http://technorati.com/search/library2.0 Technorati search for library2.0 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:11:39 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/search/library2.0 support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://creakysites.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/news-scientific-literature-visualization-cell-press-and-elsevier-introduct-article-of-the-future/ http://creakysites.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/news-scientific-literature-visualization-cell-press-and-elsevier-introduct-article-of-the-future/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:35:07 -0700 STM publishers Cell Press and Elsevier ratcheted up the technological ante this month with their announcement on Monday, Jul 20 2009, of a shared project called Article of the Future , which they are funding to provide: “… an on-going collaboration with the scientific community to redefine how the scientific article is presented online. The project’s goal is to take full advantage of online capabilities, allowing readers individualized entry points and routes through the content, whil 2009-07-20 12:35:07 PDT http://technorati.com/search/creakysites.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/news-scientific-literature-visualization-cell-press-and-elsevier-introduct-article-of-the-future/ 17 23 EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC http://watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/105006/patrick-ness-writer-residence http://watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/105006/patrick-ness-writer-residence Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:13:53 -0700 Did you enjoy reading of The Knife of Never Letting Go ? This was Patrick Ness' first book written for young adults. It was published last year and went on to win the Guardian Children's Book Prize (2008). It is a very good (if sometimes confronting) science fiction story, with a lot of thought-provoking stuff. 2009-07-20 08:13:53 PDT http://technorati.com/search/watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/105006/patrick-ness-writer-residence 39 55 Watching the Watchers http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/how-employees-are-allowed-to-use-the-social-web-07-16-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/how-employees-are-allowed-to-use-the-social-web-07-16-09/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:12:54 -0700 There is a useful post from Jeremiah Owyang from Web Strategy today titled Breakdown: The Five Ways Companies Let Employees Participate in the Social Web excerpted here: “…I’ve noticed that there are three ways that companies allow employees to participate. Update:  On a related note,  I gave my thoughts to CNBC about the roles of social within corporations . Type One:  We Have No Clue This model, where brands have no rules, no guidelines, and therefore no resources to help empl 2009-07-16 12:12:54 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/how-employees-are-allowed-to-use-the-social-web-07-16-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/social-media-user-survey-results-07-16-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/social-media-user-survey-results-07-16-09/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:12:50 -0700 This is some interesting and relevant information from a post today on Mashable! by Jennifer Van Grove titled What Type of Social Media User Are You? : “Back in May,  Anderson Analytics worked with Greenfield Online to survey and interview respondents on their attitudes and behaviors regarding social networking. Based on these results, Anderson was able to identify and categorize seven types of individuals, from the social media pessimist to the social media maven. They then used t 2009-07-16 08:12:50 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/social-media-user-survey-results-07-16-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/10-ways-universities-share-information-using-social-media/ http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/10-ways-universities-share-information-using-social-media/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:26:51 -0700 Vadim Lavrusik, new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, blogs for Mashable about 10 Ways Universities Share Information Using Social Media. The article discusses different strategies university public affairs offices are using to connect with their communities such as:Gathering and Sharing InformationShowcasing Student and Faculty WorkProviding a Platform to Broadcast EventsEmergency Notification Connecting PeopleProducing, Not Just PromotingCreating a Dialog 2009-07-16 07:26:51 PDT http://technorati.com/search/oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/10-ways-universities-share-information-using-social-media/ 104 185 iLibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/palos-verdes-library-district-begins-useing-sopac2-07-16-08/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/palos-verdes-library-district-begins-useing-sopac2-07-16-08/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:06:40 -0700 John Blyberg reports today that the Palos Verdes Library District has launched his SOPAC2 (social OPAC)  software for their online catalog.  Blyberg received the 2009 LITA Brett Butler Award for his work on the SOPAC during the ALA 2009 annual conference in Chicago. 2009-07-16 07:06:40 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/palos-verdes-library-district-begins-useing-sopac2-07-16-08/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/16/no-avoiding-shirky/ http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/16/no-avoiding-shirky/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:40:47 -0700 The person I heard quoted the most during ALA wasn’t even in Chicago. It was Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody. At least 3 different people quoted his comment about technology from page 105, “Communications tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.”  (Or were they remembering his appearance last May on [...] 2009-07-16 06:40:47 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/16/no-avoiding-shirky/ 17 31 Infotoday Blog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/online-conference-for-all-librarians-opalesence-07-15-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/online-conference-for-all-librarians-opalesence-07-15-09/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:08:58 -0700 OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) OPALescence 2009 A Free Online Library Conference for Everyone Thursday Aug. 13 th and Friday Aug. 14th Registration is free, easy, and online : tinyurl.com/N4JMV7 Conference Wiki: http://opalescence.wetpaint.com/ Hosted by OPAL:  Online Programs for All   ( http://www.opal-online.org ) (Psst:  Sponsorships are available for as little as $250) Contact Tom Peters for more info:     tpeters@tapinformation. 2009-07-15 13:08:58 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/online-conference-for-all-librarians-opalesence-07-15-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/15/starter-questions-for-ultimate-debate-2009/ http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/15/starter-questions-for-ultimate-debate-2009/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:11:23 -0700 I participated in a panel at ALA2009 with some cool people called The Ultimate Debate: Has Library 2.0 Fulfilled its Promise? It was fun! I was sent “starter questions” beforehand – and of course, since this was a live discussion, we hit them in different ways. I thought you might find my “starter answers” interesting, so here they are: What does Library 2.0 mean to you? How am I supposed to answer that? It means … “a job!” I usually say it’s two things: 1. web 2.0, as it affec 2009-07-15 06:11:23 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/15/starter-questions-for-ultimate-debate-2009/ 105 154 David Lee King http://www.web2learning.net/archives/3112 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/3112 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:02:47 -0700 Last week I was on the Library 2.0 Gang talking about mashups and and my upcoming book . There were some awesome mashup ideas talked about during the call. One that has stuck with me was a way to grab reading lists from all libraries in your area so you can see what books are best for your kid. Another really awesome idea mentioned letting patrons geocode your library to create a map that patrons could use their cell phones to follow. Basically patrons go around the library and geocode dif 2009-07-13 13:02:47 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.web2learning.net/archives/3112 31 53 What I Learned Today... http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/library-of-congress-on-facebook-07-13-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/library-of-congress-on-facebook-07-13-09/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:33:10 -0700 The Library of Congress in now also found on Facebook . 2009-07-13 07:33:10 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/library-of-congress-on-facebook-07-13-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2009/07/the-library-20-gang-on-mashups.php http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2009/07/the-library-20-gang-on-mashups.php Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:44:06 -0700 Following on from OCLC’s recent Mashathon , Dave Pattern’s Mashed Library UK 2009 , and the imminent publication of the Library Mashups book edited by Nicole Engard, The Library 2.0 Gang turn their attention to the Library Mashup. Tallin Bingham from SIRSI/Dynix, Marshall Breeding of Library Technology Guides, LibLime’s Nicole Engard, and Google’s Frances Haugen, dip in to this topic for the July show.  It is soon clear that successful mashups are all about openly publishing data in a reli 2009-07-13 04:44:06 PDT http://technorati.com/search/blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2009/07/the-library-20-gang-on-mashups.php 33 62 Panlibus http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/11/moving-beyond-2-0/ http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/11/moving-beyond-2-0/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:05:09 -0700 Remember when everything and everybody had to be 2.0? That was the phrase that defined a library as being modern, cutting-edge, and “with it.” But is there life beyond 2.0? Meredith Farkas started this session by saying she wasn’t going to talk about the “Rah Rah” stuff, which is more the exception than the rule. [...] 2009-07-11 16:05:09 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/11/moving-beyond-2-0/ 17 31 Infotoday Blog http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/embeddable-facebook-fan-pages/ http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/embeddable-facebook-fan-pages/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:48:46 -0700 Facebook now offers a widget for Facebook Page creators that they can embed in their websites. The widget is called a Fan Box that Page admins can access by clicking the “Add Fan Box to your site” link. The Fan Box will allow website visitors to become FB fans by clicking within the widget. The announcement on the Facebook Developers blog lists several implementation including Coca-Cola, Newsweek, and Threadless.via Mashable This entry was posted on Friday, July 10th, 200 2009-07-10 06:48:46 PDT http://technorati.com/search/oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/embeddable-facebook-fan-pages/ 104 185 iLibrarian http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/online-library-conference-for-all-librarians-opalescence-07-09-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/online-library-conference-for-all-librarians-opalescence-07-09-09/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:48:52 -0700 OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) OPALescence 2009 A Free Online Library Conference for Everyone Thursday Aug. 13 th and Friday Aug. 14th Registration is free, easy, and online : tinyurl.com/N4JMV7 Conference Wiki: http://opalescence.wetpaint.com/ Hosted by OPAL:  Online Programs for All   ( http://www.opal-online.org ) (Psst:  Sponsorships are available for as little as $250) Contact Tom Peters for more info:     tpeters@tapinfo 2009-07-09 14:48:52 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/online-library-conference-for-all-librarians-opalescence-07-09-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/09/still-running/ http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/09/still-running/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:56:14 -0700 Not having a fancy phone like Kathy, I’ve been plodding through the Event Planner. I do wish it had full session descriptions, not just the name, time, location, and ALA sponsor. Plus, it’s dropped me several times.  As far as I can tell,  much of what I’m interested in is at the conference center rather than [...] 2009-07-09 11:56:14 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.infotodayblog.com/2009/07/09/still-running/ 17 31 Infotoday Blog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/library-social-media-and-customer-patron-service-07-06-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/library-social-media-and-customer-patron-service-07-06-09/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:55:08 -0700 The Search Engine Watch blog had a good post by Linda Evanas today relevant to libraries titled Customer Service in Social Media : “… ‘ The Undo Button ‘ showed a Twitter conversation between a restaurant owner and a woman who had visited their establishment. …This example demonstrates a few things about conversations in social media that any marketer can integrate into their strategy for entering the social media space. Monitoring Pays Off: The establishment Brasserie Pavil wa 2009-07-06 07:55:08 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/library-social-media-and-customer-patron-service-07-06-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/myinfoquest-collaborative-text-reference-service-07-02-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/myinfoquest-collaborative-text-reference-service-07-02-09/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:54:23 -0700 Welcome to My Info Quest! Here IamLibrarian blogs about the new “Infoquest collaborative text messaging project which will kickoff on July 20, 2009 “: “The time is approaching… MyInfoquest will launch on July 20th.  We currently have  36 libraries participating in this collaborative text reference service .  The advisory committee and subcommittees have been meeting regularly and working hard. This project is a pilot project slated to run through December, 2009.  We are working on 2009-07-02 07:54:23 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/myinfoquest-collaborative-text-reference-service-07-02-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/free-mobile-learning-textbook-07-02-09/ http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/free-mobile-learning-textbook-07-02-09/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:26:38 -0700 Although it has been available for a couple of months, there is a new textbook,  Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training , which is available for FREE download in whole or in part. It is described by the pubisher as follows: “ This collection is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best 2009-07-02 07:26:38 PDT http://technorati.com/search/lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/free-mobile-learning-textbook-07-02-09/ 39 94 The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/02/library-mashups-exploring-new-ways-to-deliver-library-data http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/02/library-mashups-exploring-new-ways-to-deliver-library-data Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:09:31 -0700 Speaking of embedding things into library websites, I wanted to highlight a book due out later this year. In the interest of full disclosure, I contributed a chapter to this book. I don’t get any kickback from the profits (except for a free copy), but I am really looking forward to it. Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data is written by librarians for librarians, on how we can expand our websites and web presence to better serve our patrons. Nicole Engard pull 2009-07-02 05:09:31 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/07/02/library-mashups-exploring-new-ways-to-deliver-library-data 28 55 Swiss Army Librarian