Library Student Journal: Welcome!
eLearn Magazine: Education and Technology in Perspective
Most reliable search tool could be your librarian
sizeasy - your size comparison website
GrandCentralThis gives you a single phone number that, when dialed, rings all of your phones–cell, home, office–and connects the caller to whichever one you answer first.
Fagan Finder > Web Search Engines > Google

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I already have 3 discussion boards to keep up with for my classes, and now I’ve signed up for WebJunction so that I can participate in the LIS Faculty & Student Lounge. Many of my classmates are already signed up - if you’re a student it’s worth signing up to talk to others in [...]

The first issue of the Library Student Journal is available.
Library Student Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal for future information science professionals edited by students at the University at Buffalo.
The best part? It’s Open Access!

That’s right, CNet, a technology news site is telling users to visit their local librarian instead of using Google for research. In an article titled Most reliable search tool could be your librarian Elinor Mills tells readers:
While the Web is good for offering quick results from a broad range of sources, which may or [...]

New Workers, New WorkplacesYoung workers who have grown up with the internet, cell phones, video games, iPods, and digital cameras are different from their elders. Those who are now hiring the young "digital natives" need to know how their new world has shaped their behavior and at
NoteMeshA different way of thinking about your notes. Collaborate [...]

So week one is done - well sort of (I have until Sunday) - it’s time to share with you my conclusions.
First, this is going to be extremely difficult - juggling work and home and school. Second, this is going to be fun!
So this week I read 6 chapters, 2 articles, and about 600 [...]

LibrarianInBlack has a great post on the Ten Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google.
The most handy reason (in my book):
4. For all types of searches, Ask.com offers one-click links to narrow your search, expand your search, and provides links to results for related terms.

I have decided I have way too much school work to keep up with my 150+ blogs - I’m going to be parring down my list. I logged into Bloglines to find that I had over 1500 posts to read today - that’s just too much with hundreds of pages of reading per week for [...]

There is a good thread going on on the PA County Libraries mailing list that I have permission to share with you all.
It started with this message:
The Dauphin County Library System has noted an increase in some user behavior violations due to myspace dot com and other social networking sites. Teens gather [...]

That’s right I’ll be speaking at 2 Information Today conferences this fall. First you’ll see me at Internet Librarian (check out the wiki) where I’ll talk about the wiki on our Intranet along with a bunch of other well know wiki experts (10/25). Second you can see me at KMWorld & Intranets (check [...]

I just finished my first conversation with a reference staff member at Drexel via IM! I needed to find a required journal and was thrown off by the interface they provided me with. I went right to my comfort zone - InfoTrac because that’s what we have at work and I know how [...]

Yep - that’s what’s going through my head as I click from class to class in Blackboard (a program I’ve never used before).
I don’t know what I was thinking!! I’m a hands-on learner and now I have to totally re-teach myself in personal time management and organization. So far, I’ve read 2 syllabi - [...]

Today is my first day of school - never thought I’d have to say that again! I already have they syllabus for one class and am just waiting for 8am when blackboard is open for students to log in.
You will probably notice a decline in my posting - and a shift in the topics [...]

Pew Internet: Future of the InternetA survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows that a majority agree with predictions that by 2020:

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Network Neutrality and Nonprofits
Ambient Findability Webcast (Library of Congress)

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Last week I wrote about Book Sale Scout and then I found out about Book Sale Finder. Both are pretty handy. Personally, I like that Book Sale Scout better it lets you search for sales - it also lets you list your sales for free.
I still think that both need some serious [...]

There are a couple of cute Foxtrot comics on Web 2.0.

Friday, Sept 22, 2006
Saturday, Sept 23, 2006

Re-Integrating the integrated library system

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The Wall Street Journal Online has an interesting email conversation between Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of Britannica. For those of you who are behind on the encyclopedia debate you can find my other posts here, here and here.
The “discussion” starts with Wales stating:
The strengths include a much greater timeliness, [...]

David Lee King has a great post about Making Time for Web 2.0. He has broken out his tips into 2 groups - one for admins & one for staff (but I think everyone should read both parts - it’s not that long after all).
One of the excuses that David (and all of us) [...]

Innovation Directory | Talis Developer NetworkThe TDN Innovation Directory is an open directory of Library 2.0 Technology examples. Be they Web Sites, Widgets, Gadgets, Browser Extensions, Plug-ins, or ‘mashups’ of any type that demonstrate in the display, use, and reuse of data from and about librar
Making Time for Web 2.0

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Free Computer Books, Tutorials & Lecture Notes
Retrieve Serial Numbers or CD Keys from your computer

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Since this podcast was so long I figured it warrants 2 blog posts (read part 1).
On Books
One of things that I find that programmers (specifically web programmers) are divided on is the use of books. Ed said that “No one (or nearly no one) reads a programming book front to back” - well Ed [...]

Apparently this site has been around for a while - but Mashable! has just reported that ITtoolbox is now a social network.
ITtoolbox, a community for IT professionals with roots dating back to 1998, relaunched this week with a host of social networking features. Users can create profile pages, add friends to their network and receive [...]

This is a “just for the fun of it” site. Once again a tool I found on Lifehacker - PhoneSpell!
Enter a 6 to 10 digit phone number and we’ll show you what words and phrases your phone number spells
My phone number is pretty useless as words - the best combo it came up with [...]