In his keynote address on Monday at the ODCE conference, John Seely Brown discussed the idea that the world is becoming flat. Our world is no longer as divided by borders, time, or space as it once was, largely as a result of the technologies that we are using today. We have the ability to... Continue Reading →
Back from ODCE
I got back from the Ohio Digital Commons for Education conference yesterday. It was a great conference that was attended by a mix of librarians, faculty, and instructional designers. I learned quite a bit, and I plan to write about some of the presentations in future posts. I'd like to thank everyone who attended my... Continue Reading →
Create 200,000 blogs with ease
Imagine if you could create and administer 200,000 WordPress blogs with one interface. According to the Lyceum Project, you will be able to. Lyceum was originally conceived in a very different form 3 years ago as a community-blogosphere-insta-generator. Several staff and identity rotations later, we set forth in the middle of 2005 to make a... Continue Reading →
Vendors are people too
In a recent post, Bill Drew tells booksellers, "Don't call us, we will call you if we want your publications." When I first read the post, I agreed wholeheartedly with Bill. However, after a little more reflection, I realized I had a slightly different view of book sellers and vendors. Most days, I happen to... Continue Reading →
Another Blog on the New Web
MediaShift: Your Guide to the Digital Media Revolution MediaShift is a weblog that will track how digital media technologies and techniques such as weblogs, RSS, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators and video repositories are changing our world. It will tell stories of how the shifting media landscape is changing the way we get our... Continue Reading →
In like a lion, out like a lamb
Or so the saying goes, when referring to weather in March. My March is shaping up to be a quite a roarin' month indeed. March 6-7, I'll be giving two presentations at the Ohio Digital Commons for Education conference in Columbus, Ohio. The title of my first talk is "Using Wikis and Blogs to Promote... Continue Reading →
A little Chinese Wisdom
Usually the fortunes I get from fortune cookies are pretty cheesy. However, I got this one a few weeks ago, and I've been carrying it around in my Palm ever since. With Computers in Libraries 2006 right around the corner, I figured my fortune would be relevant to share: This fortune came true for a... Continue Reading →
Librarians and IM Survey
Michael is conducting a survey of librarians and IM. It took me all of two minutes to complete, so if you use IM (or not) for personal, professional, or reference purposes, take a couple of minutes to fill out the survey. He's "interested to see how many librarians are using IM at their... Continue Reading →
Marketing Virtual Reference
This is one way to get students to use your IM/Chat reference service. From the University of Mississippi Libraries: Chat with a Librarian and Win an iPod Shuffle! During the month of February every student or faculty/staff member who chats with a librarian will automatically be entered to win an iPod Shuffle. You don't have... Continue Reading →