tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364305997475320412011-07-07T18:10:02.247-07:00Library technology and other topics of interestMacro Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927728903147050319noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836430599747532041.post-89290585209297022412011-02-28T06:42:00.000-08:002011-02-28T06:42:11.279-08:00

I am reposting this eloquent post in support of, and with permission from The Librarian in Black:"The eBook User’s Bill of Rights is a statement of the basic freedoms that should be granted to all eBook users.The eBook User’s Bill of RightsEvery eBook user should have the following rights:the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations the right to access

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During the last two weeks I got caught up in creating online tutorials using Wink. I wanted to add audio narration to the tutorials I created and I was thinking of buying an inexpensive USB microphone to add to my gadget arsenal. I also began to use Wink to create an online manual for the procedures I use to ftp and import MARC record files into the online catalog. All good maven-y things to do.

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I've been comparing Wink and Jing for creating short tutorials to explain how to import, save, and change macros. Both programs are free, although TechSmith offers a Pro version of Jing as well. Jing is very easy to use. Wink has more features for customizing presentations and offers more playback options. Jing could be useful for situations when we find a bug and we need to show the developers 

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I'm reading Everything is Miscellaneous: the power of the new digital disorder by David Weinberger (Joho the Blog) and I just finished reading Henry Jenkins' Convergence Culture: where old and new media collide. Both books are fascinating reads.I was tickled to find myself quoted in Stephen's Lighthouse while catching up on my Bloglines subscriptions last weekend. Stephen Abram's inspiring

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I can't believe we've already come to the end of our kcls27things learning experience. Participating in this program and being an advocate was the most satisfying experience in my professional career. If I am given the opportunity to do something like this in the future, I will leap at the chance. I would like to be part of whatever plans there are to implement Library 2.0 ideas and programs at

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Had a fantastic time trying out Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Wii Bowling today. Many thanks to Barbara and Debbie for their encouragement. It's easy to see why these games are so popular and why they belong in libraries. Need more convincing? Read the Gaming issue of our electronic serial Library Technical Reports Sept/Oct 2006. Vol. 42, issue 5 in Proquest or other full-text online

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I explored Webware and found a search engine called YoName which lets you search for people in FaceBook, MySpace, LinkedIn and a couple of other social networking sites. I found myself and a couple of friends in MySpace and FaceBook and a college friend on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social networking site for adult professionals. Exploring Google Labs earlier in the week, I found a tool called

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... and other excuses could be a thing of the past with Web-based office tools that allow users to create and save their work online. I hope our patrons are already using Google Documents and Spreadsheets or Zoho because these services are really user-friendly and they are good for the environment (less printing, no need for floppy disks). I plan to use these tools for collaborating on documents

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I put Flickr to good use yesterday when I uploaded some photos and shared them with my work team. Baker & Taylor took photos of books that are being processed and housed off-site for Snoqualmie's opening day collection. I retrieved the photos from their ftp site, posted them on Flickr and sent a guest pass to members of the ODC team and other interested librarians. Here's one that caught my eye:

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After reading all five articles for this week’s lesson, I was not sure what I thought of them. I needed some mulling time. It seems to me that college and university librarians are the main audience for these articles and for the kinds of services they advocate. There’s value for public libraries as well but many of the Web 2.0 services do seem to be targeted at one particular demographic:

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I searched for rss in the KCLS & Neighbors Rollyo and Google Co-op custom search engines and the results could not have been more different. Try it yourself by selecting "KCLS & Neighbors" and typing "rss" in My Rollyo search box on my blog.In Rollyo, Tacoma Public Library's RSS feed service dominated the search results while KCLS was absent from the results list.In Google Custom Search Engine,

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I came, I saw, I wiki. Admittedly, a terrible corruption of Veni, vidi, vici but do follow the link to the Wikipedia article. It's a hoot. I've been plagued by the flu and an eye infection this week so I'm blogging with one eye and a limited amount of oxygen reaching my brain.I was very impressed with the look of SJPLC's Subject Guide wikis and it should be apparent to everyone by now how much I

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LibraryThing is my favorite kcls27things "killer app" and probably the most difficult for me to write about because there is so much I want to say. I cataloged nearly every book in my home on LibraryThing. I think I'm up to 135 now. It's probably a good thing that they will start charging a fee after 200.When I first signed up a couple of months ago, I thought I would catalog a couple of favorite

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I wrote briefly about Technorati a few blog posts ago. I registered and claimed my blog and discovered that I already had a small community of KCLS bloggers who linked to my blog! (Hello! aseaberg, acrossanddown, and Truckin' Beagles!)Technorati really amps up social networking opportunities. What struck me while searching for blog posts that mention kcls27things in Technorati is how many of us

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my del.icio.us tags-d032407Originally uploaded by bright_eyed_girl. This is a picture of my tag roll from del.icio.us, presented as a word cloud. Every tag I assigned to a website is displayed here. The tags I assigned most often are displayed with large fonts while the least used tags are displayed with small fonts.One of my most frequently used tags is a bookmark I created for Featured websites

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I enjoyed finding new tools for customizing del.icio.us that are bookmarked in the kcls27things account. I've been adding Library 2.0 bookmarks to my del.icio.us for a couple of months. I imagine this tool could be useful for building collections of good websites and sharing them system-wide.One of the features I like best is that I can use del.icio.us to update information on my blog. I have two

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Service Alert!The LibraryThing site announced that they are down this morning. Some elements in the sidebar will not display correctly.

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When I signed up for a MySpace account, I was a bit dismayed because it reminded me of a depressingly dingy, low-rent shopping mall. Then I visited MySpace pages created by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County and Steele Creek Library and I became a believer. Their spaces are nothing like the drab default profile pages that MySpace provides when you first sign up. Looking at

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I tried Feedster. I wanted to like it because it had a shiny appearance. Searching was frustrating because I found too many irrelevant hits. I can't imagine stumbling serendipitously across something better than the sites that I already subscribe to. I preferred starting with some recommended blogs and working my out from there. Find a blog you like, see what's on the blogroll and follow the

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If you need some clever, creative ideas for your blog check this out. This charming little book passed through my hands this morning. The subtitle says it all: "100 ideas for your blog." It answers the question "whatever shall I write about?"Here is a gem that got me laughing and invited curious stares from co-workers:All readers need an occasional dose of schadenfreude, so fess up. How do you

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Rain RainOriginally uploaded by its a bronwyn. I've been a Bloglines user for a couple of years but until I downloaded the Notifier tool I never remembered to check my feeds. I subscribe to over 40 feeds, organized into folders. Some of the most interesting library-themed feeds have been Tame the Web, Stephen's Lighthouse, and The Shifted Librarian. I also enjoy reading the KCLS blogs listed in

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Check out Arlington Heights Memorial Library website. It has some nifty features on it. I like how all the good stuff is easy to find on the page. No scrolling required!My cat, Belle, AKA Bunny Goodness, decided to "help" me write this post this morning so I'll keep it brief.

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Pretty OrangeOriginally uploaded by Aoife city womanchile. I signed up for a Flickr account a few weeks ago in preparation of Library 2.0 training. I was amazed at how easy it was to find great pictures like this one by searching for "orange flowers." Searching with tags helps to filter search results to retrieve only the most relevant items. Imagine if we could filter search results to this

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When I started looking into mashups I thought that they were interesting but I could not see how they might be useful in my everyday life. However, events that transpired over the weekend led me to realize that I need a mashup of all the Starbucks Locations in King County in map form. Someone else had the same idea and created the FindbyClick coffee finder. Type in the name of a city to see

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I just figured out how to turn an image into a hyperlink. I changed the image in my previous post so that a user can click through the picture of Ms. Dewey to the site. (Remember my first post and my love for fiddling with code?)I also found this tool for creating South Park images while reading the Librarian Avengers blog (Librarian Avengers is mad brilliant). Then I used my trial copy of Snagit

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It is impossible to talk about Library 2.0 without mentioning two heavyweights in the field at the moment. Of course, I'm talking about Michael (Tame the Web) Stephens and Jenny (The Shifted Librarian) Levine. You can't attend a conference or read a library journal without hearing about them. Their respective blogs are almost always informative and I subscribe to them through Bloglines. You can

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After I volunteered to be a Learning 2.0 Advocate, I checked out the 23 Things blog for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County (PLCMC) for a preview of things to come--and I must say, it's going to be fun! I cataloged my books on LibraryThing and tagged my favorite bookmarks on del.icio.us. Images I found on Flickr bring my blog to life and I created a little avatar at Yahoo to

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