Top 25 Librarian blogs
http://www.teleread.com/2010/05/31/top-25-librarian-blogs/ heh, heh. Wonder who they paid off? LOL
0806, 2010
Category Archives: Libraries
2105, 2010
Authority, Linked Data, RDF Webinar (Free!)
Linked data is a HOT topic amongst the semantic web community (and the NYT also has their big linked data project) — sigh, novel concepts like authority records, controlled vocabularies, etc. Why gosh. Why didn’t libraries think of those? Oh wait, we DID. 😉 Anyhow, it might be interesting & free webinar — discussions of the VIAF, RDF, etc. I’ll
2105, 2010
What they don’t teach in lib school
Interesting group of materials (presentations, webinars, etc.) about employer expectations and what they do not teach in “library school” in regards to the cataloging profession. The sessions focused on the disconnect between what you learn in library school and the reality of working in cataloging. Panel members shared their professional viewpoints and personal experiences related to the changing technical skills,
1605, 2010
Library of Congress film preservation — the ultimate archive
Cellulose nitrate is a very flammable material, but it also happens to be a very high quality clear plastic — 35mm motion picture film was almost exclusively nitrate, from the beginning of filmmaking through 1950 or so in the US, possibly as late as the early 60s in Russia and eastern Europe. But after a number of notable fires, it
1405, 2010
Google is good, libraries are better (friday humor!)
they forgot: where’s the stapler the printer is jammed/outofpaper/not working (btw, I did start out in public services…)
1105, 2010
Call for chapters (International Students and Academic Libraries)
CALL FOR CASE STUDIES/BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALSInternational Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Success Proposal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2010Editors: Pamela Jackson and Patrick Sullivan, San Diego State University Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries Have you developed programs or services for international students at your academic library? If so, the editors of this upcoming volume to be published by
2104, 2010
GALILEO birthday coming up
I totally meant to post this earlier. On Sept. 21, 2010 it will be the 15th anniversary of GALILEO.Hopefully, it okay to crosspost this…—————-Happy New Year, GALILEO Users, Believe it or not, GALILEO will turn 15 on September 21, 2010. Way back in 1995, long before Google, GALILEO helped bring the University System of Georgia libraries, students, faculty, and staff
0704, 2010
10weeks to a Web2.0 You Social Media Training Program
Well, it’s official. The 10Weeks to a Web2.0 You Social Media Training Program kicks off today. Right now, this is just for library staff, but we are collecting up all of the training tools, presentations, etc. to create a website which anyone can use. I’m co-teaching blogging and then image editing (the fun stuff, right?) I thought about switching out
0104, 2010
Developing mobile, scrolling horizontally, undergrads usage of wikipedia (links, links)
Just a couple of various links from various places: how to build mobile versions of existing sites, including links to some mobile site building tools: http://designshack.co.uk/articles/css/quick-tips-for-creating-a-mobile-optimized-site How undergraduates use wikipedia:http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830/2476 scrolling horizontally!https://xd.adobe.com/#/articles/article/530direct link to the horizontally scrolled page:http://www.thinkingforaliving.org/
2903, 2010
Free Cataloging Tools (!)
I can’t believe I never posted this beyond delicious.com. Sorry! So there, ya go — free cataloging tools. Yup, free. Free Cataloging Tools View more presentations from robinfay.