March 2008 Blog Posts (7)

Interesting article re: promoting Web 2.0 to narrow digital divide

This isn't strictly *library* 2.0, but I'm sure it's applicable and will be of interest here...

"Arming the isolated with high tech: Peter MacGibbon at Carleton University is creating a program for rural communities. The Goal: To narrow the digital divide for the disadvantaged," a March 27, 2008 Ottawa Citizen article discusses some pilot projects to use web conferencing, podcasting and wikis to develop entrepreneurship in remote, rural areas.

See the full article here… Continue

Added by W Greg Taylor on March 27, 2008 at 10:56am — 1 Comment

Blatant Promotion: National Library Week videos

American Libraries Associate Editor Dan Kraus has made a series of National Library Week promotional videos. A new one will be posted at AL Focus every other day through National Library Week. I posted the first couple here on Ning; if I'm not able to post the rest here, you can see them on AL Focus.

I got a preview of them last week, and they're funny stuff. Hope you enjoy.

Edited to add: Just realized that the intro video was… Continue

Added by Greg Landgraf on March 24, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Need to think about the Computers in Libraries conference

I have signed up for the conference in April and realized it was right around the corner. I need to get a hotel reservation soon.....I am looking forward to learning all the new things and am happy I am taking a pre-conference on searching. We are starting to see real gains in our libraries re: library 2.0 technology use. One of our member libraries (Waterville Public Library) has begun a staff wiki so that staff can make suggestions, voice issues, etc. The director stated that it has been very… Continue

Added by Beverly Choltco-Devlin on March 20, 2008 at 9:21am — No Comments

Playing with Spresent "tutorials" & presentations

I'm still finding spresent's "instant flash slideshows" a useful tool to integrate text, images, video, and sound files, though I'm sure there are more polished products out there. I thought I might as well link to all the various ones I've created since the list is getting longer and not all are linked under the same information anymore:

for school:

Serieteket Library - created for my… Continue

Added by Emily on March 14, 2008 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Libraries as Learning Centers - Internet2, Web 2.0, and 21st Century Education

I am working with public school librarians in Indiana next month, and I am gathering information and resources to share with them. Thus, I am posting here hoping that many of you who are actively engaged in innovative programs in your libraries could share your thoughts and ideas with me so that I can share them in my workshop.

The focus questions I'd love to hear from you about are:

1. Are you utilizing Internet 2 in your libraries? If so, in what ways are you using this… Continue

Added by Julene Reed on March 12, 2008 at 11:29pm — No Comments

WiZiQ free Virtual Classsroom and content platform

Replay of March 17th Demo:

http://www.wiziq.com/Replay_Session.aspx?key=t&id=73125

WiZiQ is an online teaching platform, which provides a free virtual classroom environment for teachers to interact online and teach students in real time. Teachers can also build a profile, keep an availability schedule, and maintain a content… Continue

Added by Mark Cruthers on March 8, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

George Orwell (1903-1950)

“Books are for man it that for birds is wings.” (A.S.Puskin) I like reading and books. My favorite authors are Karel Capek, Erich Maria Remarque, and F.M.Dostojevskij etc. I am a student of library and information science. We are young librarians and we have literature. I “had to” read an interesting book, 1984 from George Orwell. Who was George Orwell?

George Orwell was British writer. He was born in 25th June 1903. His born town was Monthihari. Father of George Orwell worked… Continue

Added by Martin Suraba on March 2, 2008 at 8:57am — No Comments