me do it…
I’m at http://twitter.com/stevencohen
Make me a friend, grab the feed, whatever.
Fake Book Cover Clone
March 6th, 2007
Farkas Cover by John Meier
Originally uploaded by johnmeier1.
Heh. This fake book cover looks oddly familiar.
Online Classes From K-12
March 6th, 2007This is somewhat interesting:
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of online learning in K–12 schools and to establish base data for more extensive future studies. Issues related to planning, operational difficulties, and online learning providers were also examined. This study was based on a national survey of American school [...]