Category Archives: social media

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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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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Tweeting the Prez

robinna/ November 13, 2008/ social media, that's cool, twitter, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I’ve written a little about the use of social networking by the Presidential candidates during the campaigns. I didn’t “friend” any candidates during the campaign even those that I supported, because to be honest, I would rather seek out political information than have to endure the constant barrage of PR spam. However, I am really interested in the use of

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Elections, social networking & the technology revolution

robinna/ November 4, 2008/ social media, twitter, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

This election saw both political parties building strong web presences and utilizing social networking sites (and some mobile, too!) Candidates and their supporters actively participating in facebook, twitter, myspace and other social networking sites: advertising, building networks, and well… campaigning! Although I’m not particularly fond of the term web2.0 (what happens when we get to web20.0?), there is no doubt

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The vanishing cataloger

robinna/ October 27, 2008/ software, Culture, social media, Design, Professional Life, 3D/ 0 comments

In the past few years, I’ve been noticing a trend amongst many of the smart, talented cataloging colleagues that I know — they are are leaving the Cataloging profession.I think there are many factors at work, but I see a few trends: The shifted job: Their jobs have shifted even if their job descriptions or titles have not. The evolved

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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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Conversation (voice) lessons in second life

robinna/ October 1, 2008/ social media, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Just passing along! Interesting — gives virtual office a whole new meaning! Subject: Looking for Colaborators? Need content development? Hi everyone, It’s Fire Centaur here from English Village. I am sending this message in a search for Collaborators!Are you looking for a venue to bring your students? Interested in teaching English or another Language publicly? Or need an educator/programmer for

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FRBR book reviews, opensource access to bibliographic data for wordpress and more — it’s code4lib issue 4

robinna/ September 22, 2008/ software, social media, tutorials/ 0 comments

Code4Lib Journal is a free online journal covering library software, issues & more. There is a rss feed for those who want to subscribe via google reader, bloglines, or another reader. Openbook (a plugin for WordPress) sounds really interesting. I wonder if I can make it work for pacercms? http://journal.code4lib.org/ Editorial Introduction — Issue 4Ken Varnumhttp://journal.code4lib.org/articles/363 Auto-Populating an ILL form

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Reference in transition (interesting Stephen Abram article)

robinna/ September 8, 2008/ software, Culture, social media, Professional Life, 3D/ 0 comments

Although a good portion of what I read in terms of change in libraries is cataloging/metadata/systems related (metadata for electronic & digital objects, nex-gen catalogs, rda, opensource ILS, products to enhance user experience that work with the existing catalog (e.g., vufind, etc.), changes in LC policy, etc.), occasionally an article which is more reference oriented wanders across my desk. I’ve

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