Archive for October, 2008
Cohen Shadows
October 26th, 2008Here’s another shot of me at Internet Librarian showing off my favorite Spanish language “cool tools” site.. This one was taken by Michael Sauers,
Check it out: Libraries now happening places
October 25th, 2008Arizona Republic – “Libraries around the Valley are hipper, fresher and friendlier, sporting looks that threaten to dispel the image of librarians as little more than tightly wound shushing machines.”
Despite this odd sentence, this article is a very good look into what libraries are doing these days. Good piece on gaming because it doesn’t talk [...]
Shadows of Twitter
October 25th, 2008This shot was taken by Cindi Trainor during my What’s Hot in RSS Talk.
IL this year was so hectic for me. 4 presentations and one luncheon guest speaking gig. I was pretty stressed out all week and just plain exhausted at the end. Seeing all of my friends (old and new) made [...]
HOWTO: Make a purse out of a stack of old books
October 25th, 2008Boing Boing – “LiveJournaller Penwiper337 set to explore the “librarian side of steampunk” by turning a stack of old crummy hardcover books into a beautiful purse”
The high price of internet filtering
October 25th, 2008ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) – “Labor’s high-speed National Broadband Network is a step in the right direction, but their plan to block inappropriate websites by forcing ISPs to install content filtering systems will slow down internet access and raise the cost of service.”
Missing the Mark
October 25th, 2008WSJ – “Literature is not very popular these days, to put it mildly.
Manage WordPress blog comments in AIR
October 24th, 2008Webware – “If you’re keen on moderating blog comments in near real time and would prefer to do so without a browser window open, you should check out Moderator. It’s a hybrid tool that uses both a WordPress plug-in and an Adobe AIR desktop application to keep you up to speed with the latest user [...]
2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools
October 24th, 2008From the site: “This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world.”
The New LISJobs
October 24th, 2008A classic gets a facelift.
Internet brings families closer, study says
October 19th, 2008Los Angeles Times – “A national study released today by the Pew Internet & American Life Project said that the ubiquity of cellphones and computers among kids may actually be a good thing for families.”
Britney on Twitter
October 19th, 2008Great! Just when I delete my Twitter account, I find out Britney Spears has an account.
Surfing the Internet Boosts Aging Brains
October 16th, 2008Well Blog – “Many people search the Internet for health information. Now new research suggests that the simple act of Googling may be good for your brain health.”
‘Dewey’ chronicles life of library cat
October 14th, 2008Worthington Daily Globe – “Dewey, the Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World,” by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter, has 336,000 copies in print and has quickly climbed to the top 10 on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and other lists of best sellers.
An Elephant Backs Up Google’s Library
October 14th, 2008Bits Blog – “Google often says that it likes to take the long-term view of things. But Google’s idea of long term does not appear to be long enough for some librarians, who tend to equate long term with forever, at least when it comes to preserving books.”
When Your Kid Won’t “Friend†You
October 14th, 2008Motherlode Blog – “Hope Greenberg, an attorney and mother of four on Long Island created the group when she asked her 12-year-old daughter to “friend†her and the girl pushed back.”
Princeton’s Gehry Library Banishes Stacks, Encourages Talking
October 14th, 2008Bloomberg – “The stacks you’d expect to find in a building housing collections as varied as astrophysics, biology and statistics have largely been banished to a surprisingly small high-density storage space in the basement.”(via)
German court kills google image search for germans?
October 14th, 2008Informationoverlord – “The Regional Court of Hamburg has apparently ruled that the use of thumbnail images in preview of search results by Google does infringe copyright.”
Open Access Day
October 14th, 2008Peter Scott – “October 14, 2008 is the world’s first Open Access Day.
Salinas libraries to open seven days a week
October 12th, 2008Remember when the library system was barely saved by the community? Now they are open 7 days a week. Huzzah!
Celebrating the OED in Oxford
October 12th, 2008Jacket Copy – “The Oxford English Dictionary — OED to friends — is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its 1928 completion next week in Oxford, England.”
Guitar Hero Contest in Library
October 12th, 2008Guitar Hero Contest in Library – “Children enjoy video games right now,†says Children Services Director Sandra Pierce. “We’re trying to use that as a vehicle to get them into the library, get them interested in what we’re doing. We also carry gaming magazines and that’s a form of reading. We just [...]
garbage pail kids card – librarian
October 12th, 2008garbage pail kids card – librarian
Originally uploaded by udandi
On the word “Cybrarian”
October 12th, 2008The Carrie Blog – “I frequently call my one male librarian friend a “guybrarian”, as a joke, because that is one of those annoying librarian things, like “liberry”. But “cybrarian” makes me want to hurl.”
Study Warns of Hearing Loss From Music Players
October 12th, 2008NYT – “Noise from personal music players is a routine annoyance for travelers on buses, trains and planes. But it also threatens permanent hearing loss for as many as 10 million Europeans who use them.”
One of those “doi” studies.
Bloglines v. Google Reader…Again
October 12th, 2008Walt Crawford takes a look and, in the end, still prefers Bloglines.
College libraries win back search primacy
October 12th, 2008Information World Review – “A three-year study into how users navigate scholarly content reported that nearly 60% of respondents recognised library technology played a role in their navigation 95% of the time.”
Radio Free Europe – Circa 1983
October 11th, 2008Ah, the good ol’ days.
Library Camp of the West
October 11th, 2008Some pictures from Josh Neff and Steve Lawson
Looks like a good time was had by all.
Snickerdoodles
October 11th, 2008The Food Librarian makes some.
Yummy!
Libraries on my Cereal!
October 9th, 2008Libraries on my Cereal!
Originally uploaded by Kables
