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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Internet Privacy
Today I read an interesting post on the ACRLog about people’s attitudes toward privacy in this Web 2.0 world. It’s definitely worth a read. You can access it here: Some Thoughts on Privacy 2.0.
There are some insightful references to the latest OCLC report and some related blogs.
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Losing the Clipboard
Today I did a presentation at the ILF Annual Conference. It was about using Excel to track Reference statistics (and getting rid of the traditional clipboard). Attendees asked for the code to be made available online so they could copy and paste it rather than retyping all of it and risking mistyping one symbol and […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
ILF Annual Conference
Next week is the annual ILF (Indiana Library Federation) Conference. I get to present TWICE at the conference. My Wednesday presentation is called “Losing the Clipboard: A Hands-On Workshop on Using Excel for Tracking Reference Statistics” and my Thursday one is called “Staying in Touch: Using RSS Feeds to Keep your Finger on the Pulse […]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
More LibraryThing
For what it’s worth, I’m doing a little presentation today at the IOLUG (Indiana Online Users Group) Fall Program called “Reaching Digital Natives and Immigrants: Library 2.0.” They’re having a Science-Fair-style session where different people are “exhibiting” different programs and I get to do LibraryThing! Below is most of what I’ve got in a handout […]
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
LibraryThing for Libraries
LibraryThing has now gone the next step and allowed integration between its now-massive database of information and your library’s OPAC (that’s Online Public Access Catalog for those who haven’t been through Library School–what people nowadays simply call the online catalog or just “catalog”). Imagine your library patrons being able to add tags and recommendations to […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Zombie Librarians
I just came across this Flickr photo thanks to Library Stuff. What a great marketing tool for libraries! Makes you want to go to your local library and check out one of the “starring roles,” doesn’t it?
I love that! “They are smarter! They are stronger! They are HUNGRY!”
Sure made me laugh. What a fun thing […]
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