October 2009 Blog Posts (12)

Go!Animate: Second Life Interactive Books & Libraries

GoAnimate.com: Second Life Tour 1: Interactive Books & Libraries by gwyneth

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a Go!Animate vid i made for a presentation at the AASL conference (… Continue

Added by gwyneth jones on October 30, 2009 at 10:34am — No Comments

Automated classification and cataloguing

A few years ago we (my bib team) looked at our cataloguing and classification processes and tried to work out how we could improve the processes and cut down on the human input side of things. I was one of 2 main cataloguing staff working for a large public library service and I knew that it didn't make sense to have every single record we received from our suppliers updated by hand, so that it fitted in with our local needs. We still needed to keep some local information, but we were sure that… Continue

Added by Gary Green on October 28, 2009 at 11:48am — No Comments

Emtacl10 keynote speakers

Emtacl10 keynote speakers:
Lorcan Dempsey
Ida Aalen
Chris Clarke
Stephen Abram
Martin Malmsten (Libris)
Conor Galvin (http://bit.ly/3FaIO1)

Added by Joost Hegle on October 22, 2009 at 4:44am — No Comments

Invitation for conducting tutorial on Library2.0 during 2nd International Symposium on ETTLIS 2010

Dear Friends,

I am seeking someone who can conduct the tutorial on Library 2.0 during 2nd International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS) 2010 during June 3-5, 2010 at JUIT Waknaghat (HP) India. Person should have some practical experience.

I am happy to inform that we have one special theme on Library 2.0 where people will share their experiences and success stories.

I take this opportunity to invite… Continue

Added by Dr. Sanjay Kataria on October 20, 2009 at 12:10pm — No Comments

“Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services”

2nd International Symposium on “Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services” (ETTLIS-2010), June 3-5, 2010

INVITATION

Invitation for Participation and Paper Contribution on Emerging Issues of Libraries and Information Services, but not limited to the following:

• Global Best Practices in Library and Information Services

• Emerging Technologies: Issues and Challenges

• Change Management in Libraries and Information Centres

•… Continue

Added by Shri Ram on October 20, 2009 at 5:39am — 2 Comments

Blyberg on 21 Century Library and Williams on the Google generation

Swedish library conference Knytpunkt 2009 including speachers as John Blyberg and Peter Williams will be broadcasted over the net.

You can follow the conference by login in as guest and a username on https://connect.sunet.se/knutpunkt2009

Sessions in English are (local time): Wednesday Oct 21

10.15 - 11.15 John Blyberg: ""Strike Anywhere: How the… Continue

Added by Peter Alsbjer on October 20, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Emtacl10: Emerging technologies in academic libraries

Deadline for submission of abstracts postponed / emtacl10: Emerging technologies in academic libraries. http://tinyurl.com/yf95kuo

Added by Joost Hegle on October 15, 2009 at 7:41am — No Comments

Twitter and Teachers : A Mini Workshop

Twitter and Teachers : A Mini Workshop by e-Teaching Courses and Workshops

Get your own…

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Added by Mark Cruthers on October 10, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Twitter Snooker filter

Wouldn't it be good if you could follow someone on Twitter and only receive their Tweets that were relevant to the reason you started following them? For example, Imagine you started following someone because they were an expert on Web2.0 stock management. Imagine that they were also obsessed with Steve Davis (snooker player). In this fantasy world you also happen to dislike snooker so much that a mention of the yellow slipping in the pocket after being nudged gently by the blue makes you fall… Continue

Added by Gary Green on October 8, 2009 at 6:41am — No Comments

emtacl10-Emerging technologies in academic libraries- CFP reminder

CFP (Call for papers) reminder emtacl10 http://www.emtacl.com

emtacl10 —
The international conference for cutting-edge technological developments in libraries within higher-education.

Abstract submission: 15 October 2009 https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=emtacl10

Added by Joost Hegle on October 6, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Augmented Reality for Books & Films

Here's an idea for Augmented Reality. Why not integrate a map of book and film locations into Augmented Reality handheld devices? So, if you're walking through central London, you can call up the film 'American Werewolf in London', it would direct you to the location of scenes, then once you got there it would pinpoint the exact spot/angle a scene was filmed at and replay the scene, overlaying the film on top of the real time image over your device. Live the film! Or how about going to Woking… Continue

Added by Gary Green on October 2, 2009 at 5:09am — 4 Comments

Twitter experiment

I recently tried an experiment with Twitter. I thought I'd get together an RSS feed of Tweets that mention the words 'love' and 'library' and Retweet them. I just wanted to see all the positive comments that people make about libraries and spread the word to my Twitter world (all 37 of my followers, over 1/2 of which are spammers... I don't mind. It makes me look more popular than I really am.) So I ran a Twitter search, found the RSS feed for it, put it into '… Continue

Added by Gary Green on October 2, 2009 at 4:16am — No Comments