Posted in Clever, Library 2.0, Solutions, tagged maps on Monday, February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OCLC has put together an interesting prototype of a map for looking up facts on international library holdings and more:
“The OCLC WorldMap allows users to select countries of interest, then to compare various library and cultural heritage data by country.
WorldMap will generate interactive graphs that compare several different kinds of data for up to four [...]
Posted in Links, Solutions, Tech, Usability on Monday, February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
…and other ideas from Top 10 obscure Google search tips from Lifehacker.
From American Libraries Direct 1/9/2008.
Posted in Library 2.0, Solutions, Web 2.0 on Monday, January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Now that I have a brand new Facebook profile, I checked out the Top Ten Facebook Apps for Librarians Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 by iLibrarian (Ellyssa Kroski). For libraries (and librarians) who want to be where their users are and increase their Facebook appeal, these apps are just the thing.
Via What I Learned [...]
Posted in Green, Solutions, tagged SLA on Saturday, January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
“SLA Headquarters has already begun implementing green practices in its day-to-day operations, such as eliminating unnecessary printing of documents and replacing disposable cups and utensils with flatware and ceramic coffee mugs and dinnerware.. Many of the paper products such as paper towels and napkins used at the Alexandria HQ building are now ordered from environmentally [...]
Posted in Clever, Future, Solutions, Tech, tagged RFID on Saturday, January 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The Take_a_seat project by Jelte van Geest looks like science fiction: a smart card / RFID activated chair that follows you around in the stacks, then returns automatically to its recharging station when you leave the library.
[video ca. 2 min]
A quick search revealed multiple news blogs citing the project as concept, nothing more. [...]
Posted in Library 2.0, Links, Service, Solutions, Tech, Web 2.0 on Saturday, November 17, 2007 | No Comments »
iLibrarian has made three winderful pages of Firefox add-ons that are useful for librarians. I learned more than I anticipated. (Did you know there are 250 downloadable Firefox themes?) Part three isn’t perhaps as diverse as one and two, but all are worth a look.
40 Useful Firefox Add-ons for Librarians Part 1, Part 2 and [...]
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 [...]
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!
Posted in Clever, Digital rights, Libraries, Solutions, Tech, Word soup on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Solutions, Usability, Web 2.0 on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Feedity offers a way to generate RSS feeds for any web sites. I only found one useful short review, so I don’t know how useful it is.
Found via What I Learned Today.
