LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Instant Messaging interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:08:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/457030206/je-browser-commanderen-met-kwyno.html Of het werkelijk iets zal toevoegen kan ik nu nog niet zo goed inschatten maar ik ga Kwyno zeker uitproberen, op het moment dat de bètaversie wordt vrijgegeven. Met Kwyno kun je websites opvragen via een opdrachtregel. Interessant is vooral dat dit ook kan via SMS of Instant Messaging. Google werkt ook aan deze techniek, via spraak. Dat is natuurlijk het ultieme: je fluistert je telefoon iets in en hij gaat onmiddelijk voor je aan de slag.Een paar weken geleden probeerde ik de spraaklabels van mijn mobieltje uit. Dat werkte prima.De muisarm gaat verdwijnen als aandoening, dat staat vast.Meer informatie over Kwyno op Mashable.@ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:54:00 +0100 674105 http://elibrarian.livejournal.com/39424.html Kool Tools!It's been some time since the blog has taken a look at some of the latest in free web tools available to you, so it seems like a good time to take a look at some of the latest goodies you can get.Saving ContentOne of the biggest areas of online tools these days are ways to preserve (and share) content. For example, you can capture little snippets of content (including images or videos) and store them in an online archive for however long you desire using Snipd.com, an online clipping service. You can also invite people to "follow" your snips, to which you can add comments. The possibilities for using this with students, co-workers, or any organization of which you might be a member are probably obvious. Snip out items of interest and then your followers can see what you feel is important. Snipd works with the Firefox browser. If you'd like to see how Snipd content appears, check out my sample Snipd account, which includes a terrific video about the internet age. Because this tool saves your snips for you online, nothing needs to be downloaded to your computer. (A word of advice: Don't sign up for a Snipd account until you begin Snipping. For some reason it is harder to associate your first snips with a pre-constructed account than to set it up at that point.)If you want to preserve something more substantial than snippets of information, take a look at Zotero, the Firefox extension that enables you to save, mark, comment on, and cite resources you retrieve online so that you can refer to them for later use when you are offline (and thus making it easy to work when you are offline). This tool marks an integration of of reference software with web applications that enable bookmarking, tagging, and classification. Because this is a Firefox extension, you do not need Administrative privileges in order to install it on your system. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:24:30 +0100 673848 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#6440993017164366285 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:23:00 +0100 673596 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pandia/vfbc/~3/454954149/987-search-engine-news-wrap-ip-november-16.html So much to read and so little time. It’s good Pandia is doing all the reading for you! Here are some of the essential search engine news articles from this week: For Yahoo’s CEO, News Keeps Getting Worse Yang made no concessions to the growing chorus of angry investors and media pundits calling for his ouster at a Web industry conference in London this week. (Reuters Nov 14 2008) Sweeping Changes At Live.com: It’s A Social Network! US Live.com is now a social network, too, pulling in activity information and content from around the web. (TechCrunch Nov 12 2008) Could a Social Twist Brings Good Tidings to Microsoft’s Live Service? The new Microsoft Live Service portal will bring together Windows Live Messenger and an upgraded Hotmail, Windows Live Group, photo gallery, toolbar, calendar… (SE Journal Nov 13 2008) Would an Apple Google Split Mean an Apple Yahoo Acquisition? Apple may be working on their own search engine technology and search advertising format (SE Journal Nov 13 2008) The next step in search Microsoft on the the new the Live Search API for publishers and web developers. (Live Search blog Nov 13 2008) Google Site Search gets more demanding On-Demand Indexing is like a turbocharger for Google Site Search, ensuring that your newest pages appear in search results on your website fast. (Google Blog Nov 13 2008) Will Disney or Apple Buy Yahoo Before Microsoft Does? Disney buying Yahoo is much more hairbrained of an idea than Apple buying Yahoo. (SE Journal Nov 13 2008) Microsoft Opens the Live Search API to the Public On the release of the Live Search API which is also known as Project Silk Road. (SE Journal Nov 13 2008) Microsoft Live Search Cashback Program Showing Positive Results 20 of the top 50 online retailers in the U.S. and 140 of Internet Retailer’s Top 500 are now into the Live Search cashback program. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:57:52 +0100 673445 http://lovetheliberry.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-gotta-fight-for-your-right-to.html Sunday, 1-3 PM. Busy!--Wants to be on the waiting list for DVDs of Mamma Mia (#175) and Step Brother (#134), and “the book from that TV show about blood, True Blood or something?” -- Is Kill Bill based on a book? --Where are the Arabic books?--Phone: Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems and Change Your Mind, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen--A lady named Lind-Z says “I want to request Hancock (#288) and Tropic Thunder (#201) plus a DVD with “real dirt” on Watergate. Also Judge Judy’s Greatest. Find it! I watch her every day! (sorry, we don’t have it, just her books.) Oh no! No pick-me-up today? Also, does KL still work here? (No, she retired.) Oh, I had so much fun with her!”--Looking for Oct. 30 newspaper from nearby city--Jobs section of the paper, and books on refrigeration--Gospel of Philip--Swamps and metals in Iraq--Cashflow notes--Books based on horror movies or soap operas--Headphones don’t work--How to copy and paste--Books on plumbing--Can I switch computers with the person on #5? I want to be next to my daughter. (You can ask them when they come…)--Can’t find One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. “I checked everywhere.” We have 3 copies on shelf.--Consumer info on GPS devices--Reset PIN--Person on #5 turned out to be her son. So that worked out.--Is the first Twilight book in? I want to reread it before I see the movie. (HAHAHAHA. Almost 450 holds on about 150 copies.)--Do you mind if I steal some of this scratch paper? --Can I order a book here? (Yes!) Okay, Twilight on the Line: underworlds and politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border. (no holds on that one)--Why doesn’t the back button work?--Why can’t I download Yahoo Messenger on my home computer? (I don’t know.)--Where can I donate a queen-sized mattress?--Buffy Season 8 comic book--Latest Consumer Reports (Source: Love the Liberry) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673423 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/15/new-google-services-could-burden-networks-benefit-scholars/ New Google Services Could Burden Networks, Benefit Scholars Yesterday Google unveiled three new services — two that may make campus-network administrators groan and one that could prove to be a boon to researchers in a number of disciplines. The search giant’s voice- and video-chat offerings could encourage more campus-network users to switch from low-bandwidth communication technologies — instant messaging, e-mail, social networks — to chat applications that consume considerably more network resources. Voice and video chatting have been available for some time, of course, through Skype, Apple’s iChat, and other applications. But Google’s search and e-mail functions are widely used, and the software is easy to install and use, so more people may be drawn in. Source: Wired Campus/Chronicle of Higher Education (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:08:02 +0100 672974 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#813079806639703753 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:31:00 +0100 672688 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#4933926502727396723 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:08:00 +0100 671987 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#2945017446137599200 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:28:00 +0100 671988 http://ratodebiblioteca.blogspot.com/2008/11/web-social-da-biblioteca-do-isca-ua.html A par da web institucional da biblioteca do ISCA-UA, que engloba o seu portal na internet, o catálogo integrado no catálogo geral das bibliotecas UA, os serviços desta biblioteca procuram disponibilizar informação e contactar com os utilizadores de outras formas, construindo espaços na web social.Nos últimos dois anos desenvolveram-se:BLOG - intangível: blog da biblioteca do isca (Maio de 2007)Divulga a actividade do serviço, difunde informação sobre os recursos bibliográficos disponibilizados e congrega notícias das áreas de saber e da realidade profissional dos cursos do isca-ua. Está integrado nos blogs do Centro Multimedia e de Ensino a Distância da Universidade de Aveiro.VÍDEO - BiblioISCA - canal no Youtube (desde Janeiro de 2008)Canal de vídeos da biblioteca do ISCA-UA para aproximar a biblioteca dos seus públicos! Ferramenta de comunicação para divulgação de informação e apoio à formação de utilizadores.MySpace - BiblioIsca - Espaço da biblioteca do isca-ua (desde Abril de 2007)No windows live associado à sua conta no messenger e que funciona para já como ponto redundante de acesso a outros recursos da biblioteca na web e que futuramente se configurará numa página de atracção (com informação útil) para integração dos alunos no uso da biblioteca, particularmente destinado a alunos do 1º ciclo.MESSENGER - biblioisca@live.com.pt (desde Abril de 2008)Chat para contactar com os serviços da biblioteca, funcionando como serviço de referência e também de informações, esclarecimento e renovação de empréstimos.RSS - dois serviços disponíveis para já com feed rss: a lista de últimas aquisições (desde Janeiro de 2007) da biblioteca e inivitávelmente as informações do blog (desde Maio de 2007). (Source: :: rato de biblioteca ::) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672041 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_York_Public_Library&diff=251258619&oldid=prev Telephone Reference Service ← Previous revision Revision as of 03:29, 12 November 2008 Line 85: Line 85: Of its 82 branch libraries, 35 are in Manhattan, 34 are in the Bronx, and 11 are in Staten Island. Of its 82 branch libraries, 35 are in Manhattan, 34 are in the Bronx, and 11 are in Staten Island. - == Telephone Reference Service == + == ASK NYPL (Live Help 24/7) == - The New York Public Library has a telephone-reference system that was organized as a separate library unit in 1968 and remains one of the largest. Located in the Mid-Manhattan Library branch at 455 Fifth Avenue, the unit has 10 researchers with degrees ranging from elementary education, chemistry, mechanical engineering and criminal justice, to a Ph.D. in English literature. They can consult with as many as 50 other researchers in the library system. + Since 1968 Telephone Reference has been an integral part of The New York Public Library’s reference services. Now known as ASK NYPL[http://www.nypl.org/questions/], the service provides answers by phone and online via chat and e-mail. The service fulfilled nearly 70,000 requests for information in 2007. Inquiries range from the serious and life-changing (a New Orleans resident who lost his birth certificate in Katrina needing to know how to obtain a copy; turns out he was born in Brooklyn), to the fun or even off-the-wall (a short-story writer researching the history of Gorgonzola cheese). In 1992 a selection of unusual and entertaining questions and answers from ASK NYPL was the source for Book of Answers: The New York Public Library Telephone Reference Service’s Most Unusual and Entertaining Questions, a popular volume published by Fireside Books. National and international questioners have included scores of newspaper reporters, authors, celebrities, professors, secretaries, CEOs, and everyone in between. ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:29:10 +0100 671569 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#5021551259482448908 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:06:00 +0100 670590 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/445992209/2318 I know I have talked about Twitter’s lack of IM support a lot lately, but this may be the end of my ranting. Today I read that FriendFeed has IM support! Now the question is - do I want/need to keep using Twitter? So many of my friends are using it and I do have a lot of followers and follow a many people myself - I’d hate to miss out on something by leaving Twitter, but at the same time I’m tired of supporting a site that doesn’t do what I really want. I’m open to suggestions - what are you all doing? To make your decision check out this guide to using FriendFeed over IM - I’m heading off to set it up! Technorati Tags: friendfeed, im, instant messaging, twitter (Source: What I Learned Today...) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:26:31 +0100 670274 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#3228854750289461380 Welcome WVLC and Guests.Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:59:00 +0100 670203 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LibrariansMatter/~3/440764744/ LIANZA 2008 has continued to be an open, warm and intellectually stimulating conference. I liveblogged the sessions I attended on CoverItLive, so there is much more detail here (keynotes) and here (individual sessions). Did I mention that the conference committee have provided free wifi iin return for liveblogging? Thank you very, very much for this. A nice win/win situation. Here are the main ideas that took my fancy today: 1. Keynote - Professor Mason Durie. Talked about transformational leadership and the need for people to be Future Makers (proactive) rather than Future Takers (reactive). He talked about 5 contexts in which future leadership will take place and gave a New Zealand perspective on these: Demographic transitions Changes to Technology Information Avalanche Economic Transitions Globalisation Leadership for tomorrow will require leaders who can look outside their own institutions and make connections and community. He talked of many leaders and I saw a common theme - these were all people who could make links with business for economic support or community groups for social support. Professor Durie suggested that maybe leadership will become a separate career in the future - people with qualities needed for future leadership are hired  specifically to lead, rather than getting people who have been in the organisation for a long time and have risen to the top. 2. Charlotte Clements and Timothy Greig talked about two Instant Messaging projects set up among four universities. They had teams evaluating chat reference - one looking at proprietary purpose-built library reference software and one looking at Open Source solutions. They chose to test QuestionPoint (OCLC) and VRL plus (sirsi dynix) from the vendor based software and look at Psi, Trillian and Meebo for the  Open Source. Eventually they decided to implement meebo - straight away - without a trial. No stats on the usage yet. ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:47:41 +0100 669666 http://www.librarystuff.net/2008/11/02/social-networks-go-to-work/ PC World - “Use of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube is widespread in business today, along with instant messaging, peer-to-peer file-sharing and media streaming, according to new research.” (Source: Library Stuff) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:17:39 +0100 669011 http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/11/hkla-50th-anniversary-conference-part-1.html [This is Part 1]Off to Hong Kong in a few hours time.To present a paper at the Hong Kong Library Association 50th Anniversary Conference.My paper is on the various digital/ new media initiatives our Public Library Service initiated (starting in 2005 with this event, then this in 2006, followed by this and also this in 2007, then this being latest for 2008):CHANGING THE WORLD: ONE NEW FRIEND AT A TIME (REACHING OUT TO TEENAGE USERS OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES)By Mr. Ivan Chew, Manager, Adult & Young People's Services (Public Libraries). National Library Board, SingaporeAbstractTeenagers (13 to 19 years) are a user group that the Singapore public libraries find difficult to reach. One reason is that the typical library programmes (e.g. talks and lectures) do not appeal to them. In response, the Singapore Public Library has been using digital mediums like blogs and Instant Messaging in its programmes and activities for teens. The strategy has been to leverage on teens being IT savvy, so that programmes for teens are relevant and meaningful to them. In addition, the library also seeks to involve teens overseas, through various overseas partners.This paper presents case studies from the NLB Public Library's programmes for its teen library users. It will share the learning points in conducting those events, and also discuss the library's future plans.Two other NLB colleagues -- Ivy Lee (National Library), and Ian Yap (Public Library) -- will also be speaking at the conference.Say, all our names start with "I", lol.After the 2-day conference, Ian and myself will be on a study-visit to a few libraries of the Hong Kong Public Library.As usual, I'll try to share what I can (where appropriate) from the conference proceedings, and from the library visits.[Next: Part 2]   Web ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com myrightbrain.wordpress.com roughnotes.wordpress. ... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:57:00 +0100 669304 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/439368212/ I am hearting this post: Coming Full Circle: Humanity is the new Technology What I think is happening on the Web is very human. While we look toward trends like “cloud computing” it’s essential to understand what’s happening here. Sometimes, as human beings we don’t want human assistance, like for example if we’re checking out savings account or just need some cash from an ATM. In other instances, we are looking for a genuine human connection, and the Web spurred on by the advent of social networks is beginning to show signs of how this could possible be delivered. So in addition to human to computer interaction, we have human to human interaction enabled through technology. Armano is spot on and he relates it to Seth Godin’s Tribes as well, which I am just finishing. It’s not the library blog or wiki, or Bookspace, or GoodRead, or Meebo embedded librarian on the results not found page, it’s people..and connections. I think that’s what “The Hyperlinked Library” has always been about. Tell me how your library’s humanity will shine through today? Will it be a connection made in person or virtually? Will it be inspiring someone’s curiosity? Will it be leading a tribe of passionate users who care about the institution? I keep coming back to the newsletter full of rules and I feel sad for those users. Where’s the humanity in that equation? (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:39:35 +0100 668751 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#6441682928485086803 The IC staff congratulates Nick Queen for winning the Open House grand prize -- a video iPod.Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:29:00 +0100 667929 http://lisnews.org/students_and_it A report just released by the Educause Center for Applied Research offers some interesting factoids on how today’s college students are using information technology. A sampling: • More than 80 percent own laptops, an increase from 65.9 percent in 2006. More than 70% of entering freshmen have a laptop less than one year old. • 85% are using social network sites, primarily Facebook, and most do so daily. • Almost 84% use text messaging regularly, and instant messaging is used by almost 74%. • Students consider themselves quite Internet savvy. Almost 80% say that they can use the Internet to effectively and efficiently search for information. Half say they are “very skilled” and one-third claim to be “experts.” (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:07:20 +0100 667630 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#2316504727548196948 The IC staff congratulates Nick Queen for winning the Open House grand prize -- a video iPod.Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:26:00 +0100 667151 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#8190944228347616913 The IC staff congratulates Nick Queen for winning the Open House grand prize -- a video iPod.Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:10:00 +0100 666476 http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/2008/10/thing-5-im.html Now that I'm back in the office after two weeks of conference it's time to get caught up with Nebraska Learns 2.0. Today: IM. Instant Messaging is something that I find I don't use all that much. Granted, all of my co-workers in my department do so I find myself using it more and more. It's not that I don't like IM, I do find it useful from time to time, but I just forget to log in. Then, while logged in (via Meebo of course) I forget to set my away messages when I leave my desk. I'm trying folks, I really am. Maybe my problem with IM is that while logged in, if someone sends you a message you're expected to drop everything and respond immediately. With e-mail and twitter I can respond when I want, not when they want. On the other hand, I do see the usefulness of IM especially when it comes to reference services. I've even used MSN messenger on my smartphone to contact the Commission's reference desk to ask a question. So, my rambling on this topic just shows how mixed my feelings are. Hopefully it'll click in my brain one day and I'll never want to live without it again. Then again, maybe not. (Source: Travelin' Librarian) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 666349 http://erikhoy.blogspot.com/2008/10/redaktren-direkte.html Jeg prøver at være så meget som muligt på forkant med den teknologiske udvikling. Det sidste nye er en chatboks i højremenuen. Her kan brugerne direkte chatte med mig, hvis ellers jeg er online og logget på Meebo. Systemet er set på Randers Bibliotek, og det var Thor Dekov som gjorde mig opmærksom på det.Chatfunktionen udmærker sig ved at det er ganske let at sætte på webloggen. Hvis du er Meebo-bruger. Og du behøver ikke at have nogen messenger i forvejen. Du optræder blot som guest, uden identifikation. Så oplys venligst (dæk)navn hvis du vil være venlig. (Source: Internetsøgning) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 666224 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/13170 Amigos has scheduled web-based training in our live online classroom. Available courses include the following titles. All times below are Central Time. CONTENTdm: The Basics January 12 - 15, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections November 11 - 14, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Metadata for Digitized Resources December 16 - 19, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. METS: The Basics November 6 - 7, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Project Management for Digital Imaging December 2 - 5, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Social Software in Libraries November 4 - 7, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tech Topics: Blogs December 9, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tech Topics: Google Chrome November 3, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tech Topics: Google Chrome December 1, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tech Topics: Instant Messaging December 11, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tech Topics: RSS Feeds December 10, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tech Topics: Wikis December 12, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Web Publishing: The Basics November 18 (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 666131 http://litablog.org/2008/10/24/course-management-systems-integrating-library-content-panel-discussion/ Elizabeth Black, Ohio State University Don Kim, Murray State University Kim Duckett and Jason Casden, North Carolina State University Session Summary: A great sampling of creative tools and solutions! Anyone looking to find innovative ways to push library content through course management systems will find great ideas from these presentations. Note: any reference in this post to “CMS” indications “course management system,” NOT “content management system” (i.e., Drupal). Elizabeth Black, Ohio State University: The CMS in use at Ohio State is called Desire2Learn. It’s made by a Canadian vendor, and as at many institutions, the course management system is run by a University IT department (educational technologists). It was important that the project was a true collaboration between campus IT and the library; commitment and maintenance were very important, with mutual authority and accountability given and expected from both parties. The project was designed by a cross-departmental team. The team decided to create a suite of tools to achieve their goals; the biggest impression this left on me personally is how much integrating these resources could create significant efficiencies for staff in other areas of the library, particularly reference and reserves. eReserves: all course reserves were delivered in the CMS; access limited to students in that course, scanned files were put into learning object repositoty; ereserves branded Carmen this is great, as it is one less place for students to go to get course materials. For the library, it’s great advertising for reserves. Storing the articles in a learning repository greatly reduces workload for reserves staff! Creation of Librarian role in the CMS: named roll w/ certain “powers”; all the powers of an instructor, can email students, etc. ... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:11:52 +0100 665131 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#2435124618799188670 The IC staff congratulates Nick Queen for winning the Open House grand prize -- a video iPod.Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:37:00 +0100 665571 http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/2008/10/23/an-exchange/ Over instant messenger… Him: We small furry egg-suckers are slightly more nimble than our lumbering reptilian counterparts. Hooray for evolution. Me: Yea verily, let us go suck eggs. Um, wait… that didn’t come out right. (Source: Caveat Lector) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:03:07 +0100 665587 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#1685705622422020757 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.The IC staff congratulates Nick Queen for winning the Open House grand prize -- a video iPod.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:01:00 +0100 664704 http://northmetrotechlibraryatacworth.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-is-answer.html Libraries are using Instant Messaging, e-mail, Ask A Librarian links, phone reference, MySpace, Facebook, blogs, wikis and text messaging as life lines for the sinking researcher- the person who is overwhelmed by resources and just wants an answer.netconnect, the supplement to Library Journal, has an interesting article titled "Mobile Delivery :Information Anywhere". (neither Ebsco nor Proquest have posted the Fall 2008 Net Connect issue - but they will - so you will be able to read this article in GALILEO - you can set up an RSS feed in both databases that will alert you when the new issue is posted).Back to my point - throwing out the lifeline, getting the answers - the other librarian shared this with our faculty:Kate and I came across an article pointing out that reference information services are now often available for cell phones. Cell users can text a question to one of several services and have the question answered within a few minutes.The two services I used in a test run were Google and ChaCha (google.com/sms) and (chacha.com). I asked both services ‘what is the capital of Canada?’ The google service responded very quickly with the correct answer, as did the chacha service. Chacha uses live humans to answer their questions while google’s service is automated to some degree.Google-466453 and ChaCha-242242. Please note that if you have to pay for texts or other cell fees then the cost of that will show up on your cell bill. Otherwise the services are free.This should come in handy for when you are broken down on the side of the road and need to know the name of the British Prime Minister (Gordon Brown).Now there's another way to get the answers.....-kls/JWFto get the password to use GALILEO at home, ask your Georgia librarianView from the Library maintained by The Librarian at North Metro Technical College c2006 (Source: View from the library) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 664654 http://theloudlibrarian.net/2008/10/book-review-messenger.html The Messenger by Daniel SilvaBecause I so enjoyed Silva's recent Moscow Rules when I saw this audiobook on the shelf, I thought I'd give it a try.Though at first there are a lot of characters to keep track of, once this story gets going, it doesn't let up for a minute until the conclusion. In the wake of a suicide bombing in the heart of the Vatican, Gabriel Allon (Israeli spy and all-around badass) assembles a group to infiltrate the "money" behind the crime, and to do that, they need to recruit an American woman who can toe the line between crime and spy...but can she pull it off convincingly?This is another action-packed, multi-continent, speedy tale of deception and life and death, complete with a great cast of characters, led by the always engaging Allon. I really enjoyed this novel, and found myself popping in disc after disc to see just what would happen next...Highly recommended, particularly if you enjoyed other Gabriel Allon tales!Note: I listened to the audio edited, well narrated by Christopher Lane, who had to flip between Israeli, American, Saudi, Italian accents, and a few more, and did a fine job at it! (Source: Writings of the Loud Librarian....) Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:46:00 +0100 664711 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#2749197271880220476 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.The IC staff congratulates Nick Queen for winning the Open House grand prize -- a video iPod.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using higher display settings. Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:02:00 +0100 664712 http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-librarian-stephen-abram-on.html Enterprise Trends: Beyond the Simple IntranetThis presentation will be posted to Stephen Abram's blog http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/.Connie's note: These are notes from Stephen's talk. Any errors or omissions are mine.You need to be ahead of the curve.The opportunity finally exists to use social software inside the organization. We can finally use some of this social software to lift ourselves up.We can't wait for everyone to change at once. You've got to keep up. Anyone who doesn't use the Internet is looking to be unemployed; if you don't have a Facebook account you are looking to be irrelevant. However, it takes a while for things to filter through and people to adapt.If information isn't in text, how are you accessing it?Stephen Abram on Enterprise TrendsAt the Internet Librarian 2008 conference in Monterey, CA. Stephen Abram speaking on world trends in learning. il2008We see a fundamental shift in how questions are asked and answered. People will ask questions on Facebook and MySpace. Open Social, G3 phone coming out today - if everybody's stuff is on their phone e.g. geotagging - customize a search and customize search engine rankings. You can change the search engine rankings of your organizations based on geographic location e.g. Obama campaign money spent on localized search engine rankings - political searches show up different results in different neighbourhoods. Does democracy start to become at risk?What is not advertising-based search engine ranking? Us!Some of us are coming to the realization that we are not creating information just for us - we are doing the work for others who work differently than us.Enterprises exist because people need to work together. Need to work to coming to the same conclusions when you are working together.Circles of trust inside organizations - we see this exactly replicated in social software such as Facebook - you have your inner circle of friends who you trust. ... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:33:00 +0100 664034 http://lblog.jalcorn.net/archives/1199-IL2008-Digital-Marketing.html Digital Marketing – Success Plans and Organizations Sarah Houghton-Jan and Aaron Schmidt Sarah: San Jose PL – Digital Features (?) Manager http://themword.blogspot.com – last session’s presenter’s website. http://walkingpaper.org/presentations/outreach – this presentation Aaron: What is library outreach? – not just connecting users with library, but connecting users with *librarians*. For libraries to transform, requires relationships. Ex: Librarian Trading Cards What is Online Outreach? When we’re serving people online, we’re serving everyone – traditional blocks no longer apply. We serve anyone who approaches our service desks, so lets take down online walls, too. What are you Marketing? Do we have snake oil, or something of substance? Make your library website two-way: Can people – register for cards? Share their opinion? Have an identity? BE GOOD – most crucial, hardest thing to do. We have to have good content online! Hard part comes with developing plan for good, relevant, dynamic content. Sarah: Free is Nice – most everything in today’s presentation is free. Library Directory Listings: LibDex, MapMuse, Libraries411, PublicLibraries.com, Libraries on the Web – make sure your library is correctly listed!! Want to rank high, have correct info. No dead ends. One time to do – easy. Blog Search Engines – submit RSS feeds to blog search engines. **Use Feed Submitter (website) Serves to 15 sites at once. Robin Good’s list of where to submit blog and feed, http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55 RSS specifications list of where to submit your feed. http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm blog geo-search engines – list your library Frapper, feedmap, blogwise, gFeedMap Sarah finds that people find their blog this way. If you kill your blog, make sure you take these off, so no dead ends. Wikimapia – add locations for your library and othe community features of interest. ... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:46:00 +0100 663702 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/426259317/aids-grant-for-second-life-project.html Aids & HIV Center In Second Life Frontpage on Metaverse Messenger! http://www.metaversemessenger.com/ pdf With the Karuna Advisory committee we are deciding how to execute the $60,000 grant for a project entitled “AIDS Information and Outreach in the Virtual World of Second Life.” Here are our The Project Objectives and Accomplishments to be Achieved: To build an AIDS information and community center in the virtual world of Second Life. To develop and compile quality resources in the library on AIDS/HIV.To train AIDS/HIV patients, their families, and others on how to search for quality information on all aspects of the disease.To collaborate with other AIDS/HIV and health information agencies to provide quality health information.To provide informational displays on AIDS/HIVTo increase awareness of NLM resources on AIDS/HIVOn a weekly basis we are talking about the new Island Karuna with the involved parties: AIDS.govAlliance Library System - ALS applied for and administers funding for this projectAlliance Virtual Library - The Second Life virtual library webpageHealthinfo Island blog - The main blog for Healthinfo Island offers information about more general classes and events, plus links to health newsInfo Island blog - Alliance Virtual Library projectNational Library of Medicine - Our funding organization The project includes the creation of a new island with a community AIDS/HIV library/resource center. The resource center will provide information support and outreach to the Second Life community and beyond about AIDS/HIV and its prevention. The new island will also be home to a garden space where narratives about the AIDS/HIV experience can be shared through art, audio, video, poetry, essays, and more. The project runs from October 1, 2008 – March 31, 2010. This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB) Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 663628 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/425843811/2262 I started using Twitter at a conference because I figured out how to get updates via IM. I use Adium and with this one tool I can log into my work Gtalk, personal Gtalk, AIM, Yahoo, Facebook and Meebo Rooms - why would I use anything else? Since Twitter crashed a few months ago IM has been down - but they’ve said it was coming back - now it has been disabled and is not coming back (or at least not any time soon). This is aggravating because it means I need to install another tool to Twitter or use the web interface - which makes me ask - why Twitter? I’d love to say I’m going to stop using Twitter, but then I’d feel like I was missing out on something. So many of my online friends and colleagues are using Twitter and it’s a good way to get quick updates from them. I don’t have an answer really - I’m just ranting because these services get you hooked and then take away features Technorati Tags: twitter, instant messaging, im (Source: What I Learned Today...) Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:46:51 +0100 663375 http://lblog.jalcorn.net/archives/1203-IL08-Dance,-Dance-Library-Evolution-pre-conference.html dance Dance library evolution http://librarydance.pbwiki.com Kenley Neufeld – santa barbara city college lib director Tour of Tools his phlosophy – try everything, see what sticks presentation created in zoho user-focused tools = theme easy to use, fun, free social/median – news aggregator? skitch – mac only- great piece of software ubiquity – from mozilla – works in firefox meebo flickr twitter jing seesmic – video comment tool on blos disqus – aggregates all commentson all blogs 12 seconds – like twitter but video del.icio.us twine – like del.icio.us – use semantic web tech to intelligently push you info – recommends sites using metadata librarything zoho he's used on lib website: library.sbcc.edu librarything – new books as they arrive – can scan in isbns ubiquity – in firefox only – keyboardcommand that does thingslike zoom150 to change resolution in browser meebo widget – just ref desk staff facebook page – use to push event info – link off front page flickr – library 365 project librarything – in libthing can say only want x number of items to show – librarything just released all their book covers for libraries their site is moveable type site productivity enhancement: skitch – mac only – he loves – like snag-it – screenshots – button for webpost to skitch site – can then share from there very easily. cool bit.ly – like tinyurl.com – gives twitter link auto! twitter: kenleyneufeld he uses skitch when doing im chat ref to show them screenshot of what they should see also uses for online classes. fireshot = like skitch for firefox skitch better than snagit because of ability to upload and share seamlessly jing is similar – shot or video – records set of screen actions!!! - great for showing how to sign into db's and such great for online demos create jing video – can upload then share. open site, so instead could just save locally. zoho – online presentation software. can share with others and work online. ... Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:28:00 +0100 663705 http://litablog.org/2008/10/19/2008-lita-forum-library-20-pdq/ “Library 2.0 PDQ: Meeting the Challenges of the Rapid Growth of Distance Learning and Off-site Courses at a University Regional Campus” was presented by John J. Burke and Beth E. Tumbleson from Miami University Middletown in Miami, OH. Miami U’s regional campuses are at the forefront of its distance learning push. During 2007 and 2008, the state of Ohio and the Miami U main campus issued new challenges for its regional campuses for delivering education. As a result, the Middletown library has faced many changes. Middletown is a commuter campus which has been offering courses for 40 years. They offer courses primarily to nontraditional students; the average age of students is 24, and most of them work at least part time. In 2007, Ohio announced a New University System which aimed to increase the number of degrees among Ohioans, and to expand the role of regional campuses to help meet this goal. Regional campuses would now partner with community colleges to focus on completion of degrees. In response, Miami University has changed the focus of their regional campuses. Before, each campus had its own individual focus. Now there is one course schedule and one marketing plan. The Middletown campus has decided to be more innovative when it comes to distance learning, offering online and hybrid courses and offering bachelor’s completion degrees. They also now offer a Bachelor of Integrative Studies, and an online nursing bachelor’s degree. This new focus on distance learning was a challenge to the Middletown campus library—they now had to adapt their services to students who might not ever see the campus. Already there was a good relationship with the other two campuses through which students could get electronic reserves, walk-in reference services, customized instructional sessions, and remote access to the library. ... Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:34:23 +0100 662968 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#7172415630579896472 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:18:00 +0100 662053 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LibraryClips/~3/423079658/ Patrick Lambe has a great video presentation on information neighbourhoods. He firstly presents a typical framework of the islands or assets of information in an organisation (eg. repository, applications, Intranet), which are glued together as a content management system, tags, taxonomy, search, etc.. He then displays a workers personal information cloud including more objects like share drives, email, phone, instant messaging, SMS, people, web, etc… When he asked the audience how do they get things done, the main answers were: email, people, phone, web This is a predictable answer, people go to people for help, we have conversations, we are each others filter or information scent. And of course the idea of social tools like social bookmarks, blogs, wikis and social networks is more in tune to the flow of human behaviour. I posted not long ago about knowledge tools being embedded into our flow of work, rather than being servant and frustrated with rigid tools, or having to stop and visit islands to seek stuff, then have to dive back into our flow. Now we can use new flexible and unstructured tools, and put our own complexity into them to suit our needs, kind of like sculpturers of flow. Another aspect is drawing pieces from the islands of information (these filing cabinets) and creating our own interfaces, to use as a toolkit, perhaps for a project team. eg. a startpage, or shared startpage. At the moment we can even assemble these social tools into a flow, but we wait for the day when the current rigid business process tools allow us to re-model them as movable pieces. Patrick gives an example of a taxonomy as important for a Blacksmith when they go to the shop and look to replace one of their tools. ... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:28:08 +0100 661686 http://lblog.jalcorn.net/archives/1196-ILA-Session-IM-Anyone-Lately-How-to-Get-Your-Library-Chatting.html recent IM and social networking stats This is so prevalent, if libraries aren't out there (like mine!) we're very behind the times. Universal McCann = more than 1/2 of US Adults text, blog, use social media. They're out there! 18-34yo - 85%. Reigning form of personal communication. They know people at the library, so why can't they connect to us? Do we have a Facebook account? A MySpace page? Chart from marketingcharts.com - he highly recommends 2007 total social networking - 54 million memberships Difference between Facebook and MySpace YA's "love collecting friends" - this can work in our favor. We can make this work for PR, etc. Alloy marketing survey on teens vs. tweens usage. 72% of teens using chat or IM at least once/week!! HOw get library on board with this idea? mention: the Dead Librarian - geneaology blog - other libraries are linking to her blog because it's so useful for geneaology research. Sometimes you have to do it on your own. 2004 Pew Internet and American Life survey - at that time, four in ten Americans used IM! This has only grown. Q: what about low use of IM? How do you get patrons to use it? A: You need to do constant reminders/press. Topeka model mentioned by Joan Frye Williams earlier today - Topeka has meebo widget pop up when someone gets zero results in OPAC! A: to find folks using social networking, need to advertise via social networking. Link to events for friends (facebook, myspace). If something's not working, if stats going down, let go of it! Q: how do you staff IM reference? on desk personnel, even though away from desk a lot? off desk personnel who have office hours? A: find what works. informal mode of communication - person will wait until you respond, up to a point. when the phone rings, we make them wait - similar. Library Success wiki - www.libsuccess.org - excellent. Ideas: use Im for about a week among the reference staff and/or friends. no policy. ... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:37:00 +0100 661860 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#1496066590093072773 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:10:00 +0100 661387 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pandia/vfbc/~3/420447752/832-123people.html 123People is a brand new people search engine that is set to launch this week. It finds and identifies information from hundreds of publicly available sources on the web in real-time, to produce up-to-date results including from social network profiles, web links, email address, images and videos. The search results contain a vast amount of information, including: Popular social media profiles (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Xing, Friendster, HiFive, FlickR, Bebo,Bloglines, Blogger, takkle, zoominfo and LastFM) Instant Messenger profiles and Microblogs such as AIM and twitter Tagclouds Biographies Phone numbers and emails News pages results It is a good idea to gather people information across services like this — a metasearch engine for people information from the Social Web, if you will. But this is a competitive niche. Has 123People got what it takes? You can already choose from services like PeekYou, ZoomInfo and Wink. 123People has a distinct flavor and could compete given time, but there is room for improvement. 123 people is in beta with improvements being made over the next week in time for the US public launch 16th October 2008. Here are some of the changes I’d like to see: Limiting a search On the 123People home page you can choose to search the world or to limit your search to Austria, Germany, Switzerland or the United States (123People is an Austrian company with a special interest in the German speaking world). This list needs to grow considerably to be really useful and this is an important feature for improving search results. Searching for my own name (Susanne Koch) I get hits from Denmark, Germany, Norway and the United States all mixed on one page, which is not very useful (perhaps with the exception of genealogy search). It would also be useful to have a box to search for username. I tried searching 123People for info related to usernames and it works. All the more reason to add this option to the front page. ... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:16:36 +0100 660940 http://tecnicalia.com/2008/10/14/tec_safari-fotografico-por-el-sistema-solar-con-la-apod/ Desde hace más de diez años la NASA publica la Astronomy Picture of the Day , también disponible en español como Imagen Astronómica del Día , una web en la que cada día se destaca una imagen relacionada con la astronomía acompañada por un pequeño texto explicativo y los enlaces correspondientes para profundizar más en el tema. Es un recurso que para cualquier aficionado a la astronomía no tiene desperdicio, y aunque a menudo se ocupa de cosas que pasan a enorme distancia de nuestra Tierra, en la última semana o así han ido publicando unas cuantas imágenes obtenidas por diversas sondas que andan por el Sistema Solar que sirven para hacerse una idea de todo lo que estamos aprendiendo con estas: Cassini pasa a través de los penachos de hielo de Encélado, Imagen del día 13 de Octubre de 2008. La sonda Cassini, una de las misiones que mejores resultados ha dado en los últimos años, pasaba la semana a unos 30 kilómetros de distancia de Encélado, la menor distancia obtenida hasta ahora de esta luna de Saturno, y aunque está enviando imágenes espectaculares como esta, la idea fundamental era que los instrumentos de a bordo «olisquearan» los penachos de gas que emiten los geiseres que hay en su superficie para poder analizar su composición. Estratos de rojos acantilados en Marte, Imagen del día 6 de Octubre de 2008 La cámara HiRISE de la Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter nos envía esta imagen de Chasma Boreale, una hendidura que prácticamente divide en dos el casquete polar del Norte de Marte. En ella se ven las rojas caras de unos acantilados superpuestos unos con otros, que apuntan a la izquierda. Las partes claras son probablemente agua helada. La imagen abarca una extensión de aproximadamente un kilómetro de ancho, que es la misma diferencia de altura que hay de izquierda a derecha. ... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0100 660788 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Elsua/~3/419955392/ A few minutes after I created the blog post where I was sharing with the readership of this blog the opportunity to win a complementary pass code for the event, I had a couple of folks interacting with me through e-mail and Instant Messaging asking me what would be the best way for them to reach out to me, if not using e-mail (You see? I am slowly, but steadily, winning the battle! heh), since they all knew I am about to go into another business trip I will detail some more shortly and that would end just before I head to Berlin next Sunday! I mentioned it to them, through those interactions, what would be the best way of getting in touch and I thought I would spend a couple of minutes over here as well. I suppose it would become rather handy, specially, since I am sensing it is going to be a pretty hectic week, once again, and may not have enough time to get in touch with folks before I am in Berlin. So, back to those e-mails and IMs conversations, I mentioned to them that the main tool I am planning to make use of would be one that the Web 2.0 Expo folks have put together as well, which is The Web 2.0 Expo CrowdVine space, and which is starting to look really really nice! This particular group space is where most of us, attendees, will be hanging out to connect with other folks, to reach out to all those who we would like to meet up and to indicate those folks who we are a big fan of! Pretty neat! Of course, there will be still plenty of other interactions in that particular group space, but mainly I think it would be rather interesting to see how we would be able to connect through it. I have already got a profile (Yes, yet again, another one!) in there, where you would be able to find out what I will be up to and who I am planning to meet up and hang out with. At the same time there are a number of conversations which are flourishing already and which would be worth while contributing to as well. ... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:50:02 +0100 660656 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Librarian&diff=244935075&oldid=prev Reverted edits by 68.42.48.112 to last version by FlaBot (HG) ← Previous revision Revision as of 06:17, 13 October 2008 Line 77: Line 77: The same could be said of other technology developments, from electronic databases (including the Internet), to logistical functions such as bar codes (or in the near future [[RFID]]). Many librarians provide virtual reference services (via web-based chat, instant messaging, text messaging, and e-mail), work in digitalization initiatives for works in the public domain, teach technology classes to their users, and work on the development of information architectures for improving access and search functionality. These examples illustrate some of the ways in which librarians are using technology to fulfill and expand upon their historical roles. The same could be said of other technology developments, from electronic databases (including the Internet), to logistical functions such as bar codes (or in the near future [[RFID]]). Many librarians provide virtual reference services (via web-based chat, instant messaging, text messaging, and e-mail), work in digitalization initiatives for works in the public domain, teach technology classes to their users, and work on the development of information architectures for improving access and search functionality. These examples illustrate some of the ways in which librarians are using technology to fulfill and expand upon their historical roles. - Librarians must continually adapt to new formats for information, such as [[electronic journals]] and [[e-books]], which present both challenges and opportunities in providing access and promoting them to library patrons. How librarians manage to keep up with evolving technology seems puzzling to most experts, and thus leads them to believe that librarians are hiding something. ... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:17:24 +0100 660317 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Librarian&diff=244935053&oldid=prev ← Previous revision Revision as of 06:17, 13 October 2008 Line 77: Line 77: The same could be said of other technology developments, from electronic databases (including the Internet), to logistical functions such as bar codes (or in the near future [[RFID]]). Many librarians provide virtual reference services (via web-based chat, instant messaging, text messaging, and e-mail), work in digitalization initiatives for works in the public domain, teach technology classes to their users, and work on the development of information architectures for improving access and search functionality. These examples illustrate some of the ways in which librarians are using technology to fulfill and expand upon their historical roles. The same could be said of other technology developments, from electronic databases (including the Internet), to logistical functions such as bar codes (or in the near future [[RFID]]). Many librarians provide virtual reference services (via web-based chat, instant messaging, text messaging, and e-mail), work in digitalization initiatives for works in the public domain, teach technology classes to their users, and work on the development of information architectures for improving access and search functionality. These examples illustrate some of the ways in which librarians are using technology to fulfill and expand upon their historical roles. - Librarians must continually adapt to new formats for information, such as [[electronic journals]] and [[e-books]], which present both challenges and opportunities in providing access and promoting them to library patrons. + Librarians must continually adapt to new formats for information, such as [[electronic journals]] and [[e-books]], which present both challenges and opportunities in providing access and promoting them to library patrons. ... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:17:12 +0100 660318 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/seealso/~3/418336872/postcards_from_library_camp_of_the_west.html The opening session of LCOW08 Library Camp of the West 2008 (LCOW08) was Friday at the University of Denver. I helped organize it along with Laura Crossett of the Park County Library System in Wyoming, and Joe Kraus of DU. It wouldn’t have happened without both of them, and I agree with Laura that Joe deserves special thanks for just making everything happen from start to finish at DU. Here are some impressions: As I noted in a comment on Library Stuff, this was a conference where I personally chatted with library school students, the director of a large suburban public library, people from small rural public libraries, library staff for whom this was their first conference, and long-time professionals. I suppose all those categories are represented at traditional conferences too, but I don’t know they get a chance to talk to each other directly as we did on Friday. I don’t know that everyone had as good a time as I did, but I think the fact that people keep updating the discussion session section of the wiki on a Saturday is a pretty good sign. Repeatedly throughout the day I heard people say things like “you are interested in such-and-such? Then you really need to talk to this guy…” or “when you are ready to do that, please give me a call and we can help you with that.” My friend, roommate, and fellow carping nerdboy, Josh Neff mentioned that in a traditional presenter/audience conference session, he often ends up twittering or IM chatting on his computer while keeping one ear on the presenter. With the library camp discussion format, it didn’t occur to him to do that once. Kieran Hixon, of the John C. Fremont Library in Florence, CO told great stories about setting up their Koha catalog. They hired a 14 year-old kid to help set up the catalog, so he could only work 9 hours a week because he had to go to school. ... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:39:26 +0100 660104 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/10/web_20_bubble.html Hmmmm. Which Web 2.0 Internet companies might not make it through this credit and financing crunch? If you don't have enough finicing, credit, a decent business plan, or a business model, and/or your angel capitalist runs out of cash too, you're in trouble - hopefully temporarily. We'll probably see a lot of mergers, acquisitions, closings and downfalls over the coming six months, especially after year end. Watch carefully - there will be some interesting combinations and some of the traditional vendors will be able to pick up some great features for a song. Here's an article from this week on cNet news. October 10, 2008 11 troubled Web companies: The next Kozmos? It speculates that these companies could be on the bubble: Twitter Meebo TripIt Zillow Pandora Second Life Skype Ask DailMotion NetVibes MySpace And now that Yahoo is heading for $12 territory, that old Microsoft offer looks great and a merger with AOL just seems puny. I still say it's not over. There are opportunities in every market downturn. Stephen (Source: Stephen) Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 659861 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/12/fiction5 Review: Darwin's Angel by John CornwellGod might have hired a better messenger, says James Purdon (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:07:49 +0100 659662 http://libraries.evansville.edu/blog/2008/10/instant-message-service-v.html Instant Message Service The UE libraries announces the new Instant Message Reference Service.If you have an information need and find yourself unable to come into the library, then send a message to AskUEREF. We will be glad to help you. If you do not have an instant program, then please use the Meebo Widget found on the Ask-a-librarian page. You can still call us at extension 2482 or use the email form. We hope to hear from you soon!If you have any questions or comments, please contact Shane White, the Instruction Librarian, call ext 2247 or email @ sw69. (Source: UE Library News) Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 658953 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#2608355691462745276 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:39:00 +0100 657557 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001784.html Cambridge University Library has launched an interesting new website science@Cambridge. It provides the increasingly common metasearch experience across catalogue and licensed materials. However, around this it provides a range of contextual services, many of them feed-based and dynamic. What I thought was especially interesting was the focus on providing access to collections and to library staff within a fuller user experience. Here is the rationale: Science@cambridge aims to draw users into a virtual library space giving them immediate access to electronic information from their desktop, tools to help them navigate through the vast number of sources available, as well as on-line real-time help from library subject-experts.This development acknowledges that for many of those working in contemporary science the library is now largely a 'virtual resource'. Science@cambridge will increase access to and knowledge of scientific electronic resources. It will help users discover, search across and improve the use of science e-resources, generally and within discipline specific areas. [Latest News] At the top level there is a cloud-based navigation option, Yahoo Pipes-based feed aggregation of relevant feeds (podcasts, blogs), links to relevant other sites, a LibraryThing-based new books feature, and the now familiar addthis to your favorite bookmarking service. The structure carries through the subject pages, where there is also specific information about library services and a Meebo widget for online connection to library staff. I will be in Cambridge in a week or two and look forward to talking with the developers about where they plan to take this. I wondered about more local material, for example, showing articles, blogs, etc by Cambridge academic staff in the relevant subject areas. Looking at the site I was reminded of a quote from the BBC that I have used here a couple of times already - about a 'feed-based universe'. ... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:59:43 +0100 657315 http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndReader.asp?ArticleId=50992 Altarama Information Systems (www.altarama.com) announced availability of RefChatter, a new module that joins RefTracker, DeskStats, VRLplus and SMSreference in the Altarama suite of integrated products for managing online and personal reference services in libraries. RefChatter is a totally web-based system for delivering online reference services to the increasingly large number of patrons who use instant messaging (IM) as their preferred electronic communication method. (Source: Infotoday Newsbreak RSS Feeds) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 657159 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=31246 "The amount of literature that has been published on virtual reference is staggering, and what has been published on web-based chat and instant messaging (im) as vehicles for reference is volumin... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:04:00 +0100 656504 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#4419594577669217313 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:27:00 +0100 656593 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#633144111935747009 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:33:00 +0100 655964 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/409200580/fotoblog-shorpy-100-jaar-terug-in-de.html Shorpy.com is een schitterend weblog dat zich richt op foto's uit de Verenigde Staten van een eeuw geleden. Het bijzondere van de foto's is dat deze worden aangeboden in hoge resolutie. Er zitten werkelijk juweeltjes tussen. Liefhebbers van 'vintage stuff' kunnen hier hun hart ophalen.Wie er nu precies achter dit weblog zit is me niet helemaal duidelijk maar bijdragen van bezoekers zijn ook welkom en afdrukken kunnen ook besteld worden. Over rechten wordt niet gerept, dat verbaast me dan weer wel.De site is vernoemd naar de tragisch ogende jongen Shorpy Higginbotham. De foto's van hem doen je huiveren.Voor de rest kan ik alleen maar zeggen: geniet van Shorpy, de site is interessanter dan menig beeldbank.@Foto: instant messenger 1913 (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:02:00 +0100 655925 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#9209958931248231391 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:50:00 +0100 655052 http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/09/text-a-libraria.html Interested in offering text messaging reference services to your users but unsure where to start?  Take a look at TextALibrarian.com.  This was created by a small start-up mobile Q&A service called Mosio.  They won the Mobile Category at SXSW this year.  They have a number of beta library customers including Yale, UC Berkeley, University of Kansas, and UC Merced among others.  There is a demo on the website that you can try to see how it works, including both sides of the conversation (basically you get to text in a question, and answer it yourself through the web interface).  I was highly, highly impressed.  The demo interface was easy to use as the librarian--clean, crisp, simple.  No or very little training would be required of the librarians staffing it.  And for the user on the phone end, it was easy to ask a question and the response came back easy to read too (as text messages usually are).  Nice work, Mosio! I am all over this as soon as our library is ready to go in that direction (which I hope will be soon).  I have a feeling I'm in the same boat as many other libraries who are also still hoping to get IM Reference into the library culture.  It will happen someday for all of us ...  it's just a matter of time. (Source: LibrarianInBlack) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:17:16 +0100 654404 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#2750697241096568650 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Need database login instructions? Login instructions are available at the reference desk.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:08:00 +0100 654355 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=30814 "With the popularity and rise in usage of real time text-based communications, such as instant messaging, e-mail, Internet and online gaming chat rooms, discussion boards and cell phone text mes... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:26:00 +0100 654040 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#4728469837334928181 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0100 653421 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Dbjx/~3/402385787/online-conference-room-on-cheap.html Chaz Maloney has thrown together some free web 2.0 tool to create a simple online conference "room".He uses Meebo chat, Yackpack and Slideshare.Web Conferencing Room made completely form Web 2.0 Freebies (Source: Innovate) Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:51:00 +0100 652704 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/griffey/~3/401935116/ I’m seriously considering getting a Timbuk2 Laptop Messenger bag for my forthcoming travels. I love my current laptop bag (a Waterfield sleeve with strap) but I’m needing something with a bit more room. The only thing I’m undecided on, really, is the color/pattern. So, blogosphere: which of the below do you like best? It’s clear that I like the dark orange, and earth tones…but I just can’t make up my mind. So: which do you like best? Vote in the comments! ShareThis (Source: Pattern Recognition) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:24:17 +0100 652470 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#9200705911205599114 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:53:00 +0100 652634 http://holmanlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/09/welcome-back.html Welcome all to the 08/09 academic year. There's a buzz around campus with everyone getting adjusted to their new schedules.In the library, there are some changes to report that we're all excited about. First, as of yesterday, connecting the the web through our wireless service got a lot easier. You not longer have to connect through a VPN. If you have questions or need help connecting, librarians and technicians are always available at the information desk here in the library.We are still piloting our new virtual reference service. This service allows you to ask questions from anywhere during business hours. Check it out at http://www.greenriver.edu/library/contact/Meebo.shtm.And this fall marks the beginning of Green River's first community reading endeavor: One Book. Come get your copy of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. More information on One Book can be found at http://www.greenriver.edu/library/onebook/index.shtm. (Source: Holman Library News) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 652428 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#228370032698602517 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.Are you visiting our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:47:00 +0100 651950 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/400327151/de-26-nuttigste-tools-volgens.html Lifehacker.com heeft de serie Hive Five, waarin zij 'top vijven' presenteren van (veelal online) tools die het best voor bepaalde werkzaamheden gebruikt kunnen worden. Alle winnaars zijn nu ook in een lijst gezet. Je zou het de crème de la crème op toolgebied kunnen noemen.Voor zover ik bekend met de tools kan ik zeggen dat ik me goed kan vinden in de gemaakte keuzes:Picasa is de beste tool voor digitaal fotobeheer. Dat wil ik best geloven. Ik werk er niet zoveel mee. Het beperkte aantal foto's dat ik maak beheer ik met Windows, ze bewerken doe ik met Irfan View.Pidgin is de beste instant messenger. Ik heb er nog nooit mee gewerkt maar als je ziet met hoeveel andere IM-toepassingen dit programma overweg kan...Een naam om in de gaten te houdenPen en papier zijn de beste tools voor 'Getting Things Done'. Duh.DVD Shrink is de beste DVD-ripper. Ik rip nooit DVD's. Ik geloof het graag.Je contacten kun je het beste beheren op de Mac, zelfs als je die niet hebt.Beste tekstverwerker: Notepad ++. Ik werk veel met Notepad maar deze variant ken ik niet. Intrigerend dat juist deze toepassing met de prijzen aan de haal gaat. Dat moet ik eens checken!Mediafire is de beste tool voor het online delen van bestanden. Dat waag ik te betwijfelen. Er zit weliswaar geen limiet op het totaal aantal bestanden dat je mag delen maar je mag niet meer dan 100 Mb per keer uploaden. Filemail staat 2 Gigabyte toe en bij Mediamax ligt het totaal op 25 Gigabyte. Ik zie niet direct aanleiding om te switchen.Google Reader is de beste RSS-lezer.Launchy is beste tool voor het beheer van toepassingen. Ik heb er onlangs mee gespeeld en kon er niet goed mee uit de voeten. I rest my case your honor. iGoogle wordt gekozen als beste persoonlijke startpagina. Daar ben ik het niet mee eens. Ik vind Netvibes mooier, en prettiger werken bovendien. Dat vonden de lezers van Lifehacker ook.Free AVG is beste Antivirus-software. Dat lijkt me sterk, maar voor een gratis product mag het er zeker zijn, dat AVG. ... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:17:00 +0100 651460 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LibrariansMatter/~3/399814525/ Back in May 2008, I talked about how the Library Society of the World had recently started and was the: best, most efficient, egalitarian and effective alternative to any library association ever. Well, it’s still going strong. It now has a  Meebo Room, a FriendFeed room, a Facebook page, a Flickr group, a LibraryThing group and a LinkedIn group. It has its own etiquette guide, LSW Meebo Room Etiquette: One Woman’s Guide for the Newbie .   You can even buy the t-shirt: So, what is it? Chadwick Seagraves had a go at describing the LSW last week in his Pecha Kucha presentation at the Allan County Public Library LibraryCamp 2008.  I think this presentation pretty much sums it up - Library Society of the World (the movie) : (Source: Librarians matter) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:43:00 +0100 652066 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#5728042009078837519 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.On our website and need to chat with us real time? Use Meebo! Check Meebo out today!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:13:00 +0100 651265 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=30806 If you used the Microsoft Messenger instant messaging system in June 2006, all of your chats were collected, anonymized and passed to researchers at Microsoft Research, according to a paper in the phy... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:18:00 +0100 651106 http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/09/association-for.html Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference "Tiny Libraries, Tiny Tech" by Jessamyn West Jessamyn’s presentation started by explaining how in the libraries she consults with in Vermont, they are still starting with basic services: adequate bandwidth, multiple computers in libraries (instead of one the staff & users have to share), and getting library websites up.  Who are the members of the public in small communities?  In small towns, the libraries tend to be run by the public more directly than in larger areas.  The promise of being able to interact and meet online can save libraries a lot of time and money (and save the time and money of their users too).  She mentioned the Library Society of the World, a group of tech-interested librarians who get together in a Meebo Chat Room where people can interact, share information and tips.  Thinking of that in terms of online news, Google News (as example) provides not only top-news-source stories, but links to hundreds and sometimes thousands of stories about the same topic.  This changes how people find and interact with facts.  People who get videos or photos or blog about a news story become journalists in the online environment.  She talked about Google Bombs (e.g. the “miserable failure” George Bush search result).  She said “You can talk back to your internet and it can talk to you.”  I like that quote!  You get stuff from the internet and you can give stuff back, increasing the knowledge base for us all.  Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 are umbrella terms that describe a range of interactive web technologies, resources, and services.  Part of 2.0 is checking into what your users use and choosing to focus on those services.  Part of 2.0 is connecting with your users.  Part of 2.0 is reevaluating what works and what doesn’t. ... Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 651256 http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&ID=14904&typeID=82 The Division of Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce that PantherMail, a new student e-mail system, will launch on October 2, 2008 for all Georgia State University students. After October 1, all official student e-mail correspondence and broadcast messages will be delivered to the new PantherMail accounts. With PantherMail, students will keep the same student e-mail address they currently use and enjoy a variety of unique features and benefits. PantherMail, powered by Microsoft's Live@edu through Microsoft Exchange Labs, offers: - 10GB of e-mail space, 20MB attachments - 5GB of online storage space with Windows Live SkyDrive - Document sharing through Office Live Workspace - Spaces to create blogs, share photos and more - Instant Messaging (Source: Library Blog Collection - Georgia State University Library) Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:57:59 +0100 650750 http://walt.lishost.org/2008/09/visitor-this-i-can-live-with/ Credit where credit is due: I picked this up first in Andy Powell’s post at eFoundations–but I was reminded of in Lorcan Dempsey’s longer discussion at Lorcan Dempsey’s blog. Both posts point to “Not ‘natives’ & ‘immigrants’ but ‘visitors’ & residents” by Dave White at TALL Blog. Here’s White’s suggestion (the same paragraphs Powell quoted, but I’m including a little more of each): The resident is an individual who lives a percentage of their life online. The web supports the projection of their identity and facilitates relationships. These are people who have an persona online which they regularly maintain… the resident considers that a certain portion of their social life is lived out online. The web has become a crucial aspect of how they present themselves and how they remain part of networks of friends or colleagues. The Visitor is an individual who uses the web as a tool in an organised manner whenever the need arises. They may book a holiday or research a specific subject. They may choose to use a voice chat tool if they have friends or family abroad. Often the Visitor puts aside a specific time to go online rather than sitting down at a screen to maintain their presence at any point during the day. They always have an appropriate and focused need to use the web but don’t ‘reside’ there… In effect the Resident has a presence online which they are constantly developing while the Visitor logs on, performs a specific task and then logs off I like this terminology. It’s not pejorative, it’s not generational or ageist, and–as White makes very clear in the post–it’s not black and white, it’s a spectrum. All three bloggers have identified the key difference as attitude, not age. ... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:02:44 +0100 650339 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#3269748944389512722 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.We're now Meebo enabled! Check Meebo out!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:13:00 +0100 650341 http://www.uab.edu/lister/news/index.php?newsID=1&ID=599 Have you used the Lister Hill Library Ask-A-Librarian page? If so, we would like to know more. To help us better understand your experience with our Ask-A-Librarian instant messaging or email services, we've prepared a brief, 5-question survey for each. To access our surveys, please click on either button: (Source: Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences News) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:30:00 +0100 650941 http://erikhoy.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-3-d-live.html I sommerferien legede jeg lidt med Googles svar på Second Life, Lively. Og har siden ikke rigtig fået taget mig sammen til at prøve det. Jeg ville ellers vente med at omtale produktet til jeg havde afprøvet det lidt bedre, men så skulle det ikke blive. Hvis du har taget dig bedre tid end jeg til at prøve det, så er du mere end velkommen til at efterlade en kommentar.Second Life døde, Google 3D World Lively opstod. En 3D verden med mulighed for chat. Oprindeligt projekteret for ca et år siden under arbejdstitlen My World. Til nogens overraskelse er det designet til at skulle installeres i Windows. Det er altså ikke browserbaseret. Når først det er sket, kan du logge på med Googlekontoen.Herefter vil computerspilsvante ikke blive overraskede, men nybegyndere kan da prøve så for første gang at lave deres egen avatar. I første omgang ville jeg blot prøve at kigge mig omkring, og prøvede at kigge i et chatrum. Herefter udviklede det sig til 3 kvarters mareridt med frysninger, control-alt-delete, jobliste med programmer det ikke svarede, osv.osv. Selve Lively skulle fylde 15 MB, og det lykkedes ikke for mig at få det afinstalleret, da denne proces igen startede med frysninger, forgæves nedlukning af Live Messenger, og meget andet. Ikke just opmuntrende, og nok til at jeg ikke i sommervarmen gad bruge mere tid på det.Så i stedet vil jeg holde mig til beskrivelser fra de som det trods alt er lykkedes at få Lively til at fungere. Fordel at loginsiden kan bruges af alle, blot Lively ligger installeret på computeren.LinkGoogleblog.Lively.Google Blogoscoped. (Source: Internetsøgning) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 650681 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#4698251679942029068 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.We're now Meebo enabled! Check Meebo out!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:11:00 +0100 650342 http://tecnicalia.com/2008/09/18/tec_tuenti-efecto-red-y-contenidos-para-el-publico-juvenil/ Tuenti tiene múltiples competidores con una filosofía similar de red social para un público juvenil que comparte fotos, sitios de marcha y comentarios. La última que llegó a mi correo ha sido Cienfu que, en un primer vistazo superficial, se diferencia en tener una menor barrera de entrada (registro sin invitación), alguna opción extra como subir música y un buscador más pobre. Ninguna de ellas, me temo, va a ayudarles frente al brutal efecto red que posee Tuenti entre la chavalada española. Hay quienes sostiene que el usuario juvenil actual es, en la mayoría de los casos, infiel y caprichoso, moviéndose por modas. Lo poco que voy conociendo de él me lleva no sólo a no estar de acuerdo, sino a entender que se mueve con una lógica aplastante: hacia servicios y plataformas que le aportan más valor. Si ha pasado de vivir en el Messenger a repartir su tiempo con entornos más asíncronos como Tuenti o los Spaces es porque para muchas cosas, como el compartir fotos, son indudablemente más prácticos. A eso hay que unir que la privacidad parece importarles un pimiento, el hecho de las conversaciones personales e imágenes sean semipúblicas, es más una ventaja que un obstáculo desde su punto de vista. Todo ello me lleva a dudar de algunos de los mitos sobre la generación Y como la sincronía perpetua y el rechazo de otras formas de comunicación. Donde también tengo mis dudas es en el área de contenidos para el público juvenil en internet. El éxito de Tuenti indica que su interés se centra en lo tiene relevancia personal para él: qué han hecho mis amigos, si la chica que me gusta ha colgado una foto, donde y cómo se va a quedar esta noche... algo que me parece de nuevo bastante razonable. ¿Has qué punto eso dificulta que tengan interés por contenido editorial? En Weblogssl sabemos que tenemos un porcentaje importante en blogs como VidaExtra y, sobre todo, en Fandemia, que sacamos con ellos - sobre todo - en mente. ... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:07:16 +0100 649754 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PegasusLibrarian/~3/396734997/lsw-meebo-room-etiquette-one-womans.html LSW as a whole is kind of opposed to rules, but like any ecosystem some order appears out of the chaos after a sufficient amount of time. I find this process fascinating, so I thought I'd start a list of the social norms (from the trivial to the foundational) I've observed in the LSW Meebo Room (listed in mostly random order).You can change your nickname by right-clicking on it in the room's roster. Most people do, and it's totally up to you, but expect people to ask you your real life name or place of employment. There's very little anonymity in this room.People like to greet you as you enter and bid you farewell as you leave. They like it if you give them warning that you're about to leave and then hang around for a bit so they have a chance to send you off in style... or at least send you off.Don't worry if the conversation doesn't stay "on topic" (whatever that is).Don't worry if the conversation lags. Think of it like your living room on a quiet night... you know how it is. Somebody's reading, somebody's watching TV, and every once in a while somebody says, "Hey, guess what I just read," and you talk about it for a bit and then go back to what you were doing. LSW is this living room.You aren't obliged to look at all the pictures or watch all the videos in the media window. Just close the window if it bothers you and click the links to the things that interest you (I do).Assume we all know each other. And assume we all like each other. (Many of us have hung out there for well over a year, now.) Read everything with this assumption in mind, and share things with that in mind.It's ok to ask questions and get help with everything from reference questions to technical questions. Basic questions are just as welcome as advanced questions.It's not ok to force people to respond to your comments. Either people have stepped away from the keyboard for a bit and the conversation moved on, or they just didn't want to respond. ... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 650068 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#516492869306271324 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.We're now Meebo enabled! Check Meebo out!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0100 649679 http://www.web2learning.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nicole_interview.mp3 I recently talked to Ellyssa Kroski about open source. Here are my notes in preparation for the interview. 1. You are the Open Source Evangelist, (a fantastic title by the way), for LibLime, a company which provides commercial support for libraries using OSS. Can you start by telling us a bit about LibLime and what exactly you do in your position there? Sure, LibLime’s primary role is to provide support for open source products in libraries. One of the biggest fears that libraries have when it comes to using open source is that they have to do it all themselves, that’s where LibLime comes in. They help libraries with migration issues, development, hosting and training. Primarily, LibLime supports the Koha ILS and the YakPac OPAC, but we also have customers who are using MasterKey Federate Search Engine and OpenTranslators. My role at LibLime is primarily to educate librarians and library staff about what open source is and how it can be used in our libraries. I am the documentation manager for the Koha ILS and the author of the Koha 3.0 manual. I also try to keep up with Koha by doing onsite and web training for new LibLime customers who will be migrating to Koha. 2. Your background is in technology, and specifically working with some major open technologies such as PHP and MySQL, can you tell us a bit about how you first became involved with OSS, and your experience working with these technologies? To be honest, I just sort of fell into it. I learned PHP and MySQL because that’s the class I could take first. I was anxious to change the way we were working at Jenkins Law Library, where I was at the time, and I wanted to learn how to create database applications to make our lives easier. I started by automating a lot of my duties as Web Manager. ... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:53:48 +0100 650230 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2029 Did you know that the first announcement of the discovery of ice on Mars was by NASA on Twitter.com? Did you know that the Joint Forces Command and the Office on Women's Health in the Health and Human Services Department are using twitter to announce speaking engagements and deliver medical news and advice? Did you know that you can receive Twitter messages on your cell phone, or your instant messaging client, or by e-mail, or via other Web 2.0 applications, such as Facebook? Welcome to the new world of government communication. Psst! Are you Twittering yet?, By Heather B. Hayes, FCW, August 25, 2008. See also Government Agencies Tweet @ Twitter, and Twitter Fan Wiki USGovernment, and Members of Congress who Twitter. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:20:13 +0100 648922 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#9132727412403999704 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.We're now Meebo enabled! Check Meebo out!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:46:00 +0100 648991 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/12994 Dear All is there any software for designing information literacy model, just curious to know. thanks   ________________________________________________________________:-) Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/ (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 648864 http://library.westliberty.edu/news.html#7641615376708684306 Library Hours:Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - noonSunday: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Elbin Information Commons Website is best viewed when using display setting 1024x768 or higher.Instructors -- don't forget to contact Ted Nesbitt to schedule Library Instruction Sessions.Need something to read?? Staff picks are coming soon.Our Interlibrary Lending forms are currently offline. We hope to restore the service soon.We're now Meebo enabled! Check Meebo out!Part of the Library website is under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience.No food or drink around computers or wiring, please!Our blog isn't updated on regularly during the summer, on weekends, or holidays. (Source: Elbin Library Blog) Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +0100 648992