Libraries and Ubiquitous Computing…11.11.09

How to Search for Similar Images With GazoPa…11.11.09

Open Source and Library Web Sites…11.11.09

Kindle for PC NOW Available – FREE Download…11.10.09

From Business Wire: 

“Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN – News)) today announced the availability of ‘Kindle for PC,’ the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers (PC). The U.S. Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) currently offers more than 360,000 books, including New Releases and 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, which are typically $9.99 or less. The Kindle Store is the only place to find some of today’s most popular books in digital format. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch and PC. Kindle for PC is now available as a free download to readers in over 100 countries at www.amazon.com/KindleforPC….”

David Lee King on Twitter…11.10.09

“It is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright” from EDUCAUSE…11.10.09

TinEye-Image Search…11.10.09

Here is something interesting and useful:

“TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks…”

Librarians…It’s All About Showing a Tangible ROI…11.09.09

Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom – Redux…11.09.09

[Nice visual from Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom on the general human comprehension of the definition of and path to wisdom.]

In 2008, “the Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago…launched a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of wisdom. Once regarded as a subject worthy of the most rigorous inquiries in order to discern its nature and benefits, wisdom is currently overlooked as a topic for serious scholarly and scientific investigation in many fields. Yet it is difficult to imagine a subject more central to the human enterprise and whose exploration holds greater promise in shedding light and opening up creative possibilities for human flourishing…”

The Institute has a blog and recent publications page with many interesting and erudite titles — apparently all very scholarly, of course.

Not meaning to deride in any way their intellectual pursuits, has this well-funded, august and prestigious group of researchers come close to finally discerning or deducing the truth about “wisdom”?

CONTUNUE to post:  Beyond Knowledge – A Discourse on Wisdom.

Pew Releases U.S. Religious Landscape Survey…11.10.09

On Tuesday, November 9th, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released its U.S. Religious Landscape Survey results.

Demonstration of Esquire’s Augmented Reality Issue…11.09.09

Click here for a video demonstration of Esquire’s augmented reality issue.

Fantastic Video of London 1927…11.09.09

Europeana…11.09.09

Although this was mentioned before, check out Europeana:

“…a place for inspiration and ideas. Search through the cultural collections of Europe, connect to other user pathways and share your discoveries…” 

Tim Berners-Lee at ICSW’09 Semantic Web…11.09.09

2009 Synergy Vision – Illinois Library Leadership…11.09.09

 

Turn YouTube into a Jukebox With TubeRadio…11.08.09

Stormbirds computer generated animation…11.08.09

“And now for something completely different…”

Web 2.0, Marketing and Libraries…11.08.09

Online Library Services for Online Users…11.08.09

Alexa eBook Reader…11.06.09

From CNET news:

 

“Spring Design announced its Alex e-book reader just a day before Barnes & Noble introduced its Nook device, but until now, the Google Android-based device hasn’t been seen in public.

That’s no longer the case.

The folks at Maximum PC have taken photos of the dual-screen, 6-inch electronic-paper-display gadget in the flesh, and it’s just as strangely proportioned as the original mockup promised…”

How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter , MySpace and Other Social Networks…11.07.09

 

 Mmmmmmmmmmm…. maybe I should read this book after hearing today’s official unemployment stats which doesn’t record everyone.

Here is my Linked-In profile, your reading one of my blogs on WordPress, my Twitter account is for library-related tweets, my Facebook account is kept private adn only for family and close friends…

Dallas Public Library’s use of the NYT Times Best Sellers API…11.07.09

The New York Times reported today on the use of its best sellers list api on the Dallas Public Library Website in A Web Service Becomes a Library Service:

“Have you visited a library Web site lately? Maybe you think you have no reason to, especially if you’re not a regular patron of your local library. But on most library sites, you can do much more than look for a book: public branches offer everything from digital photo archives to podcasts to holiday cards. With so many services available, you might even forget to search the catalog.

Library services and Web services often go hand in hand. For example, theDallas Public Library now uses the Times Best Sellers API to display best-seller lists…”

The Future of the Internet…11.06.09

QR Codes and Other Mobile Technology in Libraries…11.06.09

Upcoming FREE SirsiDynix Institute Webinar – “…Challenges in assessing ROI [Return on Investment] from information services.”..11.06.09

From Stephen’s Lighthouse and SirsiDynix:

We can count ‘em…but do they count? Challenges in assessing ROI from information services

Date : Nov 17, 2009
Start Time : 1 p.m. Eastern
Length : 01:00:00

Register Now!

Attributed to Einstein and Drucker, variations on ‘not everything we measure is significant, and what is significant may be impossible to measure’ apply to assessing the return on investment of funds and time – in the latter case both on the part of information center staff and knowledge workers using the information center. The pressure to demonstrate ROI and ROTI has produced a sizeable body of literature, yet it seems library and information centre managers still struggle to measure the ‘right’ activity indicators and assess the contribution those activities and associated investments are making to the organization’s strategic goals. Ulla de Stricker shares observations and caveats from her experience with strategic assessments and planning for knowledge centric entities and suggests basic guidelines for presenting ROI-type information to organization managers…” 

 

Web 2.0 and Libraries…11.06.09

Library ROI (Return on Investment) Calculator…11.06.09

Although not new, in these difficult times it might be worth pointing out again the ROI calculator from the Library Research Service :

Peer-Based Return on Investment Calculator

WordPress Experiences Log In Problems Using Google Chrome…11.06.09

Those who use WordPress on the Chrome browser have been experiencing problems logging in to their accounts.  You can gain access to your account if you switch to Firefox or Internet Explorer until the bug is fixed at WordPress.  WordPress support was helpful in determining the cause of the problem.

Learning Resources…11.06.09

New Librarianship…11.06.09