Collected Observations of 21st Century Librarianship…03.08.11

Coming Atlas of New Librarianship Structure – Dave Lankes…03.08.11

Turning Collection Development Inside Out…03.07.11

 

Near Future of Technology…03.07.11

Envisioning the Near Future of Technology Infographic

Apple iPad:Year One…03.07.11

Visual Search Engines List…03.07.11

From Pandia Search Engine News:

“A visual search engine is designed to search for information on the Web and display the search results not as a list of text descriptions accompanied by links, but visually. There are many ways to do this, e.g. thumb nails of web pages or a map of concepts related to your query. Visual search is useful in many situations and especially for people who prefer images to text or for situations where you need to display the the terms in your query.

We have updated our all-in-one search tool collection Pandia Power Search with a list of visual search engines. Enjoy!

Aga Kids
Bing Visual Search
Nexplore
oScope
Quintura
Qwiki
Redz
Search-cube
Simploos
SpaceTime 3D
Spezify
Ziipa
Yometa“

Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010…03.07.11

Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010

Next Generation Workflows for Next Generation Libraries…03.07.11

The “Surprising Truth” of King’s Cross…03.07.11

 

Professional Development…03.07.11

Librarians Against DRM…03.06.11

ReadersBillofRights.info

 

Tools for Managing Professional Information Overload…03.05.11

What Authors Need to Do to Protect Themselves and Their Brand…03.05.11

Are We Wired For Mobile Learning…03.05.11

TED Talks – Bill Gates on Education Funding…03.05.11

QR Code Invasion…03.05.11

This Week in Libraries – The Best Libraries of 2010…03.04.11

Guiding Principles for Library Innovation in User Experience…03.04.11

The Age of Relevance and the Next Big Thing…Information Discovery Matrix…03.04.11

From The Age of Relevance:

“…The key element of the next big thing is the increasing significance of the Interest Graph to complement the Social Graph. While Facebook, Twitter, and Google are already working on delivering relevant content, a slew of startups are focusing exclusively on it.

Relevance is the only solution to the problem of information overload…”

“The above matrix is a representation of how the process of online information discovery has evolved over time.

Phase I: The Search Dominated Web

This is how Google began its dominance over the web two decades ago, using PageRank to surface the most popular web pages as identified by other web pages that linked to them.

Phase II: Web 2.0 With Social Bookmarking

In the Web 2.0 era, social bookmarking services gained significant traction, surfacing popular content. Sites like Reddit and StumbleUpon are hugely popular even today, driving millions of page views.

Phase III: Personalized Recommendations

Services like Hunch, GetGlue, etc. have focused on building an Interest Graph for users, to deliver personalized recommendations using a ‘taste engine’.

Phase IV: Personalized Serendipity

The latest crop of startups is focusing on personalization using a combination of Interest and Social Graphs. Personalized Serendipity is what Jeff Jarvis calls ‘Unexpected Relevance’. Examples include Gravity, my6sense, Genieo, and TrapIt….”

 

Intro to “Digital Reasoning”…03.03.11

Updated Library Use Value Calculator…03.04.12

Value of Your Library Use

Input Your Use	Library Materials & Services	Value of Your Use
	Adult Books Borrowed	$
	YA Books Borrowed	$
	Childrens Books Borrowed	$
	Audiobooks Borrowed	$
	Interlibrary Loan Requests	$
	eBooks Downloaded	$
	Magazines Read	$
	Newspapers Read	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	CDs Borrowed	$
	Music Downloaded	$
	Meeting Room Use (per hour)	$
	Adult Program Attended	$
	Young Adult Program Attended	$
	Childrens Program Attended	$
	Museum Passes Borrowed	$
	Computer Use (per hour)	$
	Database Searches	$
	Reference Assistance	$
		$
This worksheet has been adapted from the Massachusetts Library Association and Chelmsford Library. How the values were calculated.

Click on the link to try out the updated Library Use Value Calculator from the Swiss Army Librarian

 

 

(Thanks to Stephen’s Lighthouse for pointing out the updated calculator!)

Newstand of the Future…03.03.11

2011 Library Week – Ireland…03.03.11

HarperCollins 26+ checkouts…03.03.11

iPad 2 hands-on demo…03.03.11

New Topeka & Shawnee Public Library Website Design…03.03.11

New Topeka & Shawnee Public Library Website Design

How Does the iPad 2 Compare to the Tablet Competition?…03.03.11

iPad 2…03.02.11

From the Huffington Post:

“Apple officially announced the iPad 2 at a press conference today in San Francisco, California.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared at the event and announced it will include front and rear-facing cameras for video, a much faster processor and it will be “dramatically thinner.”

The price will be the same, starting at $499, and it begins shipping in the U.S. on March 11 and March 25 internationally. The iPad 2 comes in both white or black versions, and both AT&T and Verizon will support it.

You can find complete specs for the iPad 2 at Apple.com…”

Knight Foundation Libraries Initiative…03.02.11

 

New Vancouver Public Library Catalog…03.02.11