December 2007 Blog Posts (17)

Every Blog Has Its Day: Politically-interested Internet Users' Perceptions of Blog Credibility

Every Blog Has Its Day: Politically-interested Internet Users' Perceptions of Blog Credibility

Article Abstract: This study employs an online survey to examine U.S. politically-interested Internet users' perceptions of the credibility

of blogs. The article focuses on the influence of blog reliance

compared to motivations for visiting blogs in determining blog

credibility. The study found that blogs were… Continue

Added by Troy Swanson on December 23, 2007 at 1:39am — No Comments

MVCC Feed Parser

On our blog development blog, I posted about our new feed parser. I have put together a page on our library's Web site to help faculty members use the parser. This could be a handy tool for others to utilize. It is especially useful with del.icio.us.

Added by Troy Swanson on December 22, 2007 at 12:40am — No Comments

Local IT service unit banns library from social networks

Local Information Technology Service Unit of the small rural township of… Continue

Added by Peter Alsbjer on December 21, 2007 at 6:10am — No Comments

Dear all

WISH YOU ALL A MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Added by sami on December 19, 2007 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Our Library's New Green Blog

In an effort to pull people together, our library has just launched a new blog, Green Today, Green Tomorrow. blog is part of our library's One Book, One College program and the college's sustainability ini Thistiative. Thus, library programming, meets college policy, meets the curriculum, meets a blog.

Added by Troy Swanson on December 18, 2007 at 5:31pm — No Comments

Create a Blidget and Facebook App for Your Blog

I just posted about how to easily create a blog widget or "blidget" for your blog by simply copying and pasting the URL into Widgetbox and choosing settings - the post is here on iLibrarian if you're interested. You can also then follow the instructions to create a Facebook Application as I…

Added by Ellyssa Kroski on December 18, 2007 at 10:35am — No Comments

Conversants: Call for Papers

Thought folks here might be great contributors to a new limited run journal we are starting up. Please share your thoughts and experiences:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Introducing Conversants. Conversants (ISSN: 1940-5022) is a limited-run, open-access journal about participatory networks. Part of a joint project on Participatory Librarianship (http://ptbed.org) between the Information Institute of Syracuse and the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology… Continue

Added by Virtual Dave Lankes on December 14, 2007 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Koha software

Hi

If you are using (or considering using) the above, please let me know your thoughts/ideas/suggestions?

Cheers!

Added by MsInfo2u on December 13, 2007 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

How e-books can benefit older adults and how libraries can help

As people age, their vision is not as good as it was. Many people start

to struggle to read regular print books, magazines, and newspapers.

Ironically, just when they gain the time to read, they find out that

there are very few books available to them and some find that their

arthritis prevents them from using large print editions.

E-books that can be read on a small e-book reader could be the solution to

these problems. Libraries can promote the use of e-books… Continue

Added by RefLibrarian on December 12, 2007 at 8:03am — No Comments

Computers in Libraries 2008

I'll be speaking at Computers in Libraries 2008:

2:45-3:30 D304 Customizing Blackboard Richard Cox, Digital Technology Consultant, & Lynda Kellam, Data Services & Government Information Librarian, The University of North Carolina Barbara Kountouzi, Coordinator of Education & Research Services & Robert Cagna, Department Head, Access and Document Delivery Services, Biomedical Library,…

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Added by Richard Cox on December 11, 2007 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/177818002?tab=details
Woo-hoo! Coming soon.

There will be an associated wiki for each chapter as well.

Added by Richard Cox on December 11, 2007 at 11:11am — No Comments

Libaray 2.0

HI all i want to know from A-Z about the Library 2.0 . I hope that i can get help

Added by sami on December 8, 2007 at 1:44pm — 1 Comment

Libraries are still my favorite place to visit, but which stress relievers work best for the librarians?

Okay, it's the holidays and increased people are coming into the public library possibly because of the economy, the weather or maybe just some lonely folks looking for community. Many of my co-workers are taking vacation time and that leaves us a little stretched for help at the reference desk. I have been trying to avoid getting apprehensive about my last semester of grad school starting in mid-January. I'm curious what stress relievers other people working in libraries have found that get… Continue

Added by Diane on December 6, 2007 at 12:52pm — 1 Comment

training

i wrote about training and i can see that i didnt got any reply from any librarian is it that difficult to have funds for training?

Added by sami on December 5, 2007 at 6:59pm — 2 Comments

Training

HI Dear all librarians
Am a librarian from Palestine , am looking for a full training course " job training " free of charge , because i didn't had any training since 1988 when i got my MA degree in library science , so if any library can offer me this opportunity i will be grateful .
Sami Batrawi
sbatrawi@hotmail.com
mobile (+972545477208 )

Added by sami on December 3, 2007 at 7:09pm — No Comments

I'm At it Again - Another Display Case at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library

In August, a set up a display at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library to showcase Chicago-North Romance Writers of America, of which I'm a past president and remain a member.

I also reserved case for December to display my individual information. This morning I finished setting it up. As I was leaving, one of the patrons was already giving it a once-over, which made me feel good.

Along with the one shown above, I've also put up a few other photos from the…

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Added by Morgan Mandel on December 1, 2007 at 6:46pm — 1 Comment