darlene fichter - data librarian, university of saskatchewan firefox tools safecache: protects privacy, defends against cache-based traching techniques http://www.safecache.com safehistory: prevents apps from going in a reading web history http://www.safehistory.com foxmarks: bookmarks synchronizer http://www.foxmarks.com automatically syncs bookmarks between different instances of firefox - i.e. the same bookmarks on your home and work computers online tools... Continue Reading →
cil2008: mobile trends.
megan fox - simmons college mobile access is common to patrons, so it's incumbent upon librarians to help user understand the role librarians have in the mobile world. trends in mobile access to information. global market, global and transcoded web, what's coming next. devices and capabilities there are 3x mobile phones as their are pcs.... Continue Reading →
cil2008: fast and easy site tuneups.
jeff wisniewski, Web Services Librarian, University of Pittsburgh intro - we should revisit the idea of massive site redesign projects every 3 years - smaller, incremental changes can be very effective. 1 it's a matter of trust. update your copyright statement in order to communicate currency to users. update last updated script on each page.... Continue Reading →
cil2008 keynote: libraries solve problems!
Lee Rainie - Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project "I've atoned for a major sin I committed last year "- at the dawn of the Pew Project he submitted a grant proposal and didn't name librarians as potential stakeholders of the Project. Since he's learned that librarians are valuable stakeholders and have listed them... Continue Reading →
henry jenkins acrl springboard event
I had the opportunity to speak with ACRL President Julie Todaro this afternoon for a minute while introducing a free ACRL-hosted "springboard" webcast featuring Henry Jenkins of, among other things, Project NML. He's pretty much the sharpest tool in the media literacy shed, and what follows are some notes from his talk (he speaks very... Continue Reading →
info-mational 