tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18800214759292426682012-04-15T17:42:46.328-07:00edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-19958787369637303942010-10-21T08:06:00.001-07:002010-10-21T08:09:09.422-07:002010-10-21T08:09:09.422-07:00

Hi everybody - I have moved a lot of my blog content to http://hybridlib.net. Happy to have a new fun web home... come visit me there!

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-90136057924223740492010-03-08T19:27:00.000-08:002010-03-10T15:10:55.519-08:002010-03-10T15:10:55.519-08:00

First, a blog post got passed around on Twitter. Then the NYT picked up on it, and the following week this video was posted to YouTube:(better version of this from Penguin's Digital unit)Got your mind properly blown yet? (Yes? Good.)This is just the start of what promises to be a really ground-breaking year of user experience with e-content. In fact, I think we may have to stop calling them

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-28024974650257677772010-01-12T08:39:00.000-08:002010-01-12T09:26:28.478-08:002010-01-12T09:26:28.478-08:00

My co-worker Josh forwarded me a link to the Friendfeed conversation he started about my last blog post. I read the reactions with interest, and had a few thoughts in connection with this:Another co-worker forwarded an email with this, that seems related:"And these statistic(s) from another book, "Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle," a third of high school

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Seth Godin blogged recently about his idea to transform libraries for the 21st century. Apparently he's been talking to librarians who are unhappy that their DVD circulation is up (as it would be, in this economy when people are looking for cheap/free home entertainment). But I think he has some things very wrong:"They can't survive as community-funded repositories for books that individuals

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From my last post - this was the only book referred to in the New South Wales matrix that I hadn't yet read. So I set out to grab a copy of How Buildings Learn and discover more about its metaphor for a potential library future.I think I have always been interested in architecture - take me to any city and I am perfectly happy wandering around to see what I can see in the streetscapes. I knew

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The State Library of New South Wales did a little future forecasting and compiled their results in a nice white paper called Bookend Scenarios (pdf). Although they were focusing on particularly Australian concerns, I was surprised by how applicable their vision is to American libraries. We face very similar challenges to our services, and it's worth taking a look at this report if you are

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I looked like this lady last week. Seriously, my friends, stay well and if you need some chicken soup or ginger ale I will bring you some while you stay AT HOME! The last thing I wanted to do was spread this junk around at the library while at a public service desk. But where did I get such an attractive button? Why, the CDC of course! Many organizations (mine included) are starting to see

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-27098831912325459542009-11-03T07:31:00.001-08:002009-11-04T18:21:38.640-08:002009-11-04T18:21:38.640-08:00

I enjoy reading Scott McLeod's blog, Dangerously Irrelevant, because it challenges the status quo. He asks the questions that make us uncomfortable about the future of education (which is inextricably tied up in libraries, of course). He's posted some questions as a result of some recently completed speaking gigs. I answer them here. 1. What constitutes a “book” these days? When books become

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-86734037184348459102009-11-01T17:53:00.000-08:002009-11-01T18:10:16.219-08:002009-11-01T18:10:16.219-08:00

At Internet Librarian 2009, we got to hear Vint Cerf with Google as our Monday keynote. I found this great video by way of Alec Couros' blog, which features Cerf talking about the importance of net neutrality. Net neutrality is a super important concept for today's Internet users to learn about. Here's why you should support it:-- Right now, it doesn't matter what you type into the address bar

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-70274195280414253582009-10-27T10:44:00.000-07:002009-11-02T09:07:35.742-08:002009-11-02T09:07:35.742-08:00

I'm excited to celebrate 2 years of blogging here! I wanted a new place to collect library thoughts so began this blog at IL2007 in order to do just that. This has been a great space for me to explore the random library, education, and literature-related ideas that flow through my head. Sometimes I feel like I should have named this blog schooling.ME because that's a more accurate way to

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-68627640153739169292009-10-14T19:15:00.000-07:002009-10-19T20:13:41.893-07:002009-10-19T20:13:41.893-07:00

At our annual Staff Day extravaganza on Columbus Day, Columbus Metropolitan Library's director Patrick Losinski gave a nice keynote about today's library challenges and opportunities. His library concentrates on three key constituencies: young minds, power users, and virtual users. I think these are three sets of people you'd do well to make your primary service groups...And speaking of power

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Since my last rather ranty post about e-readers & such electronic devices, the field has gotten crowded with competitors and announcements. 2010 is totally going to be the year of the e-reader!Time previews some of the new devicesBarnes & Noble will have their own reader for customersAmazon answers with a price cut & international Kindle access!Speculations over tablet PCs from Asus and Apple

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One of the newest trends I've been following? Republishing older, public-domain works in installments online. This definitely proves that everything old can be new again! Ranging from the revered and famous to the unknown and pedestrian, people are rediscovering the pleasures of slowly getting a story in bite-sized chunks. Check them out below:John Quincy Adams' diary entries brought to you

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I felt as though, after my last post, I should play more with electronic books so that I can speak from a position of experience. So, I fired up my Kindle app on my iPhone - downloaded only because it was free - and flipped through my purchases, such as they were. I had only downloaded a short story and a few sample chapters, so I had no real experience at extended reading on my phone. Because

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I spent an hour with a patron the other day trying to figure out why, suddenly, her MP3 player refused to let her listen to audiobooks from one of our vendors. It worked before... and now, it wouldn't.She just wanted to lend it to her students, and let them listen. It turns out that the software installed on her player is a huge problem for nearly everyone, and she would have to reformat the

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-74821820589847522642009-08-13T15:14:00.000-07:002009-08-13T15:21:45.549-07:002009-08-13T15:21:45.549-07:00

I gave a little talk today to folks from all over the world online! It was delivered via OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) and it's still going strong - I'm definitely tuning in tomorrow for more awesome talks! In these budget-crunching times, an online conference is a great way to network and learn without traveling and spending a lot of dough. I was pleased to talk about education,

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One of the most popular series for teens is a limited-time free download in .pdf format! Of course, they're promoting Westerfeld's newest book, Leviathan, but who can complain about that? As more and more publishers make their works available in online forms, I can see more and more ways that you could leverage this free/cheap material for classroom use. Of course, the best aspect of the

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-42271493247241359652009-06-30T22:41:00.000-07:002009-06-30T22:45:24.987-07:002009-06-30T22:45:24.987-07:00

I reviewed this on my Goodreads account but I think it bears repeating here. Such a compelling work!Dave Cullen's thoroughly researched and evenhanded account of the 1999 Columbine High massacre is a superior work of non-fiction. Published to coincide with Columbine's ten-year anniversary and drawing on his six-year old Salon piece "The Depressive and the Psychopath," Cullen weaves together the

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-24792975936410103982009-05-31T09:28:00.000-07:002009-05-31T10:09:23.599-07:002009-05-31T10:09:23.599-07:00

It's summer, so you know what that means at the public library... a deluge of kids and parents looking for books! It's great to see so many people who encourage youth to participate in summer reading. But why is finding the "right" book so difficult? While there are a lot of kids who sit in the aisles happily riffling through pages and browsing away, some parents are stressed about the process

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I am a survivor of many a teen gaming tournament. I've organized and worked at both computer and console gaming events in several libraries, and I can say without a doubt that it's plain hard work. And it's worthwhile work - I'm just as likely to ask a reluctant reader what games they like to play in order to help them pick out a book as I am to ask them about their favorite movies and TV shows

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-82937423626794137372009-02-17T09:18:00.000-08:002009-02-17T18:16:23.589-08:002009-02-17T18:16:23.589-08:00

Librarians’ hearts were aflutter today as the New York Times reported on school librarians in their Future of Reading column. Motoko Richs’ article “In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update” features a day in the life of Stephanie Rosalia, a librarian at Public School 225 in Brooklyn. The piece marvels at how she does not simply stamp books and shush students, but rather teaches information literacy.

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I wanted to cap off this year's blogging with a good activity. So I decided to use Wesley Fryer's prompt to read the posts nominated for Most Influential of 2008 in the EduBlog Awards.Chris of BetchaBlog posted on the New Digital Divide. Just more anecdotal proof that the education field is suffering from the same (digital?) malaise as the library field:I think what often shocks me the most

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-60794396823540259022008-10-17T15:45:00.000-07:002008-10-19T15:32:19.865-07:002008-10-19T15:32:19.865-07:00

Today I read two very interesting items:1) CC Learn reports that the University of Michigan Library has adopted CC licensing for all of its own content. Any work that is produced by the library itself, and to which the University of Michigan holds the copyrights, will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license (CC BY-NC).2) Scott McLeod is blogging on his attempt to

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-56437552676697985952008-10-04T07:52:00.000-07:002008-10-04T08:10:33.659-07:002008-10-04T08:10:33.659-07:00

Ok, so the song isn't about cloud computing - but it's close :)I'm glad I waited to blog on this, because I bumped into a great new book on this very topic. The Big Switch : Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr is fascinating. Carr interweaves history with present-day computing by describing the first switch (from dynamos to electric utilities) alongside the second switch

edhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816086535519392426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880021475929242668.post-57955946861316127292008-08-02T12:44:00.000-07:002008-08-04T08:11:57.854-07:002008-08-04T08:11:57.854-07:00

If a small business owner comes in the door needing resources, web 2.0 tools may very well be the information that makes the difference for them. (attribution needed; comment if you can remember who said it!)This was one of the great revelations of NEKLS Tech Day! I feel as though we are all talking about instinctively knowing that these wonderful webby tools and new technological abilities can

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