Monthly Archives: September 2010

1209, 2010

Free webinars: 2 free webinars: Georgia history (Digital Library of Georgia); teaching financial literacy skills

robinna/ September 12, 2010/ History of Technology/ 0 comments

The Georgia Library Association and Georgia Public Library Service are pleased to announce the September sessions of the Wednesday Webinar series, which highlights trends, innovation, and best practices in Georgia Libraries. The webinars feature Georgia speakers, but registration is open to anyone, anywhere. Topics are chosen to be of interest to employees of all library types, and each session is

1109, 2010

GLA seeks resume reviewers for COMO

robinna/ September 11, 2010/ Libraries/ 1 comments

If you are planning to attend COMO on Friday, Oct. 15, would you consider volunteering to review resumes for those in the job market? The “Resume Review” session sponsored by the New Members Round Table is from 9:00-9:50 a.m. in Athena Ballroom H. You would meet one-on-one for about 10-15 minutes on a first-come, first-served basis with a personwho presents

1009, 2010

E-books & e-content

robinna/ September 10, 2010/ Libraries/ 0 comments

Some interesting thoughts on e-books from a textbook industry blog:Nine Important Trends in the Evolution of Digital Textbooks and E-learning Content The increased disaggregation of content and the breaking up of the traditional textbook model — The movement toward disaggregated content has been seriously afoot ever since iTunes appeared and we started talking about songs instead of albums. We see

0909, 2010

Doing more with Google sites — exporting, etc.

robinna/ September 9, 2010/ webdesign/ 0 comments

I haven’t used Google sites too much since I have so much webspace under my namesake domain, but I found this interesting. You can use google sites APIs to export, delete content (eeks, use with caution, I’d say), and more. Very cool — although I’d love to be able to (export/import) dump the CONTENT of a google site directly into

0709, 2010

80s Library video — the literal version

robinna/ September 7, 2010/ Libraries, watch.see.hear, nothing in particular/ 0 comments

Everybody KNOWS that librarians don’t really shush you anymore… and hey, this is the LITERAL version (original is head over heels). “I’ve got a stack of books to return, I wish they were better”… heh, haven’t we all been there? ♥ tears for fears, though.

0709, 2010

on creativity, inspiration, & consumption of well… everything

robinna/ September 7, 2010/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Very interesting article about the connection between creativity and inspiration, and the impact of the influence of others. “When we over-saturate ourselves in other people’s work it short-changes our own creative development.” I have often felt this way, although I realize that developing or creating in a vacuum isn’t necessarily a good thing, either. However, having the space for “deep

0509, 2010

Story is more imporant than brand (storytelling)

robinna/ September 5, 2010/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Interesting view of the impact of storytelling on marketing with interesting case studies/examples. At it’s core, storytelling is an exercise done for the benefit of others. True, there’s a symbiotic relationship between the storyteller, the story, and the audience. This is a marked departure from typical marketing and advertising. http://treypennington.com/2010/09/06/story-is-more-important-than-the-brand/