September 2nd Stream
Shared I don’t usually do the shoe meme, but… new shoes!.
I don’t usually do the shoe meme, but… new shoes!
Shared SF Signal: MIND MELD: SF Books That Will Stand The Test of Time.
Did you ever read an old science fiction book that felt dated? Maybe the predictions were way off base, or maybe or they were a reflection of the times in which they were written. Yet some books are considered timeless classics, which makes one wonder which of today’s books will fall into that category. So we turned to this week’s and asked them
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The Shifted Librarian - September 3, 2010 Author: jenny Tags: Lifestream
Alikewise is for (Book) Lovers
It looks like Alikewise.com has been around all year, but I only heard about it this weekend - it’s a dating website that matches people based on the books they like.
This is a great idea for a dating website - it seems a much better way to get at someone’s true nature than filling out a profile by guessing what will make you attractive. I checked around the site a bit (without creating a profile), and wonder if there’s a way to tie-in with sites like LibraryThing and Good Reads to capitalize on peoples’ full libraries. LibraryThing sort of already does this, with their You and None Other meme.
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herzogbr.net blog - August 24, 2010 Author: Brian Herzog Tags: Books Random community alikewise alikewise.com date dating interests matchi matching readers readers advisory reading single singles tastes website
Finding and Saving Those Tweets
After I posted Twitter Search Engines a couple days ago, Gary Price chatted with me about TwapperKeeper. Basically, Twapperkeeper can save tweets and hashtags, and creates an archive of them for you… so you, say, don’t lose track of a hashtag you created a couple of weeks ago.
What other similar tools are out there? Check out these useful posts:
10 Ways to Archive your Tweets from ReadWriteWeb – Twapperkeeper is listed here.
How to Backup your Twitter Archive from MakeUseOf.com – don’t want to lose your tweets? Check out one of these services.
Finally, some useful tips from Danny Sullivan on ...
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David Lee King - August 19, 2010 Author: David Lee King Tags: Search Engines twitter gary price resourceshelf twapperkeeper
Links for 2010-08-18 [del.icio.us]
Civilization Systems: Leadership & Adam Smith - On Ignoring the Basics
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/970948905/in-societies-where-the-decision-makers-are
The High Cost of Poor Communication
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/974278717/sis-international-research-discovered-that-70-of
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/974273262/feedback-and-engagement
The Esperanto of the Bacteria World § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
Bacterial Foresight § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/974735218/do-bacteria-have-foresight
Introducing The 6 Laws Of Customer Experience « Customer Experience Matters
In numero Natu...
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Library clips - August 19, 2010
Twitter Search Engines
Twenty two days ago, I asked readers to tweet how they get permission to do stuff using the #getpermission hashtag in Twitter. Yesterday, I remembered that I needed to copy/paste some of those tweets into my How YOU Get Permission post … and failed miserably! Why? Because tweets pretty much disappear after about a week and a half. Technically the tweets are still there – they’re just not found by most search engines, Twitter’s included.
So I did some furious searching, and actually found a few of those hashtag tweets! Which search engines worked?
Here’s a list of Twitter search engines and what th...
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David Lee King - August 17, 2010 Author: David Lee King Tags: Cool tools Search Engines twitter hashtags
IFLA 2010 - Suite et fin
Les deux dernières journées de l'IFLA, samedi et dimanche, ont été riches en ce qui me concerne, car le dimanche matin se déroulait la session "Libraries and the semantic Web", que j'ai contribué à organiser, et l'après-midi la session "Development of systems for long-term storage and preservation of library collections" dans laquelle je présentais un article.
Samedi, mis à part une courte (et extrêmement agréable) rencontre avec quelques membres du LLD XG, j'ai consacré la plupart de mon énergie à finir de préparer la journée du lendemain, ce qui incluait la modération de la session du matin, la prépara...
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Figoblog - Un blog sur Internet, la bibliothéconomie et la confiture de figues - August 16, 2010 Author: Manue Tags: Biblioth économie événements Web s émantique
IFLA 2010 - Suite et fin
Les deux dernières journées de l'IFLA, samedi et dimanche, ont été riches en ce qui me concerne, car le dimanche matin se déroulait la session "Libraries and the semantic Web", que j'ai contribué à organiser, et l'après-midi la session "Development of systems for long-term storage and preservation of library collections" dans laquelle je présentais un article.
Samedi, mis à part une courte (et extrêmement agréable) rencontre avec quelques membres du LLD XG, j'ai consacré la plupart de mon énergie à finir de préparer la journée du lendemain, ce qui incluait la modération de la session du matin, la prépara...
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Figoblog - Un blog sur Internet, la bibliothéconomie et la confiture de figues - August 16, 2010 Author: Manue Tags: Biblioth économie événements Web s émantique
IFLA 2010 - Au jour le jour (2)
Mercredi, après avoir dansé sur ABBA à la session d'ouverture (mais je souhaiterais aussi saluer la performance des deux autres artistes, un guitariste et une chanteuse, qui étaient vraiment époustouflants) nous avons dégusté un déjeuner à base de pommes de terres et de saumon fumé, offert par la présidente. Les sessions de conférence ont ensuite démarré, mais seulement jusqu'à 16h, où nous attendait un nouvel événement : l'ouverture de l'exposition et des stands.
Une nouvelle occasion de boire un verre, et de retrouver (entre autre) les collègues de l'ABES, que j'en profite pour saluer ici. J'ai fait un...
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Figoblog - Un blog sur Internet, la bibliothéconomie et la confiture de figues - August 12, 2010 Author: Manue Tags: Biblioth économie événements
IFLA 2010 - Au jour le jour (2)
Mercredi, après avoir dansé sur ABBA à la session d'ouverture (mais je souhaiterais aussi saluer la performance des deux autres artistes, un guitariste et une chanteuse, qui étaient vraiment époustouflants) nous avons dégusté un déjeuner à base de pommes de terres et de saumon fumé, offert par la présidente. Les sessions de conférence ont ensuite démarré, mais seulement jusqu'à 16h, où nous attendait un nouvel événement : l'ouverture de l'exposition et des stands.
Une nouvelle occasion de boire un verre, et de retrouver (entre autre) les collègues de l'ABES, que j'en profite pour saluer ici. J'ai fait un...
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Figoblog - Un blog sur Internet, la bibliothéconomie et la confiture de figues - August 12, 2010 Author: Manue Tags: Biblioth économie événements
Santa Fe Scavenger Hunt
I love cracking open the Santa Fe Reporter on Wednesdays and heading to the Outtakes section. In addition to making sure that I'm not quoted in the Eavesdropper, I like the meme, the place where a picture truly is worth a thousand words. It's neat when I recognize the object in the photograph, and it's also neat when I then have a week to locate the object of visual humor / derision / irony.This week, on page 10 of the Reporter, we're honored to be featured in one of those somewhat embarassing tableaux. The meme resides on the second floor of the Main Library. Since we see it every day, we've long meditated on its overall ...
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ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog - August 12, 2010 Author: am at main
Detroit Public Schools "I'm In Campaign"
Libraries should be the king of cause marketing and yet we often miss the mark. Shiv Singh and Peter Carter write about the winner of this year's Effies Award in the Harvard Business Review. No, not a library but close- the Detroit Public Schools. The campaign increased enrollment and brought in $49 million in incremental funding. Not bad. They outlined five lessons in the blog . 1. Cause marketing matters more than ever. We live in a difficult world. Through these difficult times we expect brands to do more for our communities. If they take the lead, we'll reward them. The Detroit Public Schools campaign and Fo...
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The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries - August 12, 2010 Author: Nancy Dowd
The Daily Square – Heartbreak a Stranger Edition
Today’s links of interest:
Women in Publishing Twitter DirectoryWhen Jane Litte of Dear Author started the #womeninpublishing meme this morning, we bet she didn’t expect such an amazing response. Galleycat consolidated names and links to the entire hashtag feed. What’s amazing about this list? How people define the idea of women in publishing. Oh, and the amazing community we’ve created online.
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Booksquare - August 11, 2010 Author: Kassia Krozser Tags: The Daily Square
KMers – Let Go of Control: Encourage and Monitor
Earlier on today, on my blog post around 10 Reasons NOT to Ban Social Media in Organisations I was eventually sharing a number of different arguments as to why social computing within the enterprise is a worth while effort to pursue further. Those arguments were trying to provide a reply to the original resource that stated why some businesses out there may not be that open and receptive, just yet, to social networking. So I thought in this blog entry I would continue to pick things up and share some further insights, specially around a number of those headings picked up by this meme itself. Namely, it’s about contro...
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E L S U A ~ A KM Blog - August 9, 2010 Author: Luis Suarez Tags: Collaboration Communities Enterprise2.0 IBM Innovation Knowledge Management Learning Social Computing
Ieder creatief werk is afgeleid
The whole history of human culture evolves through copying, making tiny transformations (sometimes called "errors") with each replication. Copying is the engine of cultural progress. It is not "stealing." It is, in fact, quite beautiful, and leads to a cultural diversity that inspires awe.Question Copyright is een heerlijke website. Lees er meer over de Boekenbevrijder (lijkt me niet handig, die hardware), vrije content, Sita sings the blues en de Minute memes. Of koop er een leuk t-shirt, whatever.
Ieder creatief werk is afgeleid. En je weet het.
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Kewl: boeken rippen met de Atiz Booksnap
Over downl...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - July 24, 2010 Tags: Copyright Copyleft creativiteit boeken rippen Creative Commons
Ten of the best nameless protagonists in literature
John Mullan goes in search of anonymityRoxana by Daniel DefoeDefoe's "memoir" of an invented 17th-century courtesan has acquired a title that is but one of his anti-heroine's pseudonyms. "The Fortunate Mistress" (as the novel was originally called) keeps her true name secret, masquerading as a "woman of quality" in order to beguile rich men.The Aspern Papers by Henry JamesThe namelessness of James's narrator seems fitting in a tale of genteel deceit. He tells us of his obsession with a dead poet called Jeffrey Aspern, whose papers may be in the possession of a former lover, now living in Venice. He can only gain these manu...
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Guardian Unlimited Books - July 23, 2010 Author: John Mullan Tags: Books Culture The Guardian Features
An ebook (and print book) lover’s house tour
Often lost among all the ‘iPads mean that ebooks WIN!’ articles is the idea that for many of us, for the long foreseeable future, it is not an either/or scenario. Some books may be well-suited to e-reading, while others are (and will remain for various reasons) a better experience in print.
So with that said, what would the home of a tech-loving reader look like? Where do the books live? Where do the toys live? And what sorts of choices would such a person make over what to purchase for any given title?
I offer, as case study, my own humble abode. I live in a very expensive city and housing prices are unbelieva...
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - July 21, 2010 Author: Joanna Tags: Joanna ebooks Ficbot kindle Macbook pbook
Greg Baxter's top 10 Memento mori
From St Augustine to Nietzche, the author chooses the fearless autobiographical writers who taught him how to write his own, A Preparation for DeathGreg Baxter was born in Texas in 1974, and has lived in Dublin for the past 10 years where he works as a journalist, and runs the Some Blind Alleys creative writing courses. His memoir A Preparation for Death is an unflinchingly honest account of his self-destructive personal decay in his early 30s, and his redemption throug writing.Buy A Preparation for Death at the Guardian bookshop"My interest in autobiography began quite late, relative to my interest in books. I had always ...
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Guardian Unlimited Books - July 21, 2010 Tags: Books Culture Best books guardian.co.uk Features
Viral marketing of the library
(Found via here). NPR has an excellent article entitled 'Why the next big pop culture after cupcakes might be libraries'. The article looks at the impact of the viral marketing of libraries via the (excessively) meme'd Old Spice video and Lady Gaga also. The article looks at the positive article's that seem to being picked up, on the importance of libraries in this 'big society' no skills/pay/promotion world.The article then looks at the positive impact of libraries on societies to. Obviously, people have to pay for them, but they do provide a cultural outlet for many users. But in Britain when I think of of Cameron, Conse...
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librarytwopointzero - July 21, 2010 Author: library2.0
Pick of the Week - ATF 9 July 2010
The Internet: Everything You Ever Need to Know
The Guardian • June 20, 2010
Perspective is everything. Open University professor John Naughton freely admits that this is not really everything you need to know about the Internet, but he makes a useful point about taking the long view of this game-changing technology. As Zhou Enlai observed when asked about the significance of the French Revolution, “It’s too early to say.”
I’m sure you know John Naughton. If not you should familiarize yourself. He’s an always-interesting commentator on the Internet, technology and the...
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hangingtogether.org - July 16, 2010 Author: Jim Tags: Miscellaneous
Lucky gal
This is a general catch-up post prompted by the number of people I ran into at ALA who asked, “How ARE you?” in that very pregnant manner that means, so, is your life still screwed up?
And no disrespect to people who enriched our lives during the Florida Experiment — I particularly miss my writing friends! — but that was a particularly awry three years for me, personally and professionally. It was a “growth experience,” and I appreciate my new life so much more, but I could have skipped the over-long teachable moment and come out just fine.
On my jobs in Florida, it was a matter of ̶...
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Free Range Librarian - July 16, 2010 Author: K.G. Schneider Tags: Uncategorized
Radio Berkman 158: Thinking About Thinking About the Net
From the MediaBerkman blog:
Take a look at the headlines of any major newspaper or news magazine. Check out the non-fiction bestsellers at Amazon. The net is on everyone’s minds.
Or more specifically, the way the net is on our minds is on our minds. Nicholas Carr’sThe Shallows paints a bleak picture of what the net is doing to our plastic brains, cheapening our relationships, and ruining our attention spans. Clay Shirky’s recent release Cognitive Surplus on the other hand celebrates the web’s power to enable quick, smart, crowdsourced action and creativity.
Hundreds of other authors and thinkers have responded...
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Berkman Blog - July 15, 2010 Author: syoung
Enhancing Reality?
There are always new technological tools being created and disseminated and, much like web memes, they can catch on fairly quickly and spread as more individuals make use of a service/tool/technology to make their lives, both personal & professional, enriched by experiences. For example, I've been noticing increased interest and use of QR Codes as a way to enhance the way one interacts with a 2 dimensional picture via a smart phone, be it a product like a Calvin Klein advert, to how they are being used in libraries.
More recently another concept is emerging to enhance this 2 dimensional interactivity to a more immersiv...
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SPLAT - Special Projects Library Action Team blogs - July 15, 2010 Author: memo
How a Meme Gets Started
It’s been fun today watching the #inatweet meme take off on Twitter. Which made me think it’d be fun to document it a bit – memes, trends, and interesting topics CAN originate from your organization (it’s certainly happened to my library before).
Here’s how the #inatweet meme started:
Justin Hoenke (@justinlibrarian) was talking to Joe Murphy (@libraryfuture) about Dropbox, a cool file sharing and storage service, and I chimed in too (’cause Dropbox really IS a cool tool). Justin asked Joe and I if “either of you point me in the direction of a good place to start for learning abou...
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David Lee King - July 9, 2010 Author: David Lee King Tags: Cool tools Digital Space Experience Economy Social Networking community management social media twitter community engagement hashtag meme
Have we been doing Enterprise 2.0 in reverse : Socialising processes and Adaptive Case Management
OK, I know we don’t "do" enterprise 2.0, but I thought it was a catchy title.
In case you haven’t scrolled down yet, this is a gigantic post even for my standards. It started off reviewing an evolving theme of enterprise 2.0 moving to process-based solutions, and on the way I stumbled across another perspective on the world of "knowledge work" and "processes" called "Adaptive Process Management".
I was going to break this post into parts, but I had already written it in a woven whole piece, so bad luck you are just going to have to read it bit by bit yourself.
Michae...
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Library clips - July 5, 2010 Author: John Tropea Tags: km emergence process decisionmaking
Day 29: The Penultimate Challenge day
You may have thought that our 30 bloggers had run dry by Day 29. Not so! Opinions from an OPL made some observations about the penultimate day, but there were also many more fascinating facts coming forth.
The big meme mover was 30 things – those things you have done this month, on top of keeping up with this challenge. It was exhausting reading through the posts by Buntoting Librarian, Miss Sophie Mac, Bonito Club, Strawberries of Integrity and Rien d’Important, but so worth it to do so.
New Technologies Interest Group explored the benefits of social networking, SkinniBitch discussed Mentoring in Libraryland a...
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librariesinteract.info - June 30, 2010 Author: Michelle McLean Tags: 30 posts in 30 days
28 days later: they’re still blogging but no zombies
Manic Monday was a mixed bag of treats, some tiring and waning with many memes and exclamations of ‘non posts’ or reasons for skipping days. So today I will avail you with the five posts that inspired me most (and inspired me greatly at that!):
Skinnibitch wrote a particularly thought provoking post on mentoring – managing to highlight way too much in such a short space - the value of a mentor, how to practically and proactively find a mentor and career mapping.
FromMelbin introduced a fascinating topic under in disguise (and one close to my own heart) of working with students to contribute design id...
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librariesinteract.info - June 29, 2010 Author: zaana Tags: 30 posts in 30 days All sectors blogeverydayofjune librarians
Hancox: so much more than just a home
The Moore family has lived at Hancox, a large, rambling Sussex house, for five generations. Rowan Moore recalls his childhood there and how its ramshackle charms fired his lifelong passion for architectureA broad stair, the work of a pretentious 16th-century owner, winds up from a dark hall towards a bright landing, the shifts in light modulated by wobbly plaster and oak. Tall timber shafts rise to the ceiling, warped in memory of their former life as tree trunks in the nearby woods. Newel posts end in handsome carved finials shaped like poppy heads, one of them violently mutilated by an alcoholic, in the time when this wa...
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Guardian Unlimited Books - June 26, 2010 Author: Rowan Moore Tags: Architecture Design Art and design Culture Books The Observer Features
Day 25 – Friday on my mind
Friday again featured a number of memes. Morgan asked 20 questions on day 20 so I thought I would ask you a few more:
Who said don’t be afraid to change direction when she reflected on why she became a librarian?
Who described her life according to They Might Be Giants and The Cure?
Whose son passed a milestone getting his P-plates?
Who is an RSS evangelist?
Who is participating in the 10,000 steps challenge?
Which school librarian watched students dance for joy?
Which blogger answers her own question about why she became a librarian?
Who quotes Lord Byron?
Whose blog featured a couple of furry friends?
Who spend ...
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librariesinteract.info - June 26, 2010 Author: haikugirloz Tags: 30 posts in 30 days Blogging
A TV Meme
I am once again using a prompt from the blog Ruminations to get some writing in. Ok, it's just cheap entertainment for me. So, here are the questions as provided with my replies.Do you snack while watching TV? Sometimes.What is your favorite TV show? This varies. These days I watch a lot of stuff on places like the Discovery Channel and History Channel. From those, I like Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, and Deadliest Catch (though not as much as I liked it the first season or so). I also watch Ice Road Truckers and Swamp Loggers when I see it is on and I remember. What TV show makes you run to change channels? Most reality tele...
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The Itinerant Librarian - June 26, 2010 Author: Angel, librarian and educator
Day 23: Food, poetry, and politics
In library-related news:
Bun-toting Librarian answers “Why am I a librarian?”
Connecting Librarian writes about work experience students in the library, and commenters add their own… well, experiences.
Creative Circ shares their library’s plans to create a “library based on trust”.
In the handy ‘miscellaneous’ category:
Opinions from an OPL writes about organisational aps.
Bonito Club writes about Flutterscape, “a Japanese take on social networking and online purchasing”.
justgirlwithshoes writes about friendship.
The memes diversify into:
Food: Walking Upsid...
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librariesinteract.info - June 24, 2010 Author: Deborah Fitchett Tags: 30 posts in 30 days blogeverydayofjune
