Posted in Blogging, Library 2.0, Web 2.0 on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
This October, the ranking of top 10 social networking or blogging sites in the U.S. looks like this:
1. MySpace
2. Facebook
3. Classmates Online
4. Windows Live Spaces
5. AOL Hometwon
6. Reunion.com
7. LinkedIn
8. AOL People Connection
9. Club Penguin
10. Buzznet
I’ve only ever heard of 1, 2, and 7; my husband thinks 9 is for kids. Are we hermits or what!? [...]
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Posted in Eh?, Libraries, Studies on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
While walking to the grocery store today, I was musing on the point of undergraduate education (I can only speak for humanities, though). My conclusion: it’s all about analysis. Sure, there’s learning about the history of the Western civilization, considering the wider issues, and expanding your knowledge of the world. But the assignments and discussions [...]
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Posted in Career, People, Word soup on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
On Sunday I found out where my husband is going to apply for jobs. I will, therefore, also start looking at open jobs in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York (state – we’re so going to be out of the city!), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington (state). My favorite, merely on the basis [...]
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Posted in Clever, Humor, Signage on Sunday, October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I like how the sign at Tamworth library (Tamworth, NH) addresses possible patron concerns about privacy before they have the chance to ask. And the placement is absolutely ingenious – in the bathroom!
Via The Shifted Librarian.
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Posted in Searching on Sunday, October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Via lo-fi librarian:
11 Alternative Englines for Custom Searches
I’ve found Grokker, Clusty, and Ask City helpful, ChaCha a disappointment (but maybe my assistant just had a bad day); the rest I haven’t tried – yet.
Via Librarian of Fortune:
Intelways. Handy. Have already shared the link.
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Posted in Blogroll, Digital, Reading on Sunday, October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Can’t remember how many this makes, and I’m afraid to check, but I added another blog to my feeds: NYPL Labs.
Via Librarian.net.
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Posted in Clever, Solutions, Tech on Sunday, October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
A most impressive touch-screen demo [video] – look mom, no gloves! An article on the same: Can’t Touch This.
The first applications that came to mind were mapping (obvious, on the basis of what was shown) – or locating places in general – browsing a library catalog, and editing publications. All have value for librarians. Can [...]
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Posted in Clever, Language, Solutions, Word soup, tagged dictionaries on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Carolyn J. Sosnowski’s tips, Info Sites, in Information Outlook are always helpful. A recent find through her is OneLook Reverse Dictionary. Fab!
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Posted in Clever, Digital rights, Images, Web 2.0 on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
The Wikimedia Commons site offers loads and loads of pictures, for free. Or, as they put it, it “provides a central repository for freely licensed photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and media of all sorts” (quote from the Welcome page). What an exciting resource for educators! Be sure to check the usage [...]
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Via LibrarianInBlack:
“eMusic has started offering over a thousand downloadable audio books without digital rights management. Available in plain MP3 format, you don’t have to deal with any specific software, or digital rights management restrictions. (… 
Hint to Library-world downloadable media vendors: Follow my logic here. We and our users have problems with [...]
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