Category Archives: software

New social networking site for genealogists

robinna/ August 4, 2009/ software, Libraries, social media/ 0 comments

This is for my mom 😉 ————–GenealogyWise.com is a brand new social networking site, similar to Facebook, but dedicated to genealogists. In fact, it was officially announced the first part of July. GenealogyWise.com is a site with forums, blogs, videos, RSS feeds and more – again, all related to genealogy. Developed by WorldVitalRecords.com, it looks to be a great tool

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Quick project update

robinna/ May 4, 2009/ software, my projects/ 0 comments

Quick project update: I’m finishing up the Faculty Learning Committee on Emerging Technologies and I’ve accepted to be a member of the FLC for 2010 on Visual Learning (The Shift to Visual). I am really excited about that and hope that my group can make a small movie about visual learning (hint). In the past 3 months l’ve done presentations

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Posting by email with wordpress and blogger

robinna/ January 8, 2009/ software, publishing, webdesign/ 0 comments

SO, one of the things I love to do is post by email to blogs (call it laziness, if you want!).POSTING TO BLOGGER VIA EMAIL Blogger makes this incredibly easy and does most of the work for you. Under Settings> EmailIn the Mail to Blogger Address, choose an email address you would like to use. You can also chose if

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e-Publishing? Isuuu?

robinna/ December 28, 2008/ software, publishing, productivity, XHTML/XML/CSS/ 0 comments

Has anyone used Issuu to epublish? If so, what do you think? I’ve been considering switching platforms for the arts magazine. I like PacerCMS, but I don’t have much time for development these days. I chose PacerCMS because it created a nice issue and did everything I wanted out of the box (and it pretty much does, once I created

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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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Change.gov — governmental site with web2.0 tech and ee

robinna/ November 14, 2008/ software, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I’m not trying to start a political discussion, but if you haven’t checked out the new website http://www.change.gov, it is kind of interesting in terms of the use of web2.0 technologies. It includes a blog (with rss, of course), a mechanism to sign up for emails, a form to share stories or thoughts, and more (the blog includes youtube videos,

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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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Free webinar — John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society

robinna/ October 22, 2008/ software, Professional Life, 3D, Training, Train/ 0 comments

The Closing of Library Services… The Opening of Library Services (Free Webcast) Wednesday, Oct. 22, 3-5:30 pm Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and director of the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and a critic of proprietary services like the massive Google Books project, will be the keynote speaker for the fourth John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society

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GLA / COMO 2008

robinna/ October 10, 2008/ software, publishing, Professional Life, 3D, meetups/conferences, Training, Train/ 0 comments

So, who’s going to GLA/COMO ’08? For the first time in FOREVER it seems, I am not presenting. How’d that happen? 😉 Instead, I’m on the ballot (unopposed) to Chair the Professional And Continuing Education Interest Group (PACE, that is) The problem I always have with conferences is whether to go support my friends/colleagues/coworkers or whether I should only go

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Need a mentor?

robinna/ September 29, 2008/ software, Professional Life, 3D, Training, Train, networking/ 0 comments

For those at the UGA Libraries, there is an internal mentoring program via the Professional Development & Research Committee. too. New Member’s Roundtable of ALA offers a mentoring program: —-Have you been a librarian for 5 years or less? Do you sometimes feel you have professional questions to ask and no one to direct them to? Do you find yourself

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