Library Stuff

Great news. More from Search Engine Land and the Big G.

Great piece, IMO. I’m basically having an affair with my Motorola Q.

At my first presentation for LARC, we had a great discussion about using Wikipedia for research (some like it, some don’t. I like it to start research I know zilch about) . Mark Chillingworth has this idea:

“Wikipedia is a community, not just of those that put time and effort into editing it, but also the users. Therefore the best place to meet your perspective users, introduce them to your content and advise them on better information gathering practices is at Wikipedia. Information professionals and information providers should be playing a considerable part in improving the content on Wikipedia; you can cite their own content and generate leads and users from there.”

Whoa. Very meta and very cool. Talk about going where the users are… (via)

Now here’s a positive move. A library that praises well-behaved kids…and tells their parents about it.

This should be an interesting new blog to follow. Friends: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services

“Friends: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services is devoted to the use of online social networking sites for any and all types of library-related programs or services.”

From Gerry Mckiernan…yes THAT Gerry Mckiernan (via)