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What do you do about overdue fines and restrictions?
The past few posts have been all about feedback. Your thoughts, beliefs, actions, plans, and ideas on how librarianship works are important, so definitely give a few minutes to participate! I read this bit of “what do you do?” on the WebJunction Publib listserv (May 4, Vol 26, Issue 4). The contact for responses is [...]
Not-So-Techie Library 2.0: Finkelstein Memorial Library
Zeke Killbride, a librarian at the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley, NY, wrote to us about a digital collection recently posted to the library’s site: I’m writing to suggest a library link for your blog. I’m a librarian at the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Rockland County, New York, north of New York City. One [...]
Free webinars: Action, Vision, Future, Planning, & Web 2.0
Check out the free webinar action via two programs on WebJunction this month. Click on the links below for more information and to register for these FREE continuing education events. Second Circ: Using Web 2.0 Tools in Your Library Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST This session is part of EqualAccess [...]
Podcast: Casual wiki presentation from the 2007 PLA Spring Symposium
On Friday, March 2, 2007, about 55 people delayed the consumption of a well-earned dinner after a long day of learnin’ to attend my presentation on wikis and the PLWiki project. You can listen to the podcast of that presentation, attached to this post. You can also download the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file of the [...]
WordPress 2.1.1 security problem requires attention
Because technology always kicks you in the shins at the most inopportune time. The last thing I want to do in the middle of a conference is to take you away from our coverage. However, there’s been a serious security breech in the code for WordPress 2.1.1, which is the version I installed on the [...]
Construction Zone: Upgrading the blog
I’ll be upgrading our WordPress install this evening to the new and improved version 2.1, also known as Ella. So, if you notice a few broken things over the next few hours, that’s why. We appreciate your patience while we spruce things up around here.
Podcast: Interview with David Pogue
I had the opportunity to conduct a delightful, insightful, and entertaining interview this afternoon with David Pogue, New York Times columnist and blogger, Emmy-winning CBS news correspondent, and author of Windows Vista: The Missing Manual. My many thanks to David for taking the time to speak with me, and to his publicist Sara Peyton with [...]
Interesting firewall problem
So you may notice that the blog has been conspicuously empty today. That’s because all of us here at the conference thought the server was down because we couldn’t access it. Turns out, it seems like the conference center firewall is blocking all sorts of LISHost stuff (I’m using hotel wifi at the Westin Seattle)”, [...]
Show and Tell The Easy Way – An Introduction to Screencasting
I wish I had posted this last week, but in any case, this free webcast on screencasting (creating digital presentations that record your actions as you use a computer, with or without a voice over) is happening today from 8-9am PST (11-12am EST). If you don’t catch it the first time around, SirsiDynix will be [...]
Podcast of note: TurkeyTalk Podcast
Podcasts are a valuable source of information. Like most other information resources on the web, we suss out the best, most useful and authoritative resources, and present them to our patrons to help them find the information they want and need. In an effort to highlight podcasts that might be useful to librarians and patrons, [...]
