Library Stuff

is from Jason Griffey. Jason is a great guy (and smart as all heck!!) and I can’t wait to hang with him at future conferences.

I’ve been getting into politics recently and have started reading political blogs. I’m trying to read all sides of the issues: right, center, and left (and everything in between). Here’s what’s in my aggregator:

Althouse
AmericaBlog
Crooks and Liars
DailyKos
Instapundit
Michelle Malkin
RedState
The Caucus
The Daily Dish
Volokh
Tim Blair

Any other suggestions are appreciated. Put them in the comments or Twitter them to me.

Via Researchbuzz.

This is so cute. Good for Ask.com for marketing librarians the way it should be done. With no pretenses (Google, take note and learn.).

One mistake though, which needs to be pointed out: Gary will be speaking at Internet Librarian in October, not “Computers in WEST”.

Congrats to the Museum of Modern Betas on reaching 3000 Betas.

Links that I Digg now will automatically be added to my linkblog, and thus, my Twitter page.

What do you think of these? I sent them off to Jane Dysart while Ari napped.

Preconference Workshop – 3 Hours

130 Web Tips, Tricks, Tools, and Resources in 160 minutes

Get your coffee ready because you’ll need to be wide awake for 3 hours of Steven Cohen’s favorite online tips, tricks, tools, and resources. Cohen will be revealing which tools assist in making users, colleagues, and family members happy. From Firefox plugins to Web 2.0 startups to mashups to RSS tricks, attendees of this workshop will leave with an arsenal of information and applications to bring back to their organization. Knowledge is power and this workshop will assist librarians of all specialties in becoming current and up to date with the new and most exciting web tools available.

Regular session

What’s Hot in RSS and Social “Softwr”

Social Software is rapidly changing the way we provide information to our consumers, work together in an organizational structure, and communicate. This session highlights cutting-edge tools and techniques for libraries, hot new trends, resources, and advice. Jam packed with Cohen’s A-Z listing of the hot social software and RSS tools on the market today, prizes will also be awarded for answers to “tough” questions. This is also a participatory meeting of the minds as any audience member will be invited up to the podium to show off their favorite social software tools.

Today was the nicest day of the year and the perfect day to spend with my family. More pictures here.

And I’m finishing it up by having a great Twitter evening. Great discussions, very community oriented. I <3 Twitter.

Jeff Scott:

“I did it! I was able to take all of the library’s notifications and put them into twitter.

Then I dumped all of the library’s rss feeds into http://www.rss2twitter.com

Now everytime the library has an update, a library event, a new book or video, or new newsletter, it goes automatically to twitter. If the content is too long for the message, it automatically creates a tiny url.”

How so very cool!!

Steven Levy on Twitter:

“To those who think Twitter frivolous, Evan Williams has a response: “Whoever said that things have to be useful?” But Dorsey thinks that Twitter can develop into something not only useful but essential. “It’s what you put into it,” he says. People have announced births on Twitter. The John Edwards campaign updates by Twitter regularly. CNN uses it to send out headlines. Meanwhile I’m haunted by one twitter I saw on the public timeline that streams everyone’s messages (unless they opt for privacy): “Missing him.”“

Chrystie Hill on Twitter:

“It’s not about the tools we use, it’s about the connections we make with them – both to people and to information.”.