April 2008 Blog Posts (11)

Panel tonight (Wednesday) at Fremont Public Library in Mundelein, IL

Hi folks,

Five authors will be doing a panel tonight about how to write, format and submit a manuscript. We will also be autographing books. Please tell any of your friends who might be interested.

Presenters: Morgan Mandel, Margot Justes, Sara Daniel, Maureen Lang, Susan Rae

When & Where:

Wednesday, April 30, 7-8:30 or later

Fremont Public Library

1170 North Midlothian Rd.

Mundelein, IL 60060

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Added by Morgan Mandel on April 30, 2008 at 8:59am — 1 Comment

Slides from Google Map, Second Life Presenation at CIL

We have made our slides from our CIL presentation available in slideshare.

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Added by Troy Swanson on April 23, 2008 at 4:41pm — No Comments

2008 MS Library 2.0 Summit Is Here!

The Mississippi State University Libraries are excited to present the 2008 MS Library 2.0 Summit! We are now calling for submissions for speakers and poster sessions.

Submission Deadline for Proposals: April 25, 2008

Conference Registration Begins April 28, 2008

After a tremendously successful inaugural MS Library 2.0 Summit last summer, the… Continue

Added by Amanda Clay Powers on April 21, 2008 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Whither the blogosphere?

The demise of the blogosphere has been predicted, as Martin Weller comments in this blog post, Whither the Blogosphere?. More importantly, he notes that blogs are probably not really dying, but the online options are growing:

What I think is happening is another example of technology succession. The blog was the primary colonizer for the barren landscape of online identity. The presence of… Continue

Added by Troy Swanson on April 16, 2008 at 10:47am — 1 Comment

First Post

Guess I might as well start a blog here too! Here's the first post just to get things rolling. Does everone have these? Anyway, right now I'm researching the use people are making of Twitter for reference and in libraries generally. Is it useful? I think there's a discussion thread about that here. I'm off to find it.

Added by John B on April 15, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Second Life on the Daily Show

Added by Troy Swanson on April 15, 2008 at 10:24am — No Comments

CIL 2008 - Day 3 - Marketing Your Library with Web 2.0 Tools

I have to say that this is the one single confererence where I learn the most, am the most energized and become recommitted to our role.

Now I am in the Innovative Marketing Using 2.0 Tools with Helene Blowers who spoke in Utica and is the creator of the 23 things) and Michael Porter from WebJunction.

The notes below are paraphrasing of Helene's and Michael's comments.

Here are some good examples of marketing libraries using Web 2.0 technologies.

"A… Continue

Added by Beverly Choltco-Devlin on April 9, 2008 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Webtoys I'm playing with...

I've been playing around on the web more lately and figured it might be a good idea to keep track of the things I've been doing/creating/whatever. A blog post on a Library 2.0 group site seems like as good a location as any.

Some of these tools are ones I was introduced to through my Media Literacy and Youth class, some I saw on blogs like Infodoodads, and others are new features of sites I've been using for a while, like Google Maps and photobucket. Most have ended up on the "… Continue

Added by Emily on April 8, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

CIL 2008 Monday April 7 - Keynote address Lee Rainie

Lee Rainie, a dynamic man who speaks at warp speed, presented the latest finding of the Pew Foundations research into library use. The most compelling finding that he presented today was that TEENAGERS comprise the largest segment of the population using public libraries. This is a CRITICAL finding. I think of the some libraries where teenagers are made to feel unwanted, where staff are trying to limit teen use of social networking sites (such as MySpace and Facebook) and diminish their… Continue

Added by Beverly Choltco-Devlin on April 7, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Searchers Academy at CIL 2008

Yesterday I attended the preconference workshop Searcher's Academy which was chock full of new websites and resources for power searching. Mary Ellen Bates, Marcy Phelps, Greg Notess and Gary Price all provided us with enough to keep us all busy for years. The discussion at the end of the day regarding the perennial issues of why users use Google almost exclusively, the role of libraries and librarians and the issues regarding fee-based databases and why people don't use them was very… Continue

Added by Beverly Choltco-Devlin on April 7, 2008 at 7:22am — No Comments

Malcolm X Map Project

We are just finishing up our Malcolm X Map Project. This is a pretty cool way to distribute student work. If you are a second life resident, you can also visit our SL MX Exhibit.

Added by Troy Swanson on April 4, 2008 at 4:21pm — 2 Comments