Online Photo Sharing
One of my passions is online photo sharing. During my Fall 2007 internship with San Jose Public Library I developed and delivered a class on this topic. Brian Herzog (The Swiss Army Librarian) is an avid Flickr user. He is even one of my Flickr Contacts. Brian has posted an outline on the topic of online photo sharing. Click HERE to check it out!
This introductory video he uses caught my eye. Beginning a technology instruction session with a simple video is a good idea. Give it a play!
From: http://www.commoncraft.com/photosharing
LibGuide for Modern Libraries
The goal of Library 2.0 is to use Web 2.0 technology to learn, gather, combine and organize information to better serve customers. Library 2.0 is about distributing the library content and services beyond the library website, and connecting with customers wherever they are.
LibGuide understands the goals of Library 2.0! Using this subscription based service, librarians can create content-rich guides, share knowledge and information, and easily promote library resources. The interface is user-friendly and equiped with Web 2.0 features. Customers are able to directly interact and improve the guides by leaving comments. They can also see and interact with the page-creator (that's you).
The LibGuide widgets are COOL! These widgets (example below) allow your specific content-rich guides to be shared across social networks. They also allow the library catalog to be searched from anywhere. Place the widget in a blog, facebook, myspace, or any website.
Check out LibGuide. This company is on the right track...
Change Congress
"Professor Lawrence Lessig, renowned expert in intellectual property, has a new mission: to combat the influence of money in American democracy. Bolstered by the recent “Draft Lessig” movement that almost convinced him to run for Congress, Lessig will further his mission by launching a new “Change Congress” project in a Sunshine Week lecture sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation and Omidyar Network" (Sunlight Foundation).
My purpose for posting this is simple. As a librarian, I am a huge fan of Lawrence Lessig. Lawrence Lessig is a Law Professor and Director of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. His passionate message about intellectual property rings true. If you don't know about the FREE CULTURE movement watch this IMPORTANT VIDEO.
Lessig will be speaking from Washington D.C. about his CHANGE CONGRESS project at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2008.
The event will also be Web cast: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/thepressclub-lessig-032008
Wordtracker Library Keywords
Wordtracker Results for "library"
Wordtracker is an online service designed to help businesses optimize their search engine ranking. The idea centers on strategically placing popular keywords in titles and content areas of your website. Knowing which keywords to use it crucial! If you are selling a product you need to know the specific words people are using to search for that product.
I jumped over to Wordtracker and conducted a quick five-minute search for terms relating to libraries. The "Count" column in this screenshot represents the number of times the term has been entered into search engines over the past 100 days. Check out a few additional results...
- librarian 338
- library2.0 6
- web 2.0 library 5
- Web 2.0 + libraries 17
- Web 2.0 libraries 15
- library marketing 5
- library 2.0 'rss feeds' 18
- flickr 7939
- social networking 492
- myspace 179136
- blog 1853
- blogs 1826
- Poddcasting 266
- Podcast 1050
- Podcasts 1030
You can do your own Wordtracker search for FREE. A two hour trial is available if you have a name and email address... Go for it!
The Librarian Song
A song about the librarian 2.0 archetype... (check it out!)
Teen Tech Week
When: March 2-8th, 2008
What: Now in its second year, Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, their parents, educators and other concerned adults with a general theme of competence and ethical uses of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries.
Why: This is your opportunity to recognize the teen customers and show them some love! YALSA’s Teen Tech Week committee has come up with a list of 25 things teens can do for Teen Tech Week... [click here to view]
YALSA's list of suggestions is not great, but can be a helpful starting point for generating ideas. I would also suggest:
- Creating a book/video display related to the technology theme
- Giving a brief presentation about creative commons
- Presenting a hot Web 2.0 application
- Engaging frequent conversation/questions about people's favorite technologies
Book Vending Machines
Libraries Will Soon Move Into Bay Area BART Stations By Connie Kim
This is an interesting article. The Bay Area is following the lead of the Scandinavians. Now commuters can check-out library books while they wait for their ride to work. This is a fantastic example of how libraries are going to meet the needs of their customers. The Contra Costa County Library is truly providing value and convenience. It will be very interesting to follow the roll-out of this idea!
I thought it was interesting that the article begins by saying, "It’s another sign of the future where computers and machines are taking the place of people. This time, we may be saying goodbye to our neighborhood librarian."
This quote reflects the ignorance that today's librarians must fight to overcome. Librarians are the ones taking the point on new ways to meet the needs of their community. We are responsible for implementing fantastic ideas like book vending machines!
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