Sites and SoundbytesLibraries, Books, Technology and NewsHyperconnected- May 21, 2008 When I first heard about The Hyperconnected study, I was fairly sure I would classify as a hyperconnected type. I use far too many social networks, blog on several blogs, use IM, Skype, and play online multiplayer games. What I wasn't expecting was exactly how closely I would follow the others who rated that way in the study. First there is the point that hyperconnected people lose the boundary between work and personal time. Yup, my online life is one and the same at home or..http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018737.html GroupCard- May 19, 2008 Just got invited to participate in my first GroupCard and I am hooked! I used it on Facebook to sign a card for a colleague's birthday, and it is not only a friendly interface, but a lot of fun as well. Just select the card you want, sign it, using the sweet image interface to add pictures, give the email address of the person you want to send it to and the date it should be sent, and invite others to sign it as well. Seriously, this is the way to do cards for colleagues who...http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018725.html Twittering Away- May 15, 2008 I was on a panel a couple of weeks ago talking about sites that other librarians may not have heard of. You can check out our list of recommended sites at Haveuheard2008 on Delicious. At some point during one of my pieces of the talk, I asked my fellow presenters (all hip folks who use all sorts of online tools) if anyone used Twitter. No one did. So I decided to remedy that and explore Twitter myself. So far, I've been using Twitter actively for a week and am impressed..http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018637.html DRM and Libraries- May 14, 2008 DefectiveByDesign has written an open letter to libraries about their role in avoiding DRM on behalf of their users. Disgracefully, we have allowed services like OverDrive to take our money but provide service that is clunky at best and maniacally frustrating at worst. Anyone who has walked a bewildered patron through the dark labyrinth of using OverDrive on a personal computer knows this is true. The refrain of Why Why Why will ring in your ears for months...http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018633.html ReadBurner- May 14, 2008 ReadBurner is a service that focuses on what is currently being shared online. Unlike Digg, items are not voted on but instead are rated by how many times they have been shared online. You can browse by most popular, upcoming and most recent. Look through what was most popular this week, or browse by categories such as web, desktop, and mobile. Both Netvibes and Google Reader are integrated into the site, so you can easily move between services. This is a slick way.http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018625.html Aphlog & PicURLs- May 13, 2008 Aphlog is a site that aggregates the best of the photography sites into one handy place. Keep up with the top photography blogs and view some of the top photos on Flickr. This is a quick way to stay informed on what's happening in digital photography online. PicURLs also aggregates photography content, but in their case it is more about the photographs that are getting the most attention currently than about the blogs focused upon digital photography discussion and...http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018616.html COLAND Visioning Summit- May 12, 2008 Once in awhile you find yourself somewhere that you needed to be. The COLAND Summit was that for me last week. I was lucky enough to be selected to be part of a group of 100 library supporters and librarians that worked to vision what the library of the future would be like. Well, others will report what was finally agreed upon, what large issues we grappled with, and where we are headed. I, on the other hand, just want to say how invigorating it was to discuss libraries.http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018607.html Delicious Plug-In- May 3, 2008 As I did my add-on presentation yesterday, there was a discussion about how some people's Delicious add-ons seem to open different side menus, buttons do different things and such. Unable to answer any of the questions while doing the presentation (though searching for answers would have lengthened the presentation!) I came back and found a new delicious add-on waiting for me on my RSS feeds! The new add-on works on both Firefox 3 and previous versions and has new...http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018534.html WAPL Presentations- May 2, 2008 Whew! Two programs back-to-back with only 15 minutes in between was pretty intense. The morning started with Have You Heard, where I got to do a panel with the amazing Stef, Beth and Joy. This is one I look forward to all year, and was thrilled to be a part of. We presented a list of some great new websites that you can see on our del.icio.us list. I know that I always find great new websites myself from this group! Then I got to do a presentation called Be the...http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018531.html 2008 WAPL - Unintended Consequences- May 1, 2008 Rene Bue and Tammy Pineda Welcome sign with multiple languages. Very inviting to diverse people entering library. ALA sees this as a crucial priority for libraries. We must do this! Problems with terms: culture, diversity, immigrant. There is no such thing as a single Hispanic culture. Involve underserved communities in planning new services. Form partnerships!!! Barriers: Illiteracy - could be unable to read in any language Reading level of library information - keep it.http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/018520.html |