Looks like I’m not the only one excited about Internet Librarian this year. The wiki is up, the program is up and I’m ready to head to California. This is the first year I’ll be presenting – and I get to sit on a panel with well known wiki users like Meredith Farkas and Chad [...]
In honor of my 350th post I’d like to present to you the Carnival of the Infosciences #39. That’s right – I haven’t been quiet all week because I’ve had nothing to say – I just wanted to save this special post milestone for a special post. This week’s carnival is all over the board [...]
This week’s carnival will be up at Library Garden – and next week it will be returning to What I Learned Today… Submissions for posts from this week are due to me (nengard at gmail dot com) by Sunday May 28 at 6pm EST. Please put the word Carnival in your subject line! Submission Guidelines [...]
At our library we’re trying to redesign our member database so that we can easily set the site up for e-commerce. We did a little research a while ago on which services to us and we found that PayPal would cost us the least in the long run – now there’s a handy tool (even [...]
Dave Hook at The Industrial Librarian has pointed me to an interesting looking site. LibrarySupportStaff.com offers resources for people working in libraries. The site could use some help from a web designer – but there are a lot of useful resources listed on this site.
I just read about this nifty sounding tool on blogdriverswaltz.com. The Amazon Media Manager lets you add items from Amazon’s catalogue to your wordpress blog. It keeps a list of things you’ve added, too, so you can choose what to display, how to display it and more! I hope to find a little time to [...]
From OPAL-Online: Thursday, June 15, 2006: Alliance Library System Online Innovation Institute Library 2.0 Extravaganza! Speaker: Michael Stephens, Writer/Trainer/Teacher/Creator of the Tame the Web Blog This special event is sponsored by the Alliance Online Innovation Institute. Cost: Free for all Alliance Library System members; $25.00 for all other registrants. When you sign up you will [...]
Yep, I’m almost finished with my second read through of this book (The NextGen Librarian’s Survival Guide). I have terrible reading comprehension skills, so I like to reread books a couple of times. Anyway, the first time I read through the book and the second time I read through with a pencil and highlighter – [...]
I got this email from Amazon just minutes ago: Your Shopping List is a new feature we’ve added to make it easier to locate and keep track of items you are considering as well as items you purchase routinely–products such as shampoo, vitamins, skin care, and tea. Because you’ve bought these types of products in [...]
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