Like many of you who are traveling with me on this LIBR246 journey, I often find myself lost, surfing seemingly infinate, mesmerising web sites about or related to libraries (yes, there may be some Etsy breaks along the way).
Today, through a post on Reference Shelf, I found a link to the NPR librarian blog, which [...]
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Feb 28
Where am I? And what have I been doing for three hours?
Feb 24
Social Networking for lurkers
Social Networking sites, like any of the 2.0 tools discussed thus far, are what you make of them. For some, they are a portal to their friends, family, and beyond or a place where they can share aspects of themselves they thought they could share with no one else. For me, it has mostly [...]
Feb 18
Wonderful World of Wikis
As I stated in my last post, I have never been much of a fan of wikis. But I now realize this was because I didn’t understand their possibilities. After spending the week exploring the world of wikis, I can admit that I have become fan…mostly.
Setting up my wiki with Mediawiki was complicated. Nothing went [...]
Feb 17
Tip-toeing through the wikis
I have to admit that I have never been the biggest fan of wikis. Sure, I had turned to wikipedia once or twice as a jumping off point for further exploration on a subject, but I found them sort of clunky and never imagined that I would be editing one. Part of this was a [...]
Feb 11
RSS in libraries–possibilities and disappointments
In this week’s chapter on RSS, Meredith Farkas talks about how libraries can use RSS to both push and pull information–pushing information to patrons about the library and subjects that interest them and pulling information from a variety of sources to provide comprehensive coverage on a subject for library users. There are some libraries [...]
Feb 09
Design by the book: final episode
The final episode of Design by the Book is here and it is a good one. The final projects of the artists are revealed alongside the library items that inspired it all. (I am particularly entranced with the navy men pattern). Great outreach by the NYPL librarians–apparently a few hundred people showed up for the [...]
Feb 07
Library Orientation Video
I came across this library orientation video when I was looking through the CCA library blog. Considering that this is an art school, I can’t think of a better way to inform students about the library or library policies than with a beautifully artsy video such as this. Oh, and one of the creators is [...]
Feb 06
A book club for Web 2.0
There is a new Web 2.0 book club (of sorts) that has received some press lately called BookGlutton. The site has a number of public domain books downloaded for users to read, and also allows uploads by users of other public domain books not currently in their library. Users are allowed to insert notes or [...]
Feb 04
What is a Successful Blog?
While many ideas of what makes a successful blog can be fairly subjective, there are a few key components outlined by Meredith Farkas that most can agree upon.
Purpose or Focus
First among these is the necessity of a purpose or focus for the blog. The blog writer needs to know why they are there in order [...]
