Embracing a Culture of Connectivity…05.16.11

Powering the Cloud…05.15.11

Google Images with Sorting…0.5.14.11

21st Century Library User Experience…05.14.11

Redesigning Public Services: The 21st Century Library User Experience

View more presentations from David King

In Defense of Public Libraries…05.13.11

Wendy MacNaughton is an artist and illustrator based in San Francisco.

Mobile – SLJ 2011 Technology Survey…05.13.11

Jane’s Pick of the Day Launches “Share & Learn” Collaboration Platform…05.12.11

“Share&Learn is a new collaboration platform where members can share links, resources, ideas, experiences, tips, etc about the use of learning and performance trends, technologies and tools, and learn from one another – both informally and formally!  Here are some ways you can make use of it:

You can quickly and easily share thoughts and ideas or ask questions as updates in the Activity stream, which others can reply to.  You can also  filter the different activity in the stream to just show the updates (or any other type of resource) rather than all the activity on the site.

You can add links in the Links Directory, where others can rate them or comment on them.

You can  participate in Groups to have more focused discussions, share resources with group members on specific topics or have a live text chat session.  And, if there isn’t already a group set up for a topic you are interested in, then you can easily set one up yourself!  Groups can be public (anyone can join) or private (invited members only).

You can also share your knowledge on a topic more formally by activating the Courseware functionality available within a group to manage your own formal course.

Although Share&Learn has been set up so that anyone can view the content that takes place outside the private groups, if you want to contribute and share your own stuff and join the groups,  you will need to create an account.  You can do so here.

The Share&Learn platform is also optimized for viewing on mobile devices, e.g. iPhone, Androids and Blackberrys…”

Is the Social Ask Overused?…05.12.11

Chromebook Explained…05.12.11

The End of Traditional Computers…05.12.11

New Joe and Rika Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago…05.11.11

“The new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago houses cutting-edge facilities for preservation and digitization of physical books, as well as a high-density underground storage system with the capacity to hold 3.5 million volume equivalents. With its soaring elliptical dome and prime location on campus, the Mansueto Library’s Grand Reading Room, which opens May 16, 2011, provides an inviting space for rigorous scholarship in an array of fields.”

Future of Smartphones and Tablet Computers – Flexible Paper…05.11.11

Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player…05.11.11

Library of Congress Debuts National “Jukebox”…05.11.11

Google Music Beta…05.11.11

More on the Amazon/OverDrive announcement about the Kindle Lending Library…05.11.11

From Library Renewal:

“After getting past some of my initial concerns about the Amazon/OverDrive announcement about the Kindle Lending Library (I was relieved to learn libraries won’t be required to purchase an additional format to allow patrons to use OverDrive ebooks on Kindles and Kindle apps) I celebrated. I own a Kindle and love it. Plus the hints we are hearing from OverDrive make it sound as if the process for Kindle owner will be faster and easier than any other, and dare I say it? not require Adobe Digital Editions (the bane of my existence). Unfortunately some new concerns have started to creep in as I think through the long term implications for this deal. Amazon is getting access to a LOT of information about libraries, even if it is anonymized, and it is making me wonder if we should have done a better job negotiating our deal. I applaud OverDrive for working with Amazon to get ebooks on the Kindle (and Kindle apps), however I can’t help feel they should have worked a harder deal for the information we will need to ensure that libraries have a future in the ebook business….”

original posting by the Librarian By Day

Exploring Mobile…05.10.11

Exploring Mobile (Sunderland University, 5th May 2011)

View more presentations from Doug Belshaw

2011 Information Literacy Trends…05.10.11

10 Trends on Information Literacy and LILAC 2011

View more documents from Eleni Zazani

From Facebook – Best Practice Marketing Guide…05.10.11

Facebook best practice guide

View more presentations from Boris Loukanov

Crowdsourcing…05.09.11

Mobile Marketing Strategy Development…05.09.11

Developing a Mobile Strategy

View more presentations from Jeremiah Owyang

Creating Participatory Librarianship…05.09.11

NYLA-SLMS May 2011 Luncheon Keynote

View more presentations from Buffy Hamilton

Finding Your Library’s CMS Solution…05.08.11

Drupal is from Mars, WordPress is from Venus: Finding your library’s CMS soulmate

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Libraries as Social Networks…05.08.11

The Networked Librarian: Libraries as social networks

View more presentations from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

Google Volume By Language…05.06.11

Check out Google Search Volume by Language below –

WebGL Globe is an open platform for visualizing geographic data

 

Scrible helps you research the Web (cool tool!)…05.06.11

Dave Lankes – Radical Librarians?…05.06.11

How To Use an iPad As A Presenting Tool…05.04.11

New Report: “Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections”…05.04.11

Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections

“Nine case studies illustrate processes and procedures institutions have adopted to speed up digitization of special collections. The intent in sharing these vignettes is to enable others to consider whether or not any of the approaches could be applied to their own initiatives to increase the scale of their digitization efforts….”

OCLC’s WebJunction and ALA Learning Round Table Offer FREE Online Conference…05.04.11

From OCLC:

“WebJunction, OCLC’s online learning community for library staff, and the ALA Learning Round Table, which promotes quality continuing education for all library personnel, will team up to offer a free, online learning and training conference August 10-11, 2011.

The conference, to include eight one-hour sessions over two days, will be hosted using the WebEx Web conferencing tool, which will provide attendees with easy online access to all live sessions and the ability to interact with other attendees and presenters using text-based chat. Registration will open by June 1 when full conference details are available on WebJunction.org…”