Video excerpt on digital video repositories
Video excerpt of last week’s webinar in second life. This segment deals with digital video repositories.
1810, 2008
Category Archives: Technology
1809, 2008
about libraries and using images of patrons
Interesting and well thought response to Carson’s Laws for using photos you take at your library (Information Today, Sept/October 08), focusing on libraries using flickr to archive images, especially those of patrons. I’m not sure that I agree with the argument for not using consent forms, but overall, a thought provoking piece. I think the goals of extending the library
1709, 2008
A vision of students today
I love mike wesch’s videos.
2908, 2008
Because even the library world needs a viral video [video]
Click to play http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2008/08/23/hi-fi-sci-fi-library-back-story/
2607, 2008
Future ILS model — nexgenning the catalog
Short powerpoint via slideshare about nexgenning the catalog, entitled freeing the data. Some commentary would have been nice to bring out some of the points a little more. A few notes on acronyms: CRM = Customer Relationship Management Drupal = opensource, content management (CMS) system; website development tool SDKs = Software development kits SIPs = Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is
1707, 2008
Learn a new language with Babbel (not babelfish)
I think this sounds like a really interesting way to learn a language — social networking & multimedia style! Mashable has a good overview & review here: Babbel is the latest site to teach new languages through a social Web-based immersion program, where the majority of the content is packaged into lessons created by Babbel. So far, languages such as
0607, 2008
Educational uses for social networking sites
First-of-Its-Kind Study at the University of Minnesota Uncovers the Educational Benefits of Social Networking SitesUniversity of Minnesota News (06/19/08) Badaracco, Luisa University of Minnesota researchers have determined the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook and also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically proficient as their more advantaged counterparts. The researchers
2405, 2008
Sticky notes go high tech
So, you thought those yellow paper sticky notes were useful as they are, hmm? What if you could transfer your sticky notes to your computer? I don’t mean stick them to the frame of your monitor, either ;-D And it would be better than my PDA if it would somehow manage all of the sticky notes that people leave me.
2005, 2008
Microsoft ends live search book & academic products
Hmmm….. ———————– From Microsoft’s Live Search blog: “Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes.” Full blog posting at: http://tinyurl.com/5333gq
2704, 2008
Web2.0 and your library blog (tools)
I finally started loading some of my presentations at slideshare. Hopefully, I will add audio at some point.This presentation was for GLA 2007 and focused on web tools for blogs.Sorry, the links work within slideshare, but the movie does not. ;-( ————–Brief introduction to Web2.0, mashups, RSS, youtube, flickr del.icio.us, and how those tools can be incorporated into a library’s