Speaker presentations for Internet Librarian are now available online, no required login. http://fb.me/LPXHhhHt Search engines, discovery tools, Bing, gadgets, IA (Information Architecture), the eBranch, Mobile, digital identity, and more.
Some of you may remember geocities (from yahoo), an early online & free website builder. Yahoo abandoned it some time ago, but it is now being archived. Interesting (and short) article about obsolete websites, archiving, and cultural history.http://tinyurl.com/2wmyw48
This is incredibly scary but you should be aware that any time you’re on a public wifi it’s probably not secure. ——————— It’s not hard to comprehend the far-reaching ramifications of this tool. Anytime you’re using an open Wi-Fi connection, anyone can swiftly access some of your most private, personal information and correspondence (i.e. direct messages, Facebook mail/chat)— at the
Just a reminder: If I don’t follow/friend you or I unfollow (or unfan or unfriend) it’s not that I like you any less (if I know you in person). If you are a colleague, it doesn’t mean that I respect you any less. However, I want to be able to manage both my online presences and my brand/digital identity. Got
In case you haven’t heard about this (some of us have chatted in my lib about this), it really looks cool. Library Anywhere, a mobile catalog for everyone (and they just rolled out a new iphone app too) Following on our announcement of Shelf Browse, here’s another new product. We think this one’s a pretty big deal. Announcing Library Anywhere!
A little powerpoint (pptx format) comparing RDA and AACR2 for serials courtesy of Renette Davis. I wish it were embeddable, but it’s not.
DCMI conference papers include:http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/ojs/pubs Building blocks of metadata: What can we learn from Lego™? Emma Tonkin, Andrew Hewson Visualizing Metadata for Environmental Datasets Sherry Koshman FRBR: A Generalized Approach to Dublin Core Application Profiles Maja Zumer, Marcia Lei Zeng, Athena Salaba Enhancing Interoperability of FRBR-Based Metadata Jenn Riley Moving Library Metadata Toward Linked Data: Opportunities Provided by the eXtensible Catalog
If you are interested in the Intro to Drupal (which includes CMS in general, too) but you can’t make today’s class it will be offered again in June.
Interesting thoughts…——————4 Very Different Futures Are Imagined for Research Libraries The first scenario, “Research Entrepreneurs,” lays out a future in which “individual researchers are the stars of the story.” Corporations and philanthropists directly support the best and brightest, who “produce insights that dazzle readers, leaders, and markets.” Creativity matters more than institutional or disciplinary affiliations; the best researchers write their
So, I have decided I’d rather just blog in one spot. Really, I just got tired of managing multiple identities on the ‘net — too much work. I really like blogger and while I like ee (ok), it is so much easier to push blogger to well… just about anything. except….I’ve hit a stumbling block with labels. I can get