So, I’ve been working on this new blogging class that I’m co-teaching with a colleague. She’s handling the intro on what blogs are and I’m going to talk about using feeds and RSS readers (aka news readers or news aggregators), as well as say a bit about how to start a blog. My goal [...]
Categories: Libraries, Technology
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- April 30, 2007 – 11:52 am
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- By Rich
Speaking of changes in libraries, one of the things I’ve been pushing for has finally happened…the library now has its very own Flickr account! It’s been up for a few weeks now and there should soon be a link on the library’s homepage sending people to the Flickr account. You can also see library [...]
Categories: Libraries
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- April 25, 2007 – 11:25 pm
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- By Rich
The past couple of weeks have been very busy at work, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m getting the opportunity to be creative in so many different ways and I really feel like I’m making a contribution. Besides my regular reference and collection management duties, I’m also working on a [...]
Categories: Libraries
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- April 25, 2007 – 11:04 pm
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- By Rich
Ever find yourself somewhere without a pen and paper or your laptop to jot down a note to yourself? I find myself in that position a lot. Here’s the solution…www.jott.com. This is really amazing. You call the Jott number, leave a message, then Jott turns your voice recording into text and emails it to [...]
Categories: Technology
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- April 10, 2007 – 12:54 pm
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- By Rich
The Travelin’ Librarian just put up notes from a presentation called ” The Customer-Centered Library: How to stop tweaking and start doing it with new steps for 2007.” It was given by Karen Hyman, South Jersey Library Cooperative, Columbus Public Library, Columbus, NE. A pdf of the presentation is available for download [...]
Categories: Libraries
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- April 4, 2007 – 6:57 pm
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- By Rich