Category: Miscellaneous
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Two things to listen to (to which to listen?)
I’ve got two short audio files to recommend. The first comes from the ALA Library 2.0 Bootcamp (which I think finished this week), and is from creativity consultant Kathryn Deiss. At first I thought it was a rebuttal to some of the posts that were disparaging the Bootcamp a couple of weeks ago, but then…
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ALA Programs of possible Interest to DLS members
The DLS Liaison Committee has compiled a list of programs at ALA Annual in New Orleans later this month, that may be of interest to the DLS membership. This was originally sent to the OFFCAMP mailing list: Friday, June 23(Pre-Conference) Reinvented Reference: The Integration of Digital and Traditional Reference Services — 8:00 a.m. – 4:30…
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Who wants to be a Camtasia Studio or SnagIt Guinea Pig?
Techsmith is looking for 25 beta testers for upcoming releases of their SnagIt (screen capture) and Camtasia Studio (sreencasting) products. Technorati Tags: Screencasting, Beta, Techsmith
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Podcasts about Podcasts and Podcasting
This AM on the way in to work I finished listening to a podcast version of Greg Schwartz’s SirsiDynix session, A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting: Part 1 – A Consumer’s Guide, and if you’re at all interested in learning about podcasts I recommend it. I’ve been on the podcasting bandwagon since it left the station,…
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Introducing WISPR – Workshop on the Information Search Process for Research
OK, here’s the final post about OffCamp 2006 in Savannah; I saved the best for last ;-), as this was the presentation I gave with Shauna Rutherford, my colleague from the U of C. The paper was actually written by three of us (though mostly by Shauna and Alix), but Dr. Alix Hayden wasn’t able…
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Weather update
I catch flak from some of my U of C colleagues for complaining about the weather here. To present all sides of the story, it’s been lovely for two or three straight days – hot even – and promises to remain so for the next few as well. Trees are in bloom, the sky is…
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Thoughts on privacy and libraries and social networks
OK, actually I’m mostly curious about your thoughts, ’cause I haven’t sorted mine out yet. This post is a result of the social network stuff Brian Mathews has been working on (honest, this will be the last time I mention him today, unless he does something else interesting ;-). When I first saw Brian’s post…
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Flash in the pan?
Brian Mathews thinks it’s a waste of time to create a library profile on Facebook. You may recall Brian had the neat presentation called Intuitive Revelations: The Ubiquitous Reference Model, in which he created a library identiy in LiveJournal. In that project he concluded that it seemed to work a lot better when he showed…