The Informed Librarian sounds like the kind of service that I’ll love and hate. Why hate? Because I won’t be able to find free access to all of the new articles it points me to Check it out for yourself:
The Informed Librarian is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of [...]

From Library Journal:
Let Mikael Jacobsen take you on a guided tour through the creation of customized and embeddable maps using Google’s My Maps. Be sure to read this month’s InfoTech feature (Google Maps: You Are Here) to see some innovative map uses at Franklin Park Public Library and elsewhere, and then check out the screencast [...]

Still in school? Got a blog? Well this might be the way to get an awesome scholarship:
Do you maintain a weblog and attend college? Would you like $10,000 to help pay for books, tuition, or other living costs? If so, read on.
We’re giving away $10,000 this year to a college student who blogs. The [...]

I mentioned Geni - and my addiction - here a little while ago.  Since signing up I’ve found that having a bunch of family members all doing things differently is not necessarily ideal :)  So I wrote up a short tutorial for my family - and posted it here for you all to see and [...]

Yesterday I found 2 of my cousins on Facebook, only to find that they had no idea how they got on Facebook in the first place I started looking for tutorials that started with the very basics, but didn’t find anything up to my standards so I started my own Facebook 101 guide.
Now [...]

This is an interesting response to a question posed by Stephen Baker from Business Week.
@diabolicalpnthr responded (in 2 tweets): “It kills productivity to have to explain social media and new technologies to the older generation in an office. It’s hard to get an older… coworker to try new things, so you end up a)explaining all [...]

If you’re in the area and want to learn about open source, you might want to attend this event at the Cherry Hill Public Library hosted by the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative:
August 13: Tech Talk: All Grown Up: Open Source for Libraries:
“Open Source” - a term you may have heard thrown [...]

Can you believe that I’m already scheduled for some of my fall talks? Well, I wanted to share a few of these with you since you can register already:

The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & BlogsWyoming Library Association Conference, Casper, WY, October 2, 2008
Open Source for Libraries: All Grown UpWyoming Library Association Conference, [...]

Two great presentations from Sarah:

Methods for Staying Current (PDF)
Tools for Staying Current (PDF)

This doesn’t make me like Blackboard anymore, but it’s worth mentioning that you can now access Blackboard via Facebook with a new app.
Let’s face it. You would live on Facebook if you could. Imagine a world where you could manage your entire life from Facebook – it’s not that far off! Right now, though, one [...]

Last night I got to hear Stephen Abram talk about the future of SLA & librarianship. First (and most important) I have uploaded my pictures to Flickr.
Stephen started with a mini rant (a good rant) about the fact that there is no proof that the book is at risk. Reading stats are going [...]

Eleonora Dubicki and Jacqui DaCosta talked to us about how to keep students engaged while teaching about libraries. That said, I went because I wanted to learn teaching techniques that can be used in any instruction - and I did!!
Active Learning
We started with the rules for library bingo. This is the first way [...]

This is an interesting interview:
Eszter Hargittai, an assistant professor in Northwestern University’s sociology department, has discovered that students aren’t nearly as Web-savvy as they, or their elders, assume.
Ms. Hargittai studies the technological fluency of college freshmen. She found that they lack a basic understanding of such terms as BCC (blind copy on e-mail), podcasting, and [...]

I didn’t respond to Rachel Singer Gordon’s post about what makes a librarian - mostly because I’ve made it pretty clear what my opinion is in the past - but I just have to laugh at this comment and Rachel’s response:
Librarianship is a profession akin to medicine or law. You don’t see people without law [...]

Phil Bradley points to an interesting article entitled: Lecturer Bans Students From Using Google And Wikipedia. In the article a professor states that she doesn’t allow students to use Google or Wikipedia because she wants them to use their brains - but at the same time she provides a reading list and wants students to [...]

Don’t miss this free opportunity hosted by PALINET:
Koha Camp is a unique first opportunity for systems librarians, library software developers and designers to come together for an open source experience with Koha Library Integrated System.
This one-day workshop, limited to 25 participants, is a place where teams of software developers and librarians will join to explore [...]

We’ve all heard the complaints about presentations based on PowerPoint (or other similar slide show product) - but my question is - what is the alternative? I like to start my presentations with some slides - mostly for reference and note-taking (if printed), but then move on to a live demo of sorts. [...]

I’m finally reading Everything in Miscellaneous - and it’s awesome. The irony is that I’m taking a two day subject cataloging class. While the instructor (who is awesome and full of energy) talks about how getting the most specific subject heading is our goal and having things in alphabetical order is good - [...]

In an article in The Ann Arbor News (pointed out by Ken Varnum), Dave Gershman questions whether allowing wireless Internet access in classrooms is productive. While I see both sides of the argument (students should pay attention and we are paying attention, we just need to do more than one thing at once), the [...]

First - Amen to Dorothea! Every one in a while I read something on someone else’s blog that makes me think - that’s what I’ve been thinking but unable to put into words! Dorothea’s Training-Wheels Culture post is one of those posts.
Dorothea’s post starts by pointing to the results of my library school [...]

Last night I gave a hands-on workshop for the Philadelphia SLA Chapter. Today you can see the slides and the video of that event.

The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs [slides, video pt1, video pt2] SLA Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2007

I was looking for a page defining what a Millennial was for a friend and I came across this article from 2 years ago that I think hits the nail on the head - not for her purposes, but for mine. The article is from http://www.ltimagazine.com/ltimagazine and it’s titled “Millennial” Learning: On Demand Strategies [...]

Do you maintain a weblog and attend college? Would you like $10,000 to help pay for books, tuition, or other living costs? If so, read on.
We’re giving away $10,000 this year to a college student who blogs. The Blogging Scholarship is awarded annually.
Get your application in soon - the deadline is the 6th of [...]

Lately, I’ve been talking to students at other library schools as well as library staff here as I do a bit of homework for my “What I Learned in Library School” post. I realized that I needed a bit more information so I’ve created a 5 question survey for library students and librarians. [...]

Straight from my inbox:
SHAKE UP YOUR THINKING
WITH THE PHILADELPHIA SLA'S TECH-TOPICS SERIES
The TechTopics Series will be comprised of three evening workshops concentrating on new technologies and tools, and are designed for anyone who is interested in keeping their skill sets up-to-date.
These "hands-on" workshops will provide you with an overview of new technologies such [...]