check out the wyoming libraries' new marketing campaign. brilliant.
library marketing done right
msnbc on encore
MSNBC ran a piece on September 16th about Innovative Interfaces' new dynamic catalog platform, Encore. Innovative's CEO Jerry Kline is quoted saying "it's for libraries that want to compete effectively on the Web and give the best access possible to the books, images and full-text electronic articles in their collection." This ostensibly means offering integrated... Continue Reading →
the library that ate prague
Or should I say "will eat"? This insane design by Future Systems won a recent competition for an addition to Prague's National Library. Pricetag? £48 million: BD ("the Architects' Website") gives a full report complete with digital imagery. It's a noble project to be sure, but my personal opinion is that purple v. green was... Continue Reading →
photosynth: technology previews at TED
The 2007 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference brought its usual 50+ visionary speakers on topics as diverse as global conflict, ecological sustainability, technological innovation, lexicography, and industrial design. Most recognizable on the list were Bill Clinton and Richard Dawkins, presenting alongside a host of luminary-types from a variety of fields. The format for all presenters... Continue Reading →
reason i love texas #1,764
according to cnn (and a ton of other news outlets), spiders are collaboratively weaving a gigantic web in Lake Tawakoni State Park in order to catch more prey. incredible:
skype reference and the future of libraries conference
In a lucky coincidence yesterday while staffing our Skype call-in reference service I received a call from one (extremely nice) Paul Signorelli of the San Francisco Public Library who was doing some investigating into libraries and Skype/internet telephony experimentation. The upshot of this productive conversation is that I will be participating remotely in a panel... Continue Reading →
jing
I've been on a series of intermittent vacations over the past while (New York, California, my backyard) and have been relatively silent. Fall quarter just ratcheted into gear here at OU and, having quickly transitioned out of summer librarianship, I must point out this awesome screen capturing and sharing app, Jing, which lets you capture... Continue Reading →
wikiscanner.
An article in today's Chronicle of Higher Ed profiles Wikiscanner, a database created by one Virgil Griffith that allows you to track anonymous Wikipedia edits to their source by page title, organization, or IP range. In other words, this an excellent way to demonstrate 1) the way corporations, private entities, famous types, government offices, etcetera... Continue Reading →
phew.
After fully expecting to write a bit about each day of Immersion I now find myself back in Ohio a week later wondering, "what just happened?" The program lived up to expectations and was overall an exhausting, constructive, and challenging experience. I went into the sessions hoping that my technology-oriented focus wouldn't undermine my ability... Continue Reading →
acrl immersion 2007, manitoba style.
It's the first full day of ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy Immersion 2007 program, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We're meeting at the University of Manitoba - a huge campus located well away from downtown and surrounded by Canadian prairie. I could literally be in Lubbock at Texas Tech University, from the Spanish-style tile roof and... Continue Reading →
info-mational 