tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:23:02 +0000Member Card InfoCollections at WPLEmail Ref Service at WPLTechnologybudgetConference and WorkshopsWorcesterWritersProjectServices at WPLReference TitlesReaders' AdvisoryGovt. DocumentsGenealogyschool librariesSearch_TipsAbout the BlogWeb ResourcesstandardsDatabasesSchool_LibrariesQ and APresident ObamaL4LMobile Library ServicesESL Citizenship GEDWorcester InfoSharing new ideas, resources, knowledge and technology to keep abreast of new development in reference service fieldhttp://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ping)Blogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-8361014067921424231Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:51:00 +00002010-06-01T16:20:10.720-04:00If you or your patrons would like to access WPL's remote access databases, a WPL library card is required to access those databases.The WPL's remote databases are listed below:Auto Repair Center (EBSCO)Gale - Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Something about the Author (SATA), Short Story Criticism (SSC), Children's Literature Review (CLR)Gale - Literature Resource http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/wpl-library-card-needed-to-access.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ping)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-6698903203698572794Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +00002010-03-30T13:07:45.094-04:00Fundraising for your Digital Collection by Tom ClaresonSelect your project for funding according to the specific area covered by the fund-granting institution. Research the grants that are available, and tailor your proposal to the grant you are seeking.Monitor grant activity.Even in our current economy, there is a lot of funding for digital projects.Document what you work on, even if you do http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/speaker-tom-clareson-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-2719352889485242053Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:28:00 +00002010-03-29T13:37:57.886-04:00Getting Started with the Digital Commonwealth, by Robin DaleThere are two types of use for the Digital Commonwealth:portal: only metadata. It does not have to include digital pictures.depository: stores a digital collection of images which is searchable.The Digital Commonwealth PortalDynamically created to display recent activityIncludes linksHow do you get info into the portal?Open Archives http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/speaker-robin-dale-digital-commonwealth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-4165109372979129732Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:40:00 +00002010-03-29T13:38:07.872-04:00Engaging Users, by Roy TennantThere are two different user groups who use your organization's website:those with a natural affinity for your site, including those who have to use it (Tennant calls them "within shouting distance"), and free floating web usersThose with the "natural affinity" find your site:online, through email, facebook twitter, links and ads on allied web sites, and offline, http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/keynote-speaker-roy-tennant-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-2452194292793945747Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:04:00 +00002010-03-29T13:38:18.197-04:00Metadata I: From the Beginning, by Dodie GaudetWhat is metadata? It is:data about dataa method for organizing information for retrievalbibliographic record - cataloging, among other definitions.Metadata can be data about an object that is visible, or it can be administrative metadata, important for maintaining collection. Catalogers are responsible for metadata and use a variety of standards, http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/speaker-dodie-gaudet-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-2998364629577182385Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:23:00 +00002010-03-29T13:38:29.970-04:00The Role of Print Permanence in theDigital Age, byMark McCormick-GoodhartBoth digital and original photography need attention by the modern archivist. In our culture, it is easy to discount the value of our digital images because they are in such an abundance. They are easy to lose. Original print images have archival, physical needs. Print permanence has become more complicated because:color http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/speaker-mark-mccormick-goodhart-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-7041078013279074200Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:52:00 +00002010-03-02T13:03:22.855-05:00Hello, I am excited to share an informative site with you. It is a terrific local resource for vegetarians, vegans and people interested in learning more about either. The website has a blog on Worcesster vegan issues and events, there are lists of vegan restaurants, cafes, and stores where special vegan foods are available in Worcester. There is even a free vegetarian starter kit that can be http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/vegworcestercom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (kr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-7895847200472078617Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:28:00 +00002010-03-01T11:02:49.463-05:00From "Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library," by Steven Levy, WIRED MAGAZINE: 16.10...Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker's library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. Stuffed with landmark tomes and eye-grabbing historical objects—on the walls, on http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/excerpts-from-article-about-jay-walker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-6906011455996359032Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:36:00 +00002010-02-26T11:27:49.721-05:00http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/reinventing/articles/freelearning.htmlI admit it.I read the AARP magazine every month. Before I turned fifty, I gave the magazine to "older friends." They could use the advice...I was not of age.I have grown older and a little wiser. The monthly issues are looking pretty good.We even attended a national convention they sponsored in Las Vegas.We were there for a http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/e-learning-with-aarp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (veronica)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-7258725110168417144Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:57:00 +00002010-02-24T14:58:39.884-05:00Dear Colleague,In December 2009, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the National Financial Capability Challenge. They said that along with getting the economy back on track and getting smarter about financial regulation, we also need to make sure all Americans – but especially our youth – get the financial education they need to help them take http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/national-financial-capability-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ping)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-3904532797940113537Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:06:00 +00002010-02-04T19:24:27.943-05:00school librariesPresident ObamabudgetThe proposed Obama budget, as we have all read by now, has left school libraries behind. It will hurt those who need school library resources the most, something that I would have thought Obama would have been more sensitive about. The irony in this is that, in this economy, public library usage statistics have shot up as adults and families cannot purchase books and DVDs and people are using http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/storm-clouds-for-school-libraries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BillS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-5454445594514273533Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:20:00 +00002010-02-04T17:20:39.601-05:00From what I've heard, iPads could be helpful in a library environment. If you are investing in an eReader, this tablet with its touchscreen capability, ergonomically handy size, and overall legibility make the iPad a savvy choice.According to David Pogue's First Look at the Apple iPad, in his post to The New York Times,"The iPad as an e-book reader is a no-brainer. It’s just infinitely http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/does-your-library-need-ipad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-7082525028684996935Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +00002010-01-18T22:03:20.503-05:00As of January 1, 2010, the Worcester Public Library has started a "Chat with a Librarian" service. The new chat service lets you or your patrons ask questions and get answers online from WPL reference librarians.The chat service is available: Monday through Friday 4:00-5:30.(More hours will be added as soon as Springfield Public Library joins us.)Please promote the service by linking the chat http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/images-url-and-javascript-for-new-chat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ping)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-5677209891862628954Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:35:00 +00002010-01-16T18:53:20.783-05:00 Author: Paul GallowayPublisher: WileyISBN:047040776x$22.95This reference resource is not your typical black book.No matter what you do online—whether you're an eBay seller, eCommerce merchant, information marketer, affiliate marketer, or even the operator of a brick-and-mortar business—The Little Black Book of Online Business is the ultimate resource for growing your business online.This http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/little-black-book-of-online-business.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (veronica)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-8021711819444111838Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:48:00 +00002010-01-05T10:04:49.085-05:00school libraries The elusive future of school libraries is not going away. We keep seeing the signs...ebooks, kindles, nooks, learning commons, laptops, wifi, new classification systems, web 2.0 applications, new features on existing applications, etc., etc., etc. It is confusing with so much happening. Yesterday I received a link to this information:As people rushed to fill their freshly unwrapped e-readers – http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/that-elusive-future-its-still-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BillS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-4139556112440884736Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:09:00 +00002009-12-22T15:30:46.358-05:00Due to budget constraints, MassAnswers will discontinue its service on December 31, 2009. Worcester Public Library is planning to continue to offer a chat reference using QuestionPoint which is what MassAnswers has been using. We hope that we will get the new chat reference set up in early January 2010. I will send each library a new url as soon as I receive it. Please prepare to take down any http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/massanwers-will-go-away-on-12312009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ping)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-4611417145198773183Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:21:00 +00002009-12-17T16:23:17.698-05:00OpenID: Over One Billion (Potentially) Served via Webmonkey by Scott Gilbertson on 12/17/09OpenID, the single sign-on solution which allows you to use a unified identity across the web, now boasts one billion potential users. Providers like Google, Yahoo and WordPress have adopted the technology, providing nearly everyone on the web with easy access to an OpenID account. OpenID lets you log in tohttp://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/fyi-openid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-8149339506014769392Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:15:00 +00002009-12-22T15:08:56.854-05:00 The holiday season is not the best time to ponder healthy eating.However, New Year's resolutions are just around the corner. Diet, exercising, and eating well contribute to a healthy life style.The book complements the material on the whfoods.org website with innovative new ways to maximize the nutritional value of the World's Healthiest Foods and minimize preparation time using quick and easy http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/worlds-healthiest-foods.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (veronica)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-8177798066247352811Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:09:00 +00002009-12-11T11:37:49.454-05:00Yule was originally the old Norse celebration of the winter solstice and some of the books published today with Yule in the title, such as"Yule: a celebration of Light and Warmth" by Dorothy Morrison and"The Fires of Yule" by Montague Whitsel deal with the pagan celebration instead of or in addition to the Christian holiday.http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-trivia-and-confusion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (helena)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-2242567715542466882Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-12-04T12:13:26.177-05:00This month as we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragedy in which six Worcester fire fighters died, I‘d like to share a few words on the early history of firefighting in this city.In 1675 the Reverend Increase Mather wrote, “’All the houses of Quonsuckamuck were burned to the ground” by native Americans fighting on the side of the great Wampanoag chief, King Philip. Fortunately, all the http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/early-fires-and-fire-fighting-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (joy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-7602312359885000373Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-12-02T15:12:35.540-05:00www.myspace.com/worcesterpubliclibraryRecently I presented the Worcester Public Library MySpace page in a CMRLS workshop dedicated to social networking. I found, in preparing for the workshop, that MySpace is a great way of reaching out to a generation saturated with media, and an unexpected way to train our minds to think outside the book. When we are already providing outreach, entertaining http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/other-side-of-myspace-media-based.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-8020589998812993463Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-12-01T19:59:52.691-05:00During my recent tour of the Worcester Law Library I was introduced to a legal publication house in Massachusetts called Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. The head librarian at the law library suggested that I consider their publications for a number of reasons. In any event, I went to their homepage http://www.mcle.org and took a look at their offerings.Two of the most frequently http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/legal-reference-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mary)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-6857709997904749077Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:21:00 +00002009-11-16T11:18:34.293-05:00If you are wanting to stay on top of current technology, here are three sites to check regularly and "get your tech on."TECH news CNN http://www.cnn.com/TECH/All Tech Considered NPRhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/Wired Magazinehttp://www.wired.com/magazine/It is also fun to send feeds of articles to your own email. This simple video explains the tricky business of setting up an RSS http://wplrefblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-your-tech-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30755866.post-2674843880590538444Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:33:00 +00002009-11-16T11:14:10.567-05:00