April 2008
36 posts
5 Questions for Encyclopaedia Britannica →
In response to the new WebShare initiative which is offering free access to the complete online Encyclopaedia Britannica to bloggers and Web publishers, I had a chance to ask Jorge Cauz, President…
Web 2.0 and the Parallel Information Universe →
Mike Eisenberg writes about The Parallel Information Universe: What’s out there and what it means for libraries in the May 1, 2008 issue of Library Journal. In his article, Eisenberg discusses…
Libraries Unleashed →
The U.K.’s Guardian, in association with the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc), has published a special supplement titled Libraries Unleashed featuring 18 articles on libraries and…
Next Gen Researchers at the British Library →
The London Journal of The New York Times covers the controversy having to do with the British Library’s new generation of researchers, and the philosophical debate over who should be allowed…
Whom Do You Trust? →
This chart from Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, written by analysts at Forrester, illustrates some interesting trends dealing with who people put their…
Top 100 Tools for Learning →
The Spring 2008 edition of the Top 100 Tools for Learning has been published by Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT). Earlier this year, they gathered the top 10 tools used by…
Gaming & Libraries Update →
I just finished reading Jenny Levine’s excellent Library Technology Report - Gaming & Libraries Update: Broadening the Intersections. It’s chock-full of interesting case studies of real…
10 Killer Texting Tricks →
Computerworld presents ten tips and tricks for making use of text messaging, which can be used for brief messages of up to 160 characters, on your cell phone. They suggest the following tasks to…
7 Things You Should Know About Ning →
The nearly 3,000 members of the Library 2.0 community on Ning will be familiar with the online service which allows users to create their own social networks without technical know-how. Educause…
The 100 top Web apps for 2008 →
Over 1.9 million votes were cast to choose this year’s Webware 100 award winners. The top 10 best Web 2.0 applications have been selected in 10 different categories including:
Audio
…
Podcasting in Plain English →
The Common Craft folks have done it again; simplified a complex technology through a paperworks video. This time it’s podcasting that is explained in plain english.
Sustainability and Libraries →
Ryan Deschamps, at The Other Librarian, blogs about Sustainability and Libraries: Is Anyone Challenging Our Assumptions about Digitization? He talks about taking a look at the TBL - triple bottom…
Downloadable Media at the Library →
The New York Times covers local public libraries which are offering downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video to patrons in their article What’s New at the E-Library. Area libraries are…
Encyclopaedia Britannica Free for Web Publishers →
C|Net reports that Encyclopaedia Britannica has launched a new initiative called Britannica WebShare which allows free access to the complete online encyclopedia to those who publish regularly…
“Nerdic” Language Fast-Growing in Europe →
Today’s Telegraph out of the U.K. reports that ‘Nerdic’ has become the fastest growing language in Europe. Geek-speak terms and phrases such as Google, mashups, and RickRolling, have been widely…
10 Gmail Tips and Time-Savers →
Web Worker Daily creates a list of 10 time-savers for Gmail users, here are their abbreviated suggestions:
Customize Your Settings
Create Filters
Use Keyboard Shortcuts
Connect Securely
…
State-by-State Internet Use →
A new report by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) releases figures for Internet usage on a state-by-state basis which are based on the Census Bureau’s October…
Libraries as Architects of Collaboration →
The latest issue of Educause Review has an article by Peter Brantley entitled Architectures for Collaboration: Roles and Expectations for Digital Libraries in which he discusses the need for…
State of America’s Libraries 2008 →
The ALA has published the 2008 State of America’s Libraries report. Here are their key findings:
Americans check out over 2 billion items annually from public libraries.
The average user checks…
Deleting Your Facebook Account →
Are you thinking about deleting your account on Facebook? Apparently, it may be more difficult than you think. The Facebook group How to permanently delete your facebook account which offers…
Seven Ways to Get the Most from Your RSS Reader →
Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb gives us Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader. He has some very interesting suggestions including using an RSS filter such as AideRSS to sort…
15 Best Freeware Apps for Mac Users →
The Best of the Web directory has compiled a list of fifteen free programs available for Mac users to download, many of which look very useful such as the backup utility Carbon Copy…
5 Ways to Find More Friends on Twitter →
Read Write Web’s Sarah Perez lets us know about 5 Web applications for locating people to follow on Twitter.
Twubble
Twitter Local
TwitterWho
Twits Like Me
TwitDir
Drupal and Libraries » SlideShare →
Why do people participate in social applications? →
The Forrester analysts at Groundswell discuss the top reasons that people take part in social activity online. These motivations are important to keep in mind when designing your own online social…
7 Tips for More Firefox Efficiency →
Web Worker Daily has 7 tips for us to increase our Firefox efficiency:
Bring Back That Tab
Bring Back That Site
Delete Bookmarks
Customize Your Toolbars
Customize Your Tab Handling
Disable…
CIL2008 Presentations →
This year’s conference was jam-packed with informative and entertaining sessions. Here are a few links to presentation slides, but be sure and keep an eye on Slideshare for more:
Libraries…
Drupal and Libraries at CIL2008 →
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Today at the Computers in Libraries 2008 conference, I presented on the open source content management system Drupal and how it’s…
Five Best Instant Messengers →
Lifehacker creates a list of the top five best instant messaging tools based on a user poll of over 550 comments. Here are the 5 most voted-for applications:
Digsby (Windows)
Pidgin …
Penguin Puts Books on Google Maps and Twitter →
According to ReadWrite Web, Penguin Books is using new social media tools to distribute six of its titles in a new We Tell Stories campaign. The British publisher is using a LiveJournal…
How to Survive the Conference Backchannel →
Anyone doing the conference circuit this spring will want to check out the C|Net News story How to survive the next-gen confab, which discusses the new interactive audience which has been given a…
9 Free Online Storage Solutions →
Web Worker Daily comes up with a list of 9 Free Online Storage/Backup Solutions–for Varying Needs. Providing commentary on each, this article is full of helpful suggestions for putting your files…
Emerging trends in serious games and virtual words →
Sara de Freitas writes a chapter for Volume 3 of the Becta research report, Emerging Technologies for Learning, discussing educational trends, issues, and potential uses of virtual…
Top Ways to Use Twitter →
The folks at ReadWriteWeb monitored over 37,000 tweets, or short messages posted to the microblogging application Twitter, to find the most popular ways that people are interacting with the…
A Newbie’s Guide to Facebook →
If you need to describe the popular social network to someone who hasn’t used it before, you may want to check out this Computerworld article which covers the basics of Facebook including:
About…
The Library Learning Commons →
John K. Waters writes about the learning commons in his article The Library Morphs in the latest issue of Campus Technology. He concentrates on Ohio State University’s Thompson Library renovation…
