Monthly Archives: October 2009

Bookmark in del.icio.us, send to twitter and, post to facebook

robinna/ October 19, 2009/ social media, twitter, tools/tips, Training/ 0 comments

There are probably multiple ways to do this (friendfeed, google reader, etc.) but I’m already posting from twitter to facebook. So, throwing in another tool that I use (and love — but really only as a personal bookmark service) del.icio.us, I discovered that I can now bookmark in del.icio.us and then send to twitter. Using the post from twitter, I

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COMO presentations

robinna/ October 12, 2009/ Libraries, training / tutorials/ 0 comments

Visit/join the official COMO Ning network. You can view resources shared by COMO presenters and participants; in addition, join in or start your own conversation about a conference session. Ning members may also post events such as meetups for specific groups of librarians or meetings that may be taking place during the conference.

Orphan Works (unclear copyright)

robinna/ October 3, 2009/ Libraries/ 0 comments

http://www.archivists.org/standards/OWBP-V4.pdf From the introduction:“‘Orphan works’ is a term used to describe the situation in which the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Proposed orphan works legislation, such as the Orphan Works Act of 2008 (H.R. 5889)

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Ebook readers of the future?

robinna/ October 1, 2009/ life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I like the idea of ebooks and ereaders (I do, I really do) but…I want full color, lcd which automatically adjusts to ambient light, readable font (higher dpi to mimic the typeface on paper) , support for all digital media formats, and crossplatform formats for ebooks. Oh, and it should be lightweight, waterproof, dustproof, and freezeproof. this is a start…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vBb3_aZN7g