Category Archives: my projects

2201, 2009

review of Radical Cataloging

robinna/ January 22, 2009/ metadata, my projects/ 0 comments

There’s a favorable review of Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front, edited by former UGAer K.R. Roberto; introduction by Sanford Berman, with a tiny sliver of a essay by me, and another essay Beth Thornton Serials Cataloger at UGA: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/newsletters/sept08/review.html#radical As reviewer Douglas King (UC Santa Barbara) notes, it “restate[s] principles and provide[s] innovative examples of user-focused bibliographic access, expressed

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0812, 2008

new writings, art, & podcasts

robinna/ December 8, 2008/ publishing, social media, my projects, twitter, photography, my art/ 0 comments

I hate being sick … but here ya go, it’s the latest issue of moonshine. The latest issue of moonshine, a magazine of the southern arts is available online (& free) in its entirety at http://www.moonshine.southerncreativity.com If you would like to contribute to moonshine or have art events for the art listings, please drop us a line at southerncreativity.com@gmail.com v.2

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2311, 2008

seeking writers, artists & more

robinna/ November 23, 2008/ publishing, my projects/ 0 comments

moonshine arts magazine http://www.moonshine.southerncreativity.com is seeking creative writing pieces, artist interviews, writings from the studio by artists, music and literature reviews, as well as other art related topics. Writers for moonshine are a diverse bunch: graphic artists, music appreciators, painters, poets, photographers, novelists, essayists, librarians, computer geeks, art professors & more. We seek authentic and interesting Southern voices to contribute

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1711, 2008

Dynamic Content Group’s working list

robinna/ November 17, 2008/ software, Libraries, social media, my projects/ 1 comments

The Dynamic Content Group (DYG) of which I am Chair, is mostly just a brainstorming group. We grew out of WAG (the Web Advisory Group) and our charge is to examine how we use Web2.0 technologies and see how we could use them more effectively. To that end, we are currently focusing mostly on “traditional” web2.0 technologies, and we haven’t

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1211, 2008

Simplify your inbox (RSS & more) presentation

robinna/ November 12, 2008/ Libraries, my projects, training / tutorials/ 0 comments

Doesn’t this sound great? Friday Dec 5 10:00-11:30Simplify your inbox : making RSS work for youWonder how some people always seem to be in the know and up to date on the latest news? Discover free and easy tools to simplify your inbox, your reading lists and more. Lineup is tentative:Explore Pageflakes, Google Reader, Outlook RSS (Robin Fay), Amy Watts

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1011, 2008

How to widgetize your libraries blog for the web2.0 world (wordpress)

robinna/ November 10, 2008/ my projects, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

Finally, the libraries blog has been widgetized. Finally, finally incorporated our meebo chat widget in as well as a few other goodies. I’d love to put better search mechanisms in here for the catalog and elsewhere. Sigh. Maybe a rss feed for recent books added….Anyhow, that’s future thinking. 😉 Take a look and see what you think: This is the

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2910, 2008

Professional & Cont Ed Group online

robinna/ October 29, 2008/ my projects, networking/ 0 comments

———————-The Professional & Continuing Education Interest Group (PACE) of GLA (the Georgia Library Association) chaired by Robin Fay & Beth Thornton have decided to do a free online community portal (a ning). Even if you are not a member of the Interest Group or GLA, feel free to participate. We decided to give this a try to see if we

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2310, 2008

Media as public square

robinna/ October 23, 2008/ social media, my projects, media, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

The second annual Peabody-Smithgall Lecture will feature UGA grad Pat Mitchell, a former PBS president and the current CEO and president of the Paley Center for Media in New York. She’ll speak on the topic “Media As Public Square.” ..very interesting! stream o’ conscious thoughts while they are fresh> media responsibility, media influence, digital divide vs. digital democracy, we are

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