Monthly Archives: December 2010

Email and freedom of information act

robinna/ December 20, 2010/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

interesting… [canada] —————“It is not reasonable for e-mails belonging to a private individual to be subject to access by members of the public merely because they are sent or received on a government owned e-mail server,” Madam Justice Anne Molloy wrote for the panel. Complete article athttp://is.gd/j9Utf

Choosing Technology (free webinar!)

robinna/ December 18, 2010/ Libraries, opensource, watch.see.hear, Training, Train/ 0 comments

Choosing Technology: How We Decide What Technologies Work Best in Our Libraries ( http://georgialibraries.org/events/wed-web-series/choosing-technology-how-we-decide-what-technologies-work-best-our-libraries )Presented by Tim DanielsWednesday, January 19, 2011, 10:00am – 11:00am Eastern TimeSeparate registration is required for each hour-long session (free & open to everyone!)In today’s environment librarians are constantly bombarded with new and emerging technologies. These technologies can run the gamut from smart phone applications to

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Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship wants to hear from you

robinna/ December 16, 2010/ Libraries/ 0 comments

—————–Are you planning to attend any upcoming conferences, workshops, or programs related to electronic resources in libraries? If so, a new column in the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship entitled “E-Resource Round Up” would like to hear from you! This column is dedicated to helping JERL readers better understand topics related tothe ever-changing world of electronic resources and their roles

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Is your password/login compromised?

robinna/ December 13, 2010/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

In case you’ve not seen the news, gawker (parent co. of lifehacker, jezebel, lots of pop sites) was hacked. Email addresses and passwords FOR GAWKER sites were published at pirate bay and are now out in the wild. Gawker has contacted those who logins/passwords were released, but you can also check to see if your email is on the listhttp://www.slate.com/id/2277768/

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eink, ereader, tablets, hybrids, oh my! what do I buy?

robinna/ December 6, 2010/ Technology, Blog posts/ 2 comments

my shopping list: definitely need color screen for video and photos. speaking of photos … need a built in camera. not too big, not too little (10.2 inches seems about right not too heavy or thick dualcore processor think is a necessity wifi possibly bluetooth usb SD card slots Less than 1000$ Optionals: eink keyboard (external usb keyboard ok) flash

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San José Public Library website (Drupal!)

robinna/ December 5, 2010/ Libraries, Design, webdesign/ 0 comments

I thought this article was interesting, given I am on the homepage redesign committee. We, too, are dramatically reducing links; however, design wise, I think it has a much more organic feel and look. Of course, we’ll see what usability says, right?———“The San José Public Library (SJPL), CA, unveiled its new, vastly simplified website this month, after more than two-and-a-half

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Question of the day: What to use to catalog a small church library?

robinna/ December 4, 2010/ opensource, question of the day/ 0 comments

So, the question of the day was about how to catalog a church’s library. This article has some great suggestions especially in regards to collection management decision making. In addition to determining which audience level, type of media, and subject headings schema to use (Sears, LCSH, etc.), I would add to also figure out how you want to provide access

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