Internet Librarian 2007

No, I did not attend the Internet Librarian 2007 conference.  (I did attend Computers in Libraries 2007 and it was fabulous.  I’m going to make a concerted effort to make it to the ‘08 one.)  Fortunately, there’s a high overlap between the type of people who attend these conferences and the type of people who [...]

social cataloging is not an oxymoron

For those of you not in the library game, you may be surprised to find that there is a bit of a social hierarchy/divide amongst librarians.   It’s not quite to the level of Sharks/Jets or Crips/Bloods, but it is there.   I speak, of course, of the Technical Services/Public Services divide.
I am firmly in the Public [...]

I love it when a plan comes together

Much to the dismay and consternation of anyone who has ever cared for my well being (parents, teachers, etc.), I majored in Anthropology in college.   My minor was Biology and I was for the most part interested in micro-evolution and using DNA to track it, but due  to the requirements of my program I have [...]

Jaiku

I can’t remember which one of the dozens of personal blogs of random strangers that I read (um, I’m apparently a bit of a voyeur) said it, but they said something along the lines of “Not having a Facebook is like not having a MySpace was three years ago!” At the time I had [...]

The University of Chicago Faculty Blog

This morning I discovered the University of Chicago Law School’s Faculty Blog. (Georgetown Law also has one, but it does not seem to be as active. There’s probably others as well, but I just stumbled across those this morning.) Assuming that one could get enough faculty members to buy in, this would [...]

Instantbird

The good folks at Mozilla have gotten into the Instant Messaging game with the release of Instantbird.  I’ve been experimenting with IM using Meebo, but a main problem with it is that it requires the user to keep a browser window open to Meebo and it’s relatively easy to miss an IM notification.   Hopefully Instantbird [...]

MLA Taskforce on Social Networking Software

The Medical Library Association’s Taskforce on Social Networking Software has begun a blog detailing the use and application of Web 2.0 technologies in medical libraries.  I’m going to be interested to see how other “special libraries” tackle Web 2.0 issues.
Source: NEXGENLIB e-mail list

the semantic web

Don’t have a handle on Web 2.0 yet?  You better hurry because Web 3.0 is coming down the pike, or so say presenters at the recent Web 2.0 Summit.

The Machine is Us/ing Us

I have twofold purpose in posting this video.  (1) This is a nice introduction to Web 2.0. (2) I want to see how wordpress embeds YouTube videos.

The Standard Awkward First Post

When I decided to become a law librarian, I had a definite vision in mind of what the job would entail.  I would occasionally assist law students and faculty with their research, but for the most part I would be in a basement somewhere surrounded by dusty books.  Most of my time would be spent [...]