linkdump for october ’08
Again, here are a set of things that maybe don’t need their own post but are worth letting people know about. Literal videos? Have you seen these? They are remixed videos where instead of the lyrics,...
View ArticleLibrary Journal’s Star Libraries – show me the data
Library Journal has been making an effort to open up more, make more types of content available. I’ve been enjoying following Josh Hadro on Twitter. This was particularly useful when their Star...
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Join the Shovers and Makers!
I added myself. Go add yourself. Read more, if you want, but it’s pretty self evident. [thanks dan]
View ArticleLibrary Journal’s Movers and Shakers
Library Journal has once again made the Movers and Shakers list look nice but not be super useful in the online world. I like seeing everyone’s photos. I’d prefer to get a copy/pasteable list of names....
View Articlecan you loan out a kindle?
Library Journal announced last week that Brigham Young University had received a verbal okay from Amazon to start lending Kindles in their library. This week it appears that they’ve suspended the...
View Articlemissing ALA this year
I sort of have a “How can I miss you if you won’t go away” feeling about ALA most years. I went when I was a councilor. I went when it was near me. I went when I was speaking at it. This time, none of...
View Articlewhat’s going on with koha and liblime
“Meanwhile, if there is high ground to be had, I doubt it is currently occupied by LibLime.” Roy Tennant explains what’s been going on at LibLime and links to a longer post at Library Matters....
View ArticleGive someone else a chance to move and shake….
Library Journal Mover and Shaker nominations are open until this Friday. I have to say that being in the first group of Movers and Shakers back in 2002 gave me a sort of boost of recognition in an...
View ArticleLibrary 2.0 and Jaron Lanier and You
I interviewed Jaron Lanier for Library Journal between Holidaytime and New Years. An excerpt of the interview is now in print and also available on Library Journal’s website: Jaron Lanier on the limits...
View Articleon defaults, and design
Aaron Schmidt has a column in Library Journal about user experience. Here is his first column. The ideas of design and user experience seem sometimes orthogonal to what we do in libraries. We are...
View ArticleLibrary Journal on Libraries in Crisis
A friend who is working with the Save LAPL campaign has also been actively paying attention to all of the other libraries in crisis stories that Library Journal [itself newly for sale and purchased]...
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I made the cover of Library Journal for no reason whatsoever
Hiya. I’m preparing for a talk on Social Software that I’m giving in Utica, New York next Friday. I’ve been travelling significantly less and staying home writing much more. It’s been going well. I...
View Articlegaming for everyone
I have really been enjoying Library Journal’s column on games and gaming in their print magazine and should probably be adding Liz Danforth’s blog to my “to read” list. I enjoyed Allen McGinley’s post...
View Articlesome library love links from astronauts and actors and poets and fans
Sometimes it’s a good thin to remember that libraries have big imacts on people who do big things. The ripple effect is hard to quantify, but it’s a good thing to remember. From my inbox Ronald McNair...
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