April 2009
39 posts
How to Build a Strong Reputation With Comments →
Brett Borders at Social Media Rockstar provides a guide to How to Build a Strong Reputation With Comments. This helpful post points out appropriate tools for making commenting easier and discusses…
Apr 30th
12 Inspiring Stories of Successful Social... →
David Spark, veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, writes for Mashable about ways to effectively grow your online network by conveying 12 Inspiring Stories of Successful…
Apr 30th
13 Tutorials & Resources for a Perfect Twitter... →
DesignReviver gathers links to 13 Tutorials & Resources for a Perfect Twitter Background including: How to brand yourself with a Twitter background How to make a Twitter background…
Apr 30th
Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium) →
Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium) Source: www.youtube.com More than 200 dancers were performing their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Station of…
Apr 29th
Should Your Library Have a Social Media Policy? →
I was thinking that Mashable’s latest post by Sharlyn Lauby titled “Should Your Company Have a Social Media Policy?” could easily be applied to libraries. Since many libraries have begun adopting…
Apr 28th
25 Must Read Social Media Marketing Tips →
Lee Odden at the Online Marketing Blog posts about 25 Must Read Social Media Marketing Tips gathered from expert in-house social media marketers from Dell, Comcast, HP, Intel and more. The article…
Apr 27th
The Big Book of BitTorrent →
If you still aren’t sure about what BitTorrent is (peer-to-peer file sharing technology), and how to get started using it, there is now a free 28-page illustrated e-book from…
Apr 27th
Four Copywriting Techniques for Engaging Podcasts... →
Brian Clark at Copyblogger puts together a guide to Four Copywriting Techniques for Engaging Podcasts and Audio Presentations. This useful article discusses how to structure an audio presentation…
Apr 25th
Google News Timeline for Viewing News... →
A new search application from Google Labs, the Google News Timeline allows searchers to view news within a zoomable graphical timeline which can be adjusted by weeks, months, years, or…
Apr 24th
OCLC Extends WorldCat Local To Launch New Library... →
Marshall Breeding writes about OCLC’s latest initiative for Library Journal’s Academic Newswire in - In Challenge to ILS Industry, OCLC Extends WorldCat Local To Launch New Library System. The…
Apr 24th
5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter →
Stan Schroeder at Mashable identifies 5 applications which help you crowdsource your queries via Twitter with 5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter. Adam Pash at Lifehacker…
Apr 23rd
How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and... →
Steven Johnson writes about the future of the book for the Wall Street Journal in How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write. In this insightful article, the author poses that new…
Apr 22nd
Free Mobile Learning E-Book →
Athabasca University Press has published Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training and licensed it under a Creative Commons License. The entire e-book is…
Apr 22nd
100+ Massive Wordpress Tutorial Collection →
Tripwire Magazine has produced a mega-guide to over 100 WordPress tutorials. Anyone who is just starting out with this blogging platform, or wants to develop deeper knowledge about customization and…
Apr 20th
The State of America’s Libraries Report →
The American Library Association has published a 40-page report titled The State of America’s Libraries stating that “Library use increases dramatically as economy sags; funding declines”. “A…
Apr 20th
60 Open Source and Free Mac Apps →
If you’re a Mac user, you may want to head over to the AppStorm blog where David Appleyard has put together a list of 60 Open Source and Free Mac Apps. This guide to free software is…
Apr 17th
10 Must-Try Social Media Sites for College... →
David Spinks puts together a helpful post for the Mashable blog listing 10 Must-Try Social Media Sites for College Students. There are quite a few in this top ten list which I will be…
Apr 17th
Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009... →
Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics) Source: www.youtube.com 47 Year old Susan Boyle wows the judges with her performance in the auditions for…
Apr 16th
41 Great Looking Free WordPress Themes →
Hongkiat.com has put together a collection of 41 Free Great Looking WordPress Themes. If you are using this popular blogging platform, you will want to check out this helpful post. And if…
Apr 16th
7 Things You Should Know About Live Question Tool →
Educause has published a guide to 7 Things You Should Know About Live Question Tool. This brief article answers the following questions about this web-based application that lets audience members…
Apr 16th
ACRL Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic... →
The ACRL has published a new environmental scan of academic libraries in the wake of today’s economic challenges. This 8-page guide “considers three important drivers in the current environment…
Apr 14th
CMS Toolbox →
Steven Snell of DesignMag outlines 17 different content management applications which can be used to create powerful websites. The article includes a brief description of each of these…
Apr 14th
Over 70 LOC Videos Now Available on YouTube →
The Library of Congress has gone public with their YouTube channel, presenting over 70 videos in the following playlists: 2008 National Book Festival author presentations Books and Beyond …
Apr 13th
How To Get the Most Out of Gmail Labs →
Ben Parr at Mashable outlines four useful steps to take to Get the Most Out of Gmail Labs, including taking advantage of new GMail features such as the ability to undo sent messages, insert images…
Apr 13th
IA Summit Podcasts →
Boxes and Arrows has made podcasts available from Day 1 of the IA (Information Architecture) Summit 2009 which was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. More podcasts are to be published over the…
Apr 10th
How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success →
Dan Schawbel, author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, guest posts on Mashable with How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success. This helpful post outlines how to…
Apr 9th
DCPL iPhone Application Code Available →
Aaron Schmidt, Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library, has announced that the library has made their code available for their iPhone application. If…
Apr 9th
The World Wide Web in Plain English →
The Common Craft Show has produced another in Plain English video - this time on how the World Wide Web works including explanations of browsers, packets, servers, addresses, and links.
Apr 9th
LOC to Share More Treasures Through New Media... →
According to a recent press release, the Library of Congress will build on its recent success with the Flickr Commons pilot by sharing audio and video content from its collections via YouTube and…
Apr 7th
U.S. Texters Send 1 Trillion SMS Messages in 2008 →
Yahoo!Tech reports that U.S. wireless subscribers sent 1 trillion SMS messages in 2008, three times the 363 billion text messages sent in 2007. “That comes out to about 3,700 text messages…
Apr 7th
7 Time Saving Firefox Add-Ons To Make Your Lives... →
AN Jay at Smashing Apps blogs about The 7 Time Saving Firefox Add-Ons To Make Your Lives Easier. Firefox users will want to check out this list as well as the previous 21 Amazing…
Apr 7th
15 Fascinating Ways to Track Twitter Trends →
Ben Parr at Mashable puts together a guide to tracking twitter trends through Twitter accounts, Web applications, and iPhone apps in 15 Fascinating Ways to Track Twitter Trends. Here’s a…
Apr 7th
ASIS&T Bulletin - Institutional Repositories: The... →
The April/May 2009 issue of the Bulletin of the the American Society for Information Science and Technology has a Special Section titled Institutional Repositories: The Great Debate. The section…
Apr 5th
The Darien Statements on the Library and... →
John Blyberg, Kathryn Greenhill, and Cindi Trainor have published The Darien Statements on the Library and Librarians. The document defines the purpose and role of the library, the role of…
Apr 5th
100 Million CC-Licensed Images on Flickr →
There are over 100 million photos available on Flickr which have been licensed with Creative Commons licenses and Michelle Thorne has published an analysis of them on the Creative Commons…
Apr 5th
Librarian Chick Wiki →
Apr 5th
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies →
Entertainment Weekly recently reviewed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - a mashup of the Jane Austen literary classic with additional scenes of zombie mayhem by author Seth Grahame-Smith…
Apr 3rd
5 Tips for Optimizing Your Brand’s Facebook... →
Steve Coulson provides 5 Tips for Optimizing Your Brand’s Facebook Presence on the Mashable blog. This helpful post offers instructions for the following best practices: Creating the…
Apr 3rd
10 Ways to Build Your Blog Community with Twitter →
Ivan Brezak Brkan writes about 10 Ways to Build Your Blog Community with Twitter for the Shout’Em blog. The post offers ideas for effective ways of using Twitter to engage visitors to your blog or…
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