If you have a moment, please participate in this survey by Outsell regarding the use of open source software in libraries: Outsell, Inc. (www.outsellinc.com) is conducting research on the use of open source software in libraries and information management functions. In particular, we are exploring the use or consideration of open source software in integrated [...]
Earlier this week I was lucky enough to join in a podcast recording with the new Library 2.0 Gang: I’m often asked when we are going to bring back the regular Library 2.0 Gang podcast show, especially after the special we did on Roy Tennant’s Library Software Manifesto, back in December. The great news is [...]
Here is my presentation from today’s roundtable meeting: Library 2.0 & the HumanitiesNFAIS – Humanities Roundtable, New York, NY, October 22, 2007 Technorati Tags: nfais, library 2.0
Michael pointed me to this interview with John Blyberg – I haven’t finished it yet because lunch is over, but I’m sure it’s worth a listen/looksie
Remember this video? Almost every Web 2.0 talk starts with this video now. Thanks to Stephen I now know that this professor has put together more videos. Information Revolution A Vision of Students Today (This is the latest and it’s awesome! A MUST SEE VIDEO. I lve the creation process too.) Other videos are available [...]
I was having a chat with Chris Schwartz the other day about which technologies we should be looking at for our library. She asked me if I thought we needed to pay attention to Second Life – if this was really where our students were. I don’t know the answer to this without asking the [...]
Tyler Rousseau has a great post over at Library Garden in which he asks: But how did we get to this stage? Why do we have professional librarians who refuse to keep up with the professional and technological requirements? How did we reach a point where the patrons' needs were less important than the traditional [...]
A post at Tame the Web by Juliette Loebl (an MLIS student) makes me a bit jealous! I am not tech-savvy. I would never hire myself to design a professional-looking website, or create a complex database. Yet, during the last year and a half, in library school, I have had the opportunity to experiment with [...]
Next I heard David Lee King talk about Library 2.0 “Setting up the New Stuff”. While I obviously have a feel for some of the basic technologies that David went over, I’m still glad that I attended this event so that I can share what I learned with you all. David broke the talk into [...]
I’m currently reading The Long Tail (I know I’m behind the times) and loving it. I want to share a few things I read this morning on the way to work (for those who haven’t read the book yet). The first was on page 64. Anderson is talking about how we can all be producers [...]
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