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What Do Kids, Tweens and Teens Do Online? - (eMarketer - 10/10/06) - "Understanding what kids (ages 8 to 12), tweens (9 to 14) or teens (12 to 17) are up to — online or off — is a tall order, but MindShare gave it a good try in its "Kids, Tweens, and Teens and Technology" report." (via) UAH library browser tools - (Chad Haefele - Hidden Peanuts - 10/09/06) - "I pulled together a number of browser-based search options for our resources. So far we’ve got: Firefox search bar plugins (for that search box in the upper right corner) for the catalog and Academic Search Premier, IE7 search bar plugins for the same two resources, and a full fledged Firefox toolbar with a number of campus-related links and search options." Project Posner - "The purpose of this site is to make freely and easily available to the public Richard Posner's largest and greatest body of work — his judicial opinions. The database contains opinions from 1981 to 2006. It will not contain the most recent opinions." (via) Voices and Ears - (Joseph James - American Libraries - 10/06) - "It wasn’t until later that I realized I hadn’t told him to consult his local library. OK, duh on me for not thinking of it; I plead momentary panic and the lingering results of a finely prepared gin and tonic. More to the point, Ron—a constant library user—didn’t think of it either. To him and to lots of others, libraries = books, even now. Absolutely nothing wrong with that; however, as voices come in increasingly diverse forms, we have to be perceived as the people who can connect them with the appropriate ears to listen and receive inspiration . . . but that’s another story." Priorities & Professionalism - (Sophie Brookover - LJ - 09/15/06) - "I'm one of many younger librarians having children and undergoing a priority shift as a result. Many of us are eliminating professional commitments to make more time with our families and spend more time on hobbies and other outside interests. We don't want to be managers and have no designs on becoming library directors, thanks very much." (via) New(ish) Librar* Blog - Opacula - "I am the master of the OPAC. I design and build OPACs for a large ILS vendor. If your OPAC sucks, it isn’t my or the vendor’s fault, its all your OWN!" Loving Library Thing - (Pesky Library Blog - 10/02/06) - "As we continue to find ways to connect our users with books, the library has now created our own “Pesky Library”, Library Thing page where we will be putting selected new books on the list each month. You can view selected titles from our Library Thing page from our blog, (located under the links.) We have recently added some of our newest titles and look forward to having our Library Thing list grow." Using slideshare for photosharing - (Slideshare Blog - 10/09/06) - "A surprising number of our alpha users are using slideshare to share photographs, and to create embedded photo slideshows for their blogs. We hadn’t anticipated this, but we think it’s pretty darned cool. For example, check out this slideshow from fabric of folly." LITA/Library Hi Tech award nominations sought - (ALA - 10/10/06) - "Nominations are invited for the 2007 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award given each year to an individual or institution for outstanding achievement in communication for continuing education in library and information technology. Sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and Library Hi Tech, the award includes a citation of merit and a $1,000 stipend provided by Emerald Press, publishers of Library Hi Tech." Law blogs raising prickly ethical issues - (National Law Journal - 10/06/06) - "On the one hand, states want to protect consumers from unscrupulous lawyer advertising presented under the guise of an online diary. On the other hand, they want to preserve the free flow of ideas-and valuable legal information presented in a public forum-that the new technology has fostered. Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space - "A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic. This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging." (See: Speaking of Mixed Use and Libraries) RSS Feeds - Adding A Feed To A Website - (WebProNews - 10/09/06) - "Adding an rss feed to your website is not as difficult as most people believe" Fire destroys Williamsport public library - (AP - 10/09/06) - "The state fire marshal is investigating a fire that destroyed the public library in Williamsport, Indiana, last night. Fire Marshal Roger Johnson says the initial damage estimate is five (m) million dollars, but that estimate could go much higher. He says computers, books and videos inside the library were destroyed." Why Facebook matters - (Fortune - 10/06/06) - "A lot of companies get grouped as social networking," says Zuckerberg. "Lots are dating sites, or media sites or sites for community. But our mission is helping people understand the world around them." (via) Blog, blog, blog, blog, blog - (Aspen Times - 10/09/06) - "I’ve been blogging for exactly six months now, and let me tell you, there is nothing more satisfying than documenting, in words and pictures, the minutiae of your life and having millions and millions of people ignore it on a daily basis." Meet the Blograrian - (Manilla Bulletin - 10/09/06) - "Zarah Gagatiga, coordinator of the grade school learning resource center of Xavier School, likes to think that she lies somewhere comfortably in the middle. She’s no spinster, and she doesn’t go out on weekend-long parties in some sleazy hole-in-thewall bar in Malate, either. What Zarah does is keep a blog—School Librarian in Action — and she isn’t alone." (via) Space resorces wasted as bloggers on the rise (China Daily - 10/09/06) - "The number of bloggers in China had reached 17.5 million by the end of August, almost 30 times the 2002 figure. Around 7.7 million of that figure were active bloggers who updated their web logs at least once a month. That number is expected to exceed 10 million by the end of the year, according to the 2006 Chinese bloggers investigation report released by the Internet Society of China recently." State cuts send libraries to the ballot - (Beacon Journal - 10/09/06) - "`Our job is to convince people that the library is a very important issue. They need to see it as a quality of life issue,'' Director Kevin Rosswurm said." Libraries on the cutting block - (The Minnesota Daily - 10/09/060 - "There is a pervasive belief in our society that knowledge and education empower people. However, in Minneapolis, libraries are closing and restricting hours as money is favored over access to knowledge." |
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