Europeana (which I mentioned in February), a portal for European cultural heritage, was opened yesterday. The service proved immensely popular from the start – 10 million visitors per hour – which crashed their servers. I will go and have a look later, though. It seems well worth the wait.
Archive for November, 2008
Europeana is up!
Posted in Digital, Library 2.0, Links, Solutions, Tech on Friday, November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SLA’s 23 Things
Posted in Blogging, Blogroll, Studies, Web 2.0, tagged SLA23Things on Friday, November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided to participate in SLA’s 23 Things project to learn about web 2.0 applications. I know and use some of the tools already, but there’s always new things to learn (yay!).
Week 2’s Reflection:
Since I’ve read and written blogs for years now, this assignment is somewhat moot. I can’t even remember why I picked the [...]
Free online training for librarians
Posted in Digital, Learning, Links on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently came across OPAL (Online Programs for All):
“OPAL is an international collaborative effort by libraries and other organizations to provide web-based programs and training for library users and library staff members.
These live events are held in online rooms where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, synchronized browsing, and other functions.
Everyone is welcome to [...]
Virtual vs. physical reference
Posted in Future, Library 2.0, Reference, Service, Solutions on Friday, November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In his article Brave New World: Reference Librarians in the Age of Google Jacob Dagger explores some directions that reference service might take. It’s worth a read, but the juiciest bit is this:
“Despite the success of Duke’s virtual reference services, he [Tom Wall, associate university librarian for public services] says he does not see them [...]
Ask a Librarian video contest is back!
Posted in Library 2.0, Web 2.0 on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
High schoolers in Florida can make their promotional 30-second videos about the free Ask a Librarian online service. Submission (The Director’s Chair group on YouTube) deadline is January 17, 2009. After that we, the audience, get to vote.
Digital treasures from the British Library
Posted in Digital, Images, Libraries, Links on Monday, November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Treasures in Full (by the British Library) provides high-quality digital editions of Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern manuscripts for free:
“Examine every page of rare historic works; compare different editions side-by-side; choose standard or magnified view; read supporting material by our curators and other experts.”
The works include Shakespeare, Chaucer, Gutenberg’s Bible, and the Magna Charta, [...]
