ALA Recommends IE?
I just read my latest issue of American Libraries Online Direct and found out that the ALA MidWinter Meeting Itinerary Planner and Messaging System is now up and ready for use. Only one problem … apparently this site is best viewed in Internet Explorer.
No librarians that I know use Internet Explorer … not unless they’re forced to by their IT staff … so why the heck isn’t this page optimized for Firefox?? Come on people!! Did we learn nothing from the huge security warning we got last week about Internet Explorer? It’s time to make the switch!!
technorati Tags: ALAMW08
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What I Learned Today... - December 23, 2008 Author: Nicole Tags: ALAMW Browsers ALAMW08
Edit your Flickr photos with Picnik
Flickr has teamed up with Picnik to add photo editing as a feature for Flickr users.Choose an image in your photostream, hit the edit button, allow Picnik to access your Flickr image and a suite of editing options load.Images can be modified with effects, shapes and frames added, color adjustment, resizing and rotations.Here's one I prepared earlier - If you've forgotten to send a Christmas Card, turn one of your photos into a greeting and send an email...Just be careful you don't replace your existing photo (unless you want to) and check the options before saving.
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Innovate - December 23, 2008 Tags: web 2.0 images technology and life
Seeking a new library director!
With the retirement of our director Charlene Abel, we are looking for our next leader. Below is our announcement. For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact us at director@mjcpl.org.
DIRECTOR: Madison-Jefferson County Public Library, Madison, Indiana
Seeking an outgoing, organized, positive, dynamic ALA/MLS director to administer a county library with an active business community, retirees from a number of places, colleges, and rural patron base of 31,700. Located on the Ohio River, Madison (the county seat), is a charming historic city highly regarded for its architecture, quality of life, ...
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Madison-Jefferson County Public Library - Library-Buzz - December 23, 2008 Author: egyarnetsky
CNI recap
I blogged about the Mellon Award for technology Collaboration a while ago, but have not yet summarized presentations from CNI. Here are some notes from presentations I found interesting. (Links will take you to abstract on the CNI site, and hopefully will also get you to PowerPoint and other information.)
eXtensible Catalog Project Update
I have read about the XC project, but not extensively and not for a while, so I found this a good and timely overview. The XC aims to connect users to content. It does not aim to be an ILS replacement, but rather a discovery layer than can work with an ILS, but also bring in material not ...
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hangingtogether.org - December 23, 2008 Author: Merrilee Tags: Miscellaneous CNI2008fall
William J. (WJ) Snowman
For the last four days, my home internet connection has been on the fritz. Mostly down but still sputtering off and on. In fact, if you listen very carefully I am fairly convinced that you can hear my router coughing and hacking away in the corner. The reason this is a fuss for me is that (as you may have seen on the news), Seattle has had the most snow it has seen in years (something like 40 years last I heard). So, if you work at WebJunction; at home because you are snowed in and you have no internet, what ever do you do? Well, you build a seven foot tall snowman of course!
And as you likely know, building a seven foot ...
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BlogJunction - December 23, 2008 Author: libraryman Tags: Online Collaboration
NYT: “More readers picking up electronic books”
Found via TechMeme: the New York Times has an article about how “More Readers [are] Picking Up Electronic Books.” Although e-books have been around for ten years and failed to make much of a splash for most of that time, the article notes, this year the Kindle and Sony have both started picking up users—especially the Kindle.
Nearly one in four copies of the Oprah Winfrey bestseller The Story of Edgar Sawtelle sold through Amazon is sold for the Kindle, for example. The article also notes that many of these new Kindle users are considerably older than the usual gadget-loving demographic.
While the Kindle has proven ...
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - December 23, 2008 Author: Chris Meadows Tags: Amazon Amazon Kindle Apple Chris Meadows E-books and all that Sony Stanza book publishing e-book ergonomics e-books and other digipubs eReader ebook ebooks iPhone and Touch iPod Sony Reader The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Oprah
Congrats to Dr. Margaret Lincoln!
http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/i-love-my-librarian-award-ceremony
Ten winners of the inaugural Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award were recognized at a ceremony hosted by the New York Times December 9. The award, administered by the ALA’s Public Information Office and the Campaign for America’s Libraries, recognizes public, school, and college librarians for service to their communities, schools, and campuses.
Among the ten is my dear colleague and fellow UNT doctoral graduate:
Margaret “Gigi” Lincoln, Library Media Specialist, Lakeview High School, Battle Cre...
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Tame The Web: Libraries and technology - December 23, 2008 Author: Michael Tags: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession Pursuing the PhD
State of the Twittersphere
Don’t miss:
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/4439/State-of-the-Twittersphere-Q4-2008-Report.aspx
You can download the full report in PDF format and click here to tweet about the report.
Here is a glance at some of the more interesting findings.
Twitter is dominated by newer users - 70% of Twitter users joined in 2008
An estimated 5-10 thousand new accounts are opened per day
35% of Twitter users have 10 or fewer followers
9% of Twitter users follow no one at all
There is a strong correlation between the number of followers you have and the number of people you follow
The graphs showing the growth of t...
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Tame The Web: Libraries and technology - December 23, 2008 Author: Michael Tags: Micro-Content: Twitter & More
FaceBook Scandal Points to Strengths & Weaknesses of Social Networking Tools
A fascinating scandal on Facebook, uncovered by blogger Brad J. Ward, points to both the strengths and weaknesses of Social Networking tools.
The scandal revolves around an attempt by at least two companies, CollegeProwler.com and MatchU to corner the market, so to speak, on as many College 'Class of 2013' Facebook groups as possible using non-attending individuals to set up the groups and serve as Admins.
Once they were found out, representatives of these two companies, possibly sensing a public relations disaster, left comments on Brad's original post, apologizing for their actions and promising to vacate the groups th...
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Chicago Librarian - Design, Techology & Culture from a Librarian living in Chicago - December 23, 2008 Author: Leo Klein
Privacy Commissioner to Release Guide on Social Networking at Work
According to their recent blog post, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is expected to soon release guidelines to help employers draft policies for use of social networking sites in the workplace. The Office cites a recent study by Ryerson University that identified a digital divide between young Canadians who use social networks and their employers. The blog post explains:
…researchers found that, by and large, employers currently don’t have policies, guidelines or practices in place that govern the use of social networking sites in the workplace.
However, a small number of employers are starting to....
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Slaw - December 23, 2008 Author: Connie Crosby Tags: Canada Information technology Law Firm Management Ontario Privacy Law Uncategorized United Kingdom Web Applications Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada social networking social networks
“What about structure & relationships?”
Kyle Jones asked the TTW gang in an email:
“We talk about the social web in terms of visible relationships being made, but we shouldn’t overlook the structure underneath these relationships. I stumbled over this while looking at the new Wordpress 2.7 interface: http://gmpg.org/xfn/ Just ponder it if you have a second.”
I did think about it. Nice to have some convo over email. We do this a bit (Michael and Katharine too) and some turn into a post.
Garfield talked about citation analysis. I really think he was talking about how to express connections. I always like thinking about how to express connectio...
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Tame The Web: Libraries and technology - December 23, 2008 Author: Lee Tags: Library 2.0/Web 2.0 TTW Contributor: Lee Leblanc
Tough year ahead for IT industry, warns OECD
Tough year ahead for IT industry, warns OECD
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The economic downturn will hit the Internet economy hard in 2009, according to the latest available OECD estimates.
The IT Outlook 2008 says that the IT industry is likely to have grown by 4% at most in 2008 compared to the previous year. But with the outlook for the global economy worsening and business and consumer confidence plumetting, growth will remain flat or decline in 2009.
Some sectors are expected to weather the storm better than others. Spending on software and IT services, including outsourcing, by gov...
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Docuticker - December 23, 2008 Author: Shirl Kennedy Tags: Business and economics International technology
E-books and the last p-issue of PC Magazine
I got my last paper issue of PC Magazine today. From now on, it’ll be all digital.
Hint, hint, hint to the book industry. You may treat e-books casually now—and hobble them with DRM and price gouges, while thinking, “Who cares? People can always buy paper books to keep forever.” But what happens when, like the magazine, you have no choice but to go digital all the way?
technorati Tags: PC Magazine
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - December 23, 2008 Author: David Rothman Tags: DRM E-books and all that e-book ergonomics e-books and other digipubs ebook ebooks PC Magazine
Manuales sobre software abierto y libre
FLOSS Manuals es un sitio que incluye una buena colección de manuales sobre software abierto y libre. (Vía)
technorati Tags: Software Libre
Etiquetas: Breves, Software Libre, Software Libre
Entradas relacionadas
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Razones por las cuales las escuelas deben usar exclusivamente software libre (3)
Lo mejor del software libre y gratuito para Windows (1)
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DigiZen: Un blogfesor aprendiendo - December 23, 2008 Author: Mario Núñez Tags: Breves Software Libre
Next year in Technology
Ian Douglas - “No sensible commentator would go anywhere near predictions for the following year. So here are mine.”
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Library Stuff - December 23, 2008 Author: Steven
IT leaders share green-tech predictions for 2009
Read the full story from InfoWorld.
It’s that time of year again to dust of the old crystal ball and put forth some predictions as to what 2009 holds for the world of green technology. Rather than leaving the speculation to myself, however, I once again decided to tap experts at a host of organizations on how they envision green IT evolving in the year to come.
Suffice to say that no one has dismissed the green-tech movement as a mere passing fad. Both economic and political conditions (e.g. President-Elect Obama’s vision of a cleaner energy economy) will continue to drive vendors to develop greener wares and o...
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Environmental News Bits - December 23, 2008 Author: Laura B. Tags: Computing/Consumer electronics
Holiday tips on e-book readers—and book-capable gizmos like the PSP
DearAuthor has been running a useful series on e-book readers and book-capable devices, and now here are more tips—in MP3, from the Writing Show.
Ricardo, a Writing Show guest host living in Central America, offers a good round-up on such basics as e-book formats and the Kindle vs. rivals, including the new Sony PRS-700. The 700 comes with a built-in LED reading light for nighttime use.
I especially like his outside-the-U.S. perspective and his discussion of the Sony PSP as “a great e-book reader.” One glory of the PSP is that you can sneak e-books on it for kids to check out, when they’re b...
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - December 23, 2008 Author: David Rothman Tags: E-books and all that e-book ergonomics e-books and other digipubs ebook ebooks Playstation Portable PSP Sony DearAuthor.com The Writing Show
How Technology figured in 2008
This video clip from MSNBC reminds us of what we saw (from a US perspective) that related to technology and science in 2008. When you click on the link, you will probably find that the video starts instantly.
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Education.au Blog - December 23, 2008 Author: Kerrie Smith Tags: Educationau
The latest from Renewable Energy World
The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include:
Deepwater Offshore Wind Power Generation Using Oil and Gas Platform technology
Wind, Water and Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear and Coal for Energy Generation, Study Says
The Solar Industry Needs More Consistency To Realize a Sustainable Future
One Last Chance: Starting a Green Business
Offering More Than Ever: Technical Trends in Solar Thermal
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Environmental News Bits - December 23, 2008 Author: Laura B. Tags: Alternative Fuels Renewable Energy
The ScrollMotion fuss: E-book lesson from VHS’s demise—plus a warning to literary blogger Maud Newton
“The last major Hollywood movie to be released on VHS was ‘A History of Violence’ in 2006,” reports the L.A. Times in a piece on the wind-down of a large VHS-supply operation. And now there’s talk that even DVD’s days may be numbered.
All of this should be a lesson for book publishers. Shouldn’t books be more of a permanent medium than Hollywood videos? Don’t we have the Web for ephemeral content? That is one reason why I find the ScrollMotion—with novels turned into iPhone apps, and with nary a mention of ePub in the corporate ballyhoo online—to be a threat to pu...
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - December 23, 2008 Author: David Rothman Tags: DRM E-books and all that EPub e-book ergonomics e-books and other digipubs eBabel ebook ebooks ScrollMotion
Facebook Generation Learning Social, Technical Skills Online
From a news release:
Worried about the amount of time today’s kids spend texting, chatting, blogging, gaming and Facebook-ing? Don’t.
Rather than fear the time young people devote to technological pursuits, there are many reasons for adults to embrace and even facilitate youth engagement with digital media, according to Florida State University’s Lisa Tripp, who was a member of a team of researchers who recently completed the most extensive qualitative study ever done on youth media use in the United States.
“While many adults worry that children are wasting time online, texting or playing video games, our study f...
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ResourceShelf - December 23, 2008 Author: resourceshelf Tags: Social Media
Best Books In Design & Innovation
It’s that time of the year. Many publications and websites are issuing their “best” of the year lists. I always check BusinessWeek’s best business books list to see if our library has acquired them all. But I made a new discovery this year. I found that BusinessWeek also produces a separate listing of their picks for the top ten books on design and innovation. I thought I’d share that list here.
I can’t quite say these books are ranked, but the first book listed is one I’m reading right now (well, sort of, I started reading Subject to Change about half way through). That’s B...
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Designing Better Libraries - December 23, 2008 Author: StevenB Tags: Books Creativity & Innovation best_books
Was ist ein offener Standard?
Heise: Definition offener Standards in der EU weiter umkämpft
Interessanter Artikel, der die verschiedenen Positionen darlegt hinsichtlich der Frage, wann ein Standard wirklich offen ist.
In der einen Ecke des Rings befindet sich z.B. Association for Competitive technology (ACT) oder die European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics technology Industry Association (EICTA). Sie bevorzugen …
die Bedingung einer alleinigen “RAND”-Lizenzierung (Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) Demnach müssen Anwender für die Nutzung eines derart lizenzierten Standards üblicherweise Geld zahlen oder sonst...
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Infobib - December 23, 2008 Author: CH Tags: EDV Open Content Recht offenheit ooxml standards
Director
State: Indiana
DIRECTOR: Madison-Jefferson County Public Library, Madison, Indiana
Seeking an outgoing, organized, positive, dynamic ALA/MLS director to administer a county library with an active business community, retirees from a number of places, colleges, and rural patron base of 31,700. Located on the Ohio River, Madison (the county seat), is a charming historic city highly regarded for its architecture, quality of life, and educational and cultural opportunities.
Jefferson County Public Library (mjcpl.org) has 22 employees; 11 full-time and 11 part-time. The 2008 budget was $1,083,228 and the 2009 budget is proje...
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SLIS Careers Feed - December 23, 2008
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*[[Malte Herwig]]; [http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,473529,00.html "Putting The World's Books On The Web"]
*[http://www.brickscommunity.org BRICKS] Building Resources for Integrated Cultural Knowledge Services
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Digital library - Revision history - December 23, 2008 Author: Spdegabrielle
Allan M. Kleiman's Page - Library 2.0
Now working part-time and devoting full time to workshops and presentations on aspects of technology, gaming and senior spaces. Blog: http://libraryo
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pligg - all - December 23, 2008 Tags: Library 2.0
ARROW Project: 2003-2008
Le projet ARROW s'achève en cette fin d'année 2008.Source: message de David Groenewegen sur la liste JISC-Repositories:After five years the ARROW project (http://arrow.edu.au) is drawing to an end. We want to share our achievements, and to thank those who have played a role in it.ARROW started with an idea – to build a new repository management solution for Australian higher education, and to make the research material stored in those repositories discoverable both nationally and internationally. The aim was an information management tool that would bring wider exposure to Australian research.In late 2003 we were fun...
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pintiniblog - December 23, 2008 Tags: D épôts institutionnels
12/23/2008-Director, Technology Support Services (JR 7690), The University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Director, technology Support Services (JR 7690)
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Combined Library Job Postings - Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet - December 23, 2008
NIH policy one of Top 8 science policy stories of 2008
Rick Weiss, The Top Eight Science Policy News Stories of 2008, Science Progress, December 22, 2008. Actually there are two OA stories in Weiss' Top 8: the NIH policy at #5 and Obama's science team at #1. Excerpt: 5: Passage of legislation requiring “open access” publishing for all research reports resulting from work funded by the National Institutes of Health. After years of heated debate inside and outside of Congress, the NIH implemented the nation’s first open access law in April. As a result, all 80,000 or so research papers published each year that describe the results of NIH-funded ...
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Open Access News - December 23, 2008 Author: Peter Suber
