Happy (Late) Blogoversary To Me
In the midst of prepping for CIL and working on a bunch of projects at work I completely missed my 2nd blogoversary, which was March 28. Yeah, there are a few posts from 2004, but I don't really count...
View ArticleCIL 2008: Podcasting and Videocasting Bootcamp
Thanks to everyone who came to the Podcasting and Videocasting Bootcamp program this AM. David Lee King and I had a blast. I didn't take any still pictures, but here is it in brief video form.Make sure...
View ArticleCIL 2008: Learning From Newspaper Publishing
Brian Kroski, New York Observer{I'm going to try to go to a couple of the talks in the Beyond Libraries track today to hopefully get some good ideas for work. This talk and the Learning From...
View ArticleCIL 2008: When Web Calling, Video, and Libraries Collide
Char Booth, Ohio University. Article in upcoming Internet Reference Services Quarterly (13.2).scalable web video/ calling library services are possible = point of talk. just because you can do it...
View ArticleCIL 2008: Podcasting CyberTour
Thanks to the ridiculously large crowd that came out for the podcasting cybertour at CIL on Tuesday. I'm amazed and glad that so many folks took time out of their lunch to listen to me speak. I hope...
View ArticlePublishers Sue Georgia State on Digital Reading Matter - New York Times
Just saw this article from the New York Times. Apparently Georgia State University, a former employer and alma mater, is being sued by publishers for alleged copyright violations related to digital...
View ArticleCIL2008: The Dave and Dave Show - Results!
Today I had a nice Facebook message from Elizabeth Davis of the Lackawanna County (PA) Children's Library, one the CIL2008 graduates of the Dave and Dave Show. Otherwise known as Podcasting and...
View ArticleGreetings From New Jersey
I'm currently in chilly and damp Long Branch, New Jersey for the New Jersey Library Association Conference. I'm doing a preconference workshop on podcasting and videocasting this afternoon and a brief...
View ArticleNJLA2008: Practical Podcasting Preconference
Thanks to everyone who came out to the "Practical Podcasting" preconference session at the New Jersey Library Association conference today. There were a couple of technical issues, but hopefully...
View ArticleMr. Eddy Arnold Came From Tennessee
Smooth as butter countrypolitan superstar Eddy Arnold passed away today at age 89.Let's give old Tennessee credit for music indeed.
View ArticleSSP 2008: Digital Preservation - Part 1
Daniel Dollar – Yale University Medical Libraryshifting formats: content (online journal version of record/ digital backfiles)/ scholarly sharing/licensing/usage (COUNTER compliant)/accessibility...
View ArticleSSP 2008 - Digital Preservation Part 2
Eileen Fenton – PorticoWhy worry about digital preservation? E-resources can and do disappear! (about 13% of linked content in articles can’t be found in 27 months, obsolescence due to format/ devices,...
View ArticleSSP 2008 - Digital Preservation Part 3
Radhika Nurati – Apex CoVantage{Digitizing backfiles}Business objectives: preservation/genealogy (Mormons etc)/research/access/revenue generation Issues with semantics – digitization can bring together...
View ArticleSSP 2008 - Digital Preservation Parts 4-5
4. Victoria Reich – LOCKSS/ Stanford Univ. LibrariesLibraries are memory organizations.Questions: What should be preserved? Who do I want in charge? What does the archive cost? What am I preserving...
View ArticleSSP2008 – The Deep History of the Information Age
Alex Wright - New York Times{From his website I learned that Alex Wright is speaking at Tilburg University in the Netherlands this August. I spoke there last year! Cool. This talk was quite good. I'm...
View ArticleSSP2008 – New Content and Business Models in the New Publishing World Order
1. Online Communities: A World of Opportunity (Sharon Mombru – BlueInsights)Online community functions: networking (Facebook, LinkedIn)/ info sharing (YouTube, Limewire)/ info organizing (Connotea)/...
View ArticleInternet Librarian Props
Hello again. I've been meaning to kick the proverbial blog tires lately and see if it'll still start. I was incredibly overwhelmed by work in the time leading up to Annual and it has taken me a little...
View ArticleNew Lessig Book!
Sweet! Lawrence Lessig has a new book called Remix coming out on October 16 (according to Amazon). Just in time for the IL+ leg of my Fall West Coast Tour. Description from the man:Dedicated to Lyman...
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