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Libraries are screwed…
David Booker at the Centered Librarian posts a two-part presentation given by Eli Neiberger at the 2010 LJ/SLJ eBook Summit outlining the uncomfortable position ebooks puts libraries and offering several solutions. There are a couple of straw men in the presentation, but it's quite thought-provoking, and does offer some suggested for avoiding the screwage. 20 minutes in
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Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred: Seriously geeky stuff to make with your kids
Yes, it’s another review, but while this is another O’Reilly imprint, I got a review copy of this just for asking. I also mentioned that I’d compare Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred to the Instructables book I just reviewed. This title only has 24 projects, but they’re much more detailed, with pictures for almost each step along
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Book Review – The Best of Instructables Volume I, by Eric Wilhelm
I am SO not a hardware geek. I've always been aware of it, but was sadly reminded of that fact as I read The Best of Instructables Volume I, the latest book I received as part of the O'Reilly Blogger Review Program. There are over 120 project in this book, all with pictures and clear instructions. What
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Edupunk goes mobile: Mobile library sites with zero budget
Tiffini has a great post on her blog about the importance of a mobile website for libraries, along with a couple of excellent suggestions for how YOU can do this for your library with little to no cost at all: Edupunk goes mobile: Mobile library sites with zero budget. In a nutshell, she suggests using LibGuides
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Some great screencasting thoughts and examples
I've had a few posts floating around waiting for me to blog about them. Embedding tutorials into physical objects – Jason Fleming talks about an incident with a photocopier that prompted him to create tutorials for print, and use a QR code to guide end users of physical objects to relevant online tutorials on how