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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 [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Libraries, Technology by pfitz
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 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Humor, Libraries by pfitz
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
A Vision of Students Today
Yesterday Michael Stephens linked to a very thought-provoking video about students today and how they relate with technology. The main emphasis is on how that relates to how they’re being taught in school. Much of the content in the video is students communicating their answers (or parts of their answers) to the question “What is [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Miscellaneous, Technology by pfitz
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
bLaugh
I found out about another online cartoon series today that I’ve really enjoyed. It’s called bLaugh and it’s a comic strip that is specifically for bloggers. In fact, the cartoon’s subtitle is “The (Un)Official Comic of the Blogosphere!”
Here are a couple samples. If you like them, here’s a link to their RSS feed. (Thanks to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Humor, Technology by pfitz
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Blogs vs. Websites
There’s a really good article by Steven on the ACRLog called “What Happened to the Personal Web Site” which discusses the impact that the personal blog has had on academic librarianship. Here is a snippet:
In the pre-blog days if an academic librarian wanted to achieve some of those things for which a blog now serves, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Technology by pfitz
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
LibGuides
Last week I found out about one of the coolest library technologies that’s come down the pike. It’s a Web 2.0 application designed for Library 2.0. It’s called LibGuides and it’s worth getting excited about.
It’s a system for providing information and resources to library patrons in an engaging and organized way, but without the information [...]
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