Posted in Cataloging, Museums, Tech on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Heidi Hoerman has put up a wonderful site of old library technology:
“Within these pages can be seen the transition and differences from one method or tool to the next. This virtual museum is for the new generation of librarians who may not be familiar with the tools and methods used before technology and the digitization [...]
Posted in Library 2.0, Museums, Searching, Usability, Web 2.0 on Monday, July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
A few interesting things found via What I Learned Today:
Laura Cohen wrote A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto with several good practices on keeping with the times regardless of the type of library you’re in.
The WikiMindMap lets you browse Wikipedia graphically. Clicking links on the image takes you to the article in question. Nice for the folks [...]
Posted in Museums, Travel, Usability on Sunday, July 8, 2007 | No Comments »
The Toronto Public Library has a program that allows patrons to ‘borrow’ family passes to participating museums. That’s a great idea.
I haven’t heard of anything quite like that before. A comparable program, perhaps, on the old continent is the Swedish initiative to attract more museum goers by removing entry fees to museums run by the [...]
