tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:31:46 +000023thingslibraryYahoogooglelibrarianspatronstechnologybookmarkersclassificationflickrgoogle accountlibrarieslibrary technologylocked outwikiFirefoxLPTOneNew YorkOverDrivePlain EnglishSirsiDynixYouTubeaddonsaudiobooksblogsbooksbrowserscatalogingclassescomputersflickr groupsiPodiTunesinternet radiolaw librarymashupspicasawebpodcastingprint release stationprintingrisktrading cardstrainingtropical stormsweb 2.0webinarAnd againhttp://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-4661294223957062618Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:48:00 +00002008-09-30T09:17:29.084-04:00librarypatronsThanks to Karen Marcus, the Commissioner for northern Palm Beach County, space has been found for the NCR branch when it closes for expansion.Personally, I like the arrangement. It is utilizing space vacated by another county department, at the end of a hall on the second floor of the North County Courthouse. Second floor, with a spiral staircase to climb, or a small elevator to ride in. At http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/09/hooray-temporary-quarters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-7704075648176008068Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:11:00 +00002008-08-18T16:17:25.199-04:00tropical stormsJeff Rice observed that he went to Texas and a tropical storm hit. He came back here, and another tropical storm is bearing down on us. He recommends we send him on extended administrative leave somewhere else, far away. Like Greenland?http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/08/tropical-storm-magnet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-4322058019521065644Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:09:00 +00002008-08-09T16:25:32.122-04:00bookmarkersYahooAargh! They did it! Yahoo has stepped in and begun the process of ruining del.icio.us! I guess it was beyond hope that they'd leave it alone after buying it. It's no longer del.icio.us, it's delicious.com. And color coded text based results just aren't good enough for Yahoo, so they are changing the structure and layout as well.Time to find another bookmarker.http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/08/goodbye-delicious.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-4178311447264152246Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:24:00 +00002008-08-09T16:39:55.831-04:00classespatronstrainingHoley MoleyWe've got problems with our class names: Beginning Computers, Getting Started, Windows Basics. People don't seem to want to read the descriptions, and are trying to guess what to sign up for based on how the name fits where they think they are in the computer skills picture. The Getting Started series of classes probably needs to be renamed to something like "This is what you take ifhttp://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/08/whats-in-name.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-5681796534475722837Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +00002008-07-30T11:06:45.800-04:00classificationlibrarianslibrariesDear Mr. Dewey,I am thinking of seeking housing somewhere more affordable, like outside the United States, and someone suggested there might be helpful books available in the library. However, I found it a bit difficult to browse the shelves and was hoping you could explain the way books on living and working in other countries are given their special numbers for finding them:Working and Living:http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/letter-to-confused-in-libraryland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-198730816749326682Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:44:00 +00002008-07-24T10:59:30.896-04:00librariespatronsI'm just sayin'When you tell people in Palm Beach Gardens they'll have to drive 10 miles further up the road, but there's another library about 1 mile away...http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/signs-of-times-to-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-6727840310733011621Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:51:00 +00002008-07-22T15:15:20.212-04:00computersiPodiTuneslibraryQuery from patron: Can I download music from library computers to my iPod?Short answer: NoLong answer: Since the library computers don't have the iTunes program loaded on them, you can't download music from them onto your iPod and listen to it. However, you could theoretically download music to your iPod, using it as a USB memory device. (Theoretically, because since the library computers have http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/ipod-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-577023784939671322Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:53:00 +00002008-07-22T14:27:14.894-04:00libraryLPTOneprint release stationprintingFace it: it happens. Sometimes it takes a few tries to figure out how to unfreeze the LPTOne print release station without losing the jobs waiting to be printed. If you haven't figured it out already, here's thecheatsheet:Usually all you need to do to unfreeze the print release station is stop the Microsoft C++ Runtime Library:Press the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys, which will pull up the Task Manager.You http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/unfreezing-print-release-station.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-7577205428042995183Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:34:00 +00002008-07-10T18:09:50.186-04:00catalogingclassificationlibrarianslibraryI always liked cataloging.  I've done my share of copy cataloging; I've done my share of original cataloging (law materials of all things!), and I still like it.  To me, cataloging is at the very essence of Ranganathan's "Save the time of the User" law.  Along that line, I seem to be laboring under the delusion that cataloging (and classification) should make it easier for the user to find http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/job-exchange.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-2800693995104617764Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +00002008-07-06T09:47:55.534-04:0023thingslibrarytechnologyweb 2.0I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time, and certainly not the last), but it seems to me the 23Things concept is a way to update knowledge of technology within the Library community. But why?Not that I don't think it's laudable. But what is the goal? I know why I keep up with technology, but this set of exercises was not conceived for me. These exercises, in this setting, targeted all http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-4123519715810300013Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:25:00 +00002008-06-30T16:37:05.658-04:0023thingspodcastingFor millenials and younger, it's all about vidcasting (videocasting). But even more important, where's the comment box?In the true spirit of web 2.0, how do you interact with a podcast? On Last.fm, there are recommendations, ratings, comments, community. Podcasts are like television: one way communication.I'm looking for a site that dialogs in podcasts: "Leave your comment: upload it here!"http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/podcasts-are-so-old-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-2951458119296643899Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:49:00 +00002008-06-30T14:52:16.287-04:0023thingsaudiobooksOverDrivetechnologyOne of the web design statements I come across frequently is that it doesn't make sense to invite people to your site only to face annoying obstacles or be blocked entirely because they don't have the preferred browser or plugins. They will either leave without a second glance, or they will be increasingly annoyed at the frustrating experience at your site.This concept is also applied to "http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/compatibility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-3949485088552775083Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:24:00 +00002008-06-26T16:33:27.244-04:0023thingslibraryrisktechnologyI was talking with an IT manager recently (actually there were a few of them in the discussion), who offered this observation, which elicited much head-nodding:The problem with collaboration is that once you get to the people high enough in the chain of command to effect a change, you find they don't even know what a computer is.The example at hand was a case of IT support checking on a web http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/relevance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-6351572631374968839Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:56:00 +00002008-06-26T14:00:52.176-04:0023thingswikiQ: How many lightbulbs does it take to change a wiki?http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-many-posts-are-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-8879670766587347664Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:45:00 +00002008-06-26T13:53:44.881-04:0023thingswikiQ: What do you call a whole lot of wikis? (like pride of lions, gaggle of geese)http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/welter-of-wikis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-7763498151271383674Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:22:00 +00002008-06-26T11:38:05.039-04:0023thingsbookslibrary technologymashupsI have told a few people about this already, and they liked it: zoomii.It basically makes Amazon like a bookstore. Browse by clicking and dragging. Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in or out. Click on a book to see whether it is in stock, how much it is, and add it to a shopping cart or wish list (requires an account to do so).Someone has mentioned (and others are probably testing http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/one-upping-librarything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-8459319616433402827Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:04:00 +00002008-06-27T17:47:57.915-04:0023thingsinternet radio"Audioscrobbling" is a music recommendation system used by Last.fm. The definition from Audioscrobbler is:The Audioscrobbler system is a massive database that tracks listening habits and calculates relationships and recommendations based on the music people listen toBasically, Last.fm tracks the music you listen to, and compares it to what everyone else is listening to, to find connections http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/scrobbling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-5970836294268191246Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:30:00 +00002008-06-24T11:03:43.143-04:0023thingsbookmarkersBookmarkers are cool tools. When the first one I was using retired itself about 5 years ago, it recommended spurl, which had a nifty option of transferring all the bookmarks I had saved at the old site. del.icio.us appeared about the same time, but it didn't have a way to keep bookmarks private (that has since changed - you have the option of making it public or not when saving a bookmark). http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/bookmarkers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-3608897651051433018Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:09:00 +00002008-06-09T14:46:12.222-04:0023thingslibrary technologySirsiDynixwebinarSirsi Dynix is having a Webinar with Marshall Breeding this Friday (6/13/08) at 11:00, and I have a class starting at 10:30. For the uninitiated, Marshall Breeding is to Library Automation as Greg Notess is to Search Engines (what? you haven't heard of Greg Notess?). Marshall Breeding has been following and tracking what has been going on with Library Automation for eons in Internet time. He ishttp://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/major-scheduling-blunder-on-my-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-7836808155932501569Fri, 30 May 2008 21:27:00 +00002008-05-31T10:37:22.055-04:0023thingsaddonsbrowsersFirefoxIf you are not using the Firefox browser, it's time to change, if for no other reason than the addons available for Firefox.What's an addon? It is a small program that can be added to the browser to extend functionality to provide more features. Firefox has thousands of them, for just about anything you are doing, or can think of doing, on the Web.As an example, consider RSS feeds. Rather than http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/05/browser-addons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-5868263323168084787Wed, 21 May 2008 15:37:00 +00002008-05-22T14:32:05.731-04:0023thingsflickrflickr groupslibrarianstrading cardsYahooSince I have been in this Flickr group for a couple years, but never actually made a trading card, I thought this would be a good toy to play with.There are some interesting and fun cards there. Some are real people, some historic figures, some are libraries. A couple of my favorites are the Pirate Librarians and the little librarian in training.Here's how to make a trading card and add it to http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/05/flickr-trading-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-1415726440294012235Fri, 16 May 2008 17:46:00 +00002008-05-16T14:05:53.626-04:0023thingslaw librarylibraryNew YorkQueens Law Library, New YorkOriginally uploaded by clbeanThe Queens Law Library is in the Courthouse. When I went through security, they insisted on taking my cell phone because it was a camera phone, but left the digital camera in my purse.This is on the second floor of the library, which overlooks the main floor through the alcoves (like the one on the right side of the photo).Needless to say,http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/05/queens-law-library-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-2619989031953236764Thu, 15 May 2008 15:28:00 +00002008-05-15T11:54:18.184-04:0023thingsflickrgooglepicasawebYahooThe next step in the 23things quest is Flickr instead of Picasaweb!Of course, Picasaweb might make it easier,but you've made it so hard already! Hello, Yahoo! here we come! (Please be nicer than Google).http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/05/take-that-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-4933890536128608142Mon, 12 May 2008 15:47:00 +00002008-05-13T08:51:04.073-04:0023thingsgooglegoogle accountlocked outI have 23 Things I'm supposed to do to win a prize, and you are step one!Your help files say locked accounts will be unlocked in 24 hours, but it's been 4 days, and now it's disabled!Honestly, I really don't think they meant to scare you by putting 23things on the end of 500 usernames. We really aren't spammers. We're just trying to learn to use your blogger service!http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/05/please-oh-please-let-me-in-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28304160.post-1495817736670819874Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:00 +00002008-05-18T08:25:59.902-04:0023thingsblogsPlain EnglishYouTubeYouTube videos!Need help understanding blogs? http://ncrlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/05/in-meantime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0