This post was prompted by an email from a business librarian at another institution, who was inquiring about my use of both a blog and a wiki to disseminate library information. In the email, the librarian asked: Are people actually reading? No offense 🙂 I find that often librarians' efforts in distributing information is in... Continue Reading →
Why I Blog
I got an email yesterday from a graduate student wanting me to answer a few questions about blogging. Her class is studying blogging as a form of organizational communication. Her questions got me thinking about why I blog, so I figured I'd share my answers to her questions here. I've written about this before in... Continue Reading →
When 24 hours isn’t a day
This post from Jason at Pattern Recognition had me on the floor laughing. He's in Vegas at a hotel that wants to charge for wifi. An excerpt is below, but you'll need to take a look at his complete post for the full picture. He writes: As you can see, there are two top choices:... Continue Reading →
Mapping the Biblioblogosphere
If you're a blogging librarian, Scott Pfitizinger encourages you to visit the group that he's created on Frappr. He's created a group called blogging librarians, where you can go and put yourself on the map.
Streaming the Evening News
NBC News will become the first newscast to be offered free on the web. Each evening's broadcast can be viewed after the televison version airs. The web broadcasts will begin November 7 at 10 p.m. ET and can be seen at Nightly.MSNBC.com The past broadcasts will be archived on the site. Wouldn't it be really... Continue Reading →
Pew Internet Report: Teen Content Creators and Consumers
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released Teen Content Creators and Consumers today. From the summary: American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities of the internet as they create and share their own media creations. Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the internet could be considered Content Creators.... Continue Reading →
RSS Without Knowing
Yahoo! and Ipsos Insight have a new report about RSS usage. The report finds that most RSS users don't even know they're using RSS: The number of tech-savvy Internet users who knowingly sign up for RSS syndicated content is only four percent, while another 12 percent are somewhat aware of the term RSS. Twenty-seven percent... Continue Reading →
Sharing is So Cool
Most librarian bloggers know that one of the really cool things about the biblioblogosphere is that blogging fosters collaboration and sharing. As an example, I saw what Sherri did with IM at UNLV, and I adapted what she had done to our needs at Ohio University. I contacted her over email and IM, and we... Continue Reading →
Business Blogs Survey
This request was made by Becky Smith, Head of the Business & Economics Library at UIUC, on the BUSLIB-L listserv, and I thought I'd pass it on. I am conducting a short survey about the use of blogs in business libraries. Even if your library is not currently employing a blog, please answer this survey... Continue Reading →