0108, 2014
Category Archives: Blog posts
0108, 2014
DRMC – Digital Repository for Museum Collections
Introducing the Digital Repository for Museum Collections (DRMC) from Artefactual Systems – AtoM
3007, 2014
Social media & crime [infographic]
Stats and thoughts on social media related crime. It’s getting to be vacation season – stay safe!
2207, 2014
New books vs. Old books – What’s up with the smell of old books?
Every wonder about the smell of old books? Here is what is happening.
1507, 2014
Evolution of portable music [infographic]
Really interesting – how far we’ve come!
3006, 2014
2306, 2014
Sir Isaac Newton (Weird Al Yankovic) vs. Bill Nye in Epic Rap Battles of History #woot4science #awesomesauce
Yay for Science! Oh and check out this page for behind the scenes http://laughingsquid.com/sir-isaac-newton-weird-al-yankovic-vs-bill-nye-in-epic-rap-battles-of-history/ “Physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, played by “Weird Al” Yankovic, and science educator Bill Nye face off in a new episode of Epic Rap Battles of History”
2306, 2014
Interview with inventor of Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek
I love this story. RIP, Stephanie Kwolek. “I love learning and I’m love learning new things, making discoveries… while her mother encourage creativity and even a future in fashion design, her father was a naturalist and inspired stephanie’s curiosity about the outdoors. I had a father who was very much interested and plants and trees. I spent a lot of
1906, 2014
The difference between marketing and community
This is excellent article, because it gets to the purpose of social media. Marketing is to sell something and while higher ed (and especially libraries) have things to sell, we also are about making something – communities, literacy, empowering our communities, educating our students, energizing our faculty, helping … So, we are both. The fundamental difference between marketing and community
1806, 2014
Reset the Net – net privacy
A good video that explains what Reset the Net is and why it is important.