Archive for April, 2008
More from Computers in Libraries 2008
April 10th, 2008Some sketches
Woman Jumps To Her Death At Salt Lake City Library
April 10th, 2008KUTV - “A woman in her 40s jumped from a third-floor balcony inside the main library in downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday morning — in what investigators believe was a suicide.”
Photos from CIL2008
April 10th, 2008I didn’t bring my camera this year, but who needs one when you have Cindo Trainor. Check out her shots. Yowza!
National Library Week
April 10th, 2008Eco-Libris celebrates with a special interview.
Lookybook | View Book
April 10th, 2008
Librarian Not Fired For Porn Report
April 9th, 2008KQCA - “Tulare County officials said they fired a library aide for poor performance, not because she reported that a man was using a library computer to view child pornography.”
How some bloggers feel about IM and Twitter
April 6th, 2008clusterflock - “When people first started going on about Twitter, I thought it was the stupidest thing I’d ever heard of. And then . . . I joined Facebook and learned just how hot and smokily the stupid could burn.”
The Colbert Report - REM interview - April 2nd 2008
April 6th, 2008Hilarious!
Lots of FriendFeed Tools
April 6th, 2008Over at FriendFeed Watch.
I’m on FeedFriend. When I am really busy during the day and don’t have time to open my aggregator until I get home, I get a summary e-mail of what my friends have done throughout the day. Very useful.
When I’m Not Blogging…
April 6th, 2008…I’m still reading my Reader. Everything I share goes over to I Tumbld…. When I blog, the posts go over there as well. So, why not just subscribe to that feed?
In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop
April 6th, 2008New York Times - “I haven’t died yet,” said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular technology blog. The site has brought in millions in advertising revenue, but there has been a hefty cost. Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder [...]
The Twitter Review
April 3rd, 2008Megan McArdle - “I wonder if the rise of twittering as perhaps the briefest form of literature known to man could lead to a new kind of book review. Rather than have a book reviewed by a single person in 1000 words or less, what would it look like if 40 different reviews offered 25 [...]
Fahrenheit 451: More Relevant Now Than Ever
April 3rd, 2008Caleb Nico - “Fahrenheit 451 is one of the greatest pieces of American literature. Now, in 2008, I can see that America is becoming more like that world Bradbury thought of years ago…”
Should the public library no longer be public?
April 3rd, 2008Tewksbury Advocate - “As the national economy plunges further into recession, gas prices continue to hike, and the price of living continues to climb, local governments like Tewksbury that are already wrought with fees and cuts are exploring the notion of privatizing the public library.”
More on SWIFT
April 3rd, 2008Jason Griffey - “Identify a need, then present a tool. Not the other way around.”
I took a quick look at SWIFT when ITI sent it out and didn’t even bother. Why? I was already registered for the service (which I needed to activate)! My belly barometer went off when I read that. [...]
Government funded database censors the word “abortion”
April 3rd, 2008LibrarianActivist.org - “A librarian wrote to the POPLINE database providers to ask why a search strategy, probably involving the word abortion, retrieved fewer results than it did 3 months earlier.”
Yowsa! This is horrible.
Partying in the library: Not taboo
April 3rd, 2008The Santa Clara - “This quarter, it’s time to combine the best of both worlds: spring quarter partying and the new library.”
New Resources for Company Information
April 3rd, 2008Paula Hane - “There can never be too many resources for finding information about companies, especially privately held firms and startups.”
5th-grader finds mistake at Smithsonian
April 3rd, 2008AP - “Kevin Stufflebeam took his son to the museum’s information desk to report Kenton’s concern on a comment form. Last week, the boy received a letter from the museum acknowledging that his observation was “spot on.”
Meet the new library, same as the old library
April 3rd, 2008Print is Dead - “Via Maud Newton, a few weeks ago I came across upon the website for Brooklyn’s Reanimation Library, which is a sort of a refuge for discarded books, which sounds like a good idea until you start poking around their website.”
Until the Day is Done
April 2nd, 2008This is my favorite song on the album. I love this.
Trio Arraigned In Library Scandal
April 2nd, 2008KCRA - “Three people accused of ripping off more than $1 million from the Sacramento Public Library appeared in Superior Court on Wednesday.”
Will Online Book Piracy Drive Authors to Stop Writing?
April 2nd, 2008Wired Campus - “An interview with Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, in Monday’s Times of London suggests that digital book piracy may discourage authors from writing. Unless, that is, the publishing industry can come up with a different business model.”
What Is Fantasy For?
April 2nd, 2008Freakonomics - “[W]hy do any of us love fantasy, and what good does it do us.”
The Pleasure of Permissions
April 2nd, 2008Susan Mernit - “So, when I set up Twitter in earnest a few months ago, I originally wanted to use it only for good friends, people whom I cared “if they brushed their teeth” as I put it to myself. To that end, I made it permissions-based; you have to ask to follow me. I [...]
The Business Value of Twitter
April 2nd, 2008Abbie Lumberg - “If Twitter were just a pastime, I’d have abandoned it by now.”
My Thoughts on ACRL’s Springboard Event
April 2nd, 2008Melissa Mallon - “ACRL listened to the needs of their members and offered their first ever free webcast. Only members were able to participate in the webcast, something that I think is completely reasonable. As Steven mentioned in his post announcing the event, it’s only right that we get something back for the hefty dues [...]
Edible Book Festival 2008
April 2nd, 2008on Flickr - “These are pictures from the First Annual Clemens Library Edible Book Festival. Click a picture to open it up and read about the edible book entry. And, start thinking of ideas you can create next year!”
Amazon rings up shopping via text-message
April 2nd, 2008Webware - “Amazon TextBuyIt is designed to let mobile device users window-shop, compare prices, and purchase products from Amazon.”
Ah, now I understand why it’s important for library catalogs to be accessible on mobile devices.
4 Startups that Take the Pulse of the Twittersphere
April 1st, 2008ReadWriteWeb has a recap. Twitter Answers looks interesting for library folk.