Category: Social Networks
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Emerging and digital media: opportunities and challenges
This could be interesting to watch, and though it's a little convoluted, it appears that you can do just that. The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) has commissioned a study on Emerging and digital media: opportunities and challenges. "In this study, the Committee on Canadian Heritage will explore developments in emerging and digital media, how they…
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Facebook Privacy Scanner
I haven't been giving much thought to the recent privacy/policy changes at Facebook, but did find this tool pretty interesting. ReclaimPrivacy.org has a tool that will scan your Facebook settings and let you know what the world can know about you, and how to tweak the settings if you find something you don't like. Here's…
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An interesting project – your suggestions requested
I had an interesting meeting today with a Grad Art student. She's planning on broadcasting her final project as a live performance this Fall, and wondered if Libraries and Cultural Resources could help stage it all; it'll be displayed in our Museum, after all. After a nice chat over coffee I told her I thought…
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Registration open for Computers in Libraries 2010
Registration is now open for Computers in Libraries 2010, to be held in Arlington, VA, April 12-14. I’ll be reprising my Screencasting preconference workshop, and am looking forward to 1) incorporating feedback received from my last workshop at Internet Librarian, and 2) having a smoking-fast machine upon which to demonstrate this time :-). I haven’t…
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Calgary library ads target grocery shoppers
The CBC has a brief report about an interesting marketing effort by the Calgary Public Library system. The comments illustrate how important marketing in general is :-/ Thanks for the pointer Shawna.
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Third International M-Libraries Conference confirmed for March 2011
According to a message sent to members of the m-libraries Facebook page, the Third International M-Libraries conference will be held sometime in March, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. No more details than that at this time. Also included in that message was the following announcement: John Burger, from the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries in the…
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What IS criticism?
Apparently the Annoyed Librarian continues to live up to the name. I learn this second-hand by reading a post by Laura at Llyfrgellydd, and watching a great vlog post by David Rothman at davidrothman.net. David, I too encourage you to communicate via this medium in the future – really enjoyed that! I looked up ad…
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What IS Google Wave?
Last week I got my invite to Google Wave, and Chad Haefele and I played with it for a little bit (he's the only other person I know with an account so far, even though I've sent out a few invites of my own). It's kinda slick, but we were both just poking sticks at…
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Post-holiday link dump
Some miscellaneous links you may find of interest: Co-Browsing Tools: Guide To The Best Online Services Five Best Video-Sharing Sites Newswire Opinion: Libraries Clash with Harvard Business Publishing on Deep-Linking The undiscussed danger to libraries in the Google Books Settlement: A warning from library law expert Peter Hirtle Sony to link Readers with libraries, allow…
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Preliminary Netspeed 2009 program available
The preliminary program for Netspeed 2009 is now available. This year it's in Calgary, from October 21-23, 2009 at the Carriage House Inn. Looks like I'm presenting back-to-back on Thursday, first on using Twitter (and a little Facebook) for library promotion, and then with Kenton Good from the U of Alberta on how we made…