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Podcasts not meeting the hype?

Posted in Podcasting, entertainment, marketing, media, search engines, services, technology on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I have to admit, reading this story was a bit depressing, considering the investment of time we are putting into podcasting here at my library.  Yahoo! is closing down its podcast directory and rumors are it is because of low interest and the closing of their entertainment divisioin…

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Library 2.0 is about power shifting

Posted in Web 2.0, community, librarians, library 2.0, profession, services, social networking, technology on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Kathryn Greenhill writes about the shifting of libraries’ power and Library 2.0 on her blog, Librarians Matter.   Kathryn makes some valid points about this shift in power:  users creating their own idea of a library and the power of libraries to take risks.  I think for years we were so bound by tradition and the [...]

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Tagging @ the library

Posted in Web 2.0, del.icio.us, services, social bookmarking, social software, tagging, tags, technology, tools on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Library Journal’s September 15th issue features an interesting article about what libraries are doing with tagging and social bookmarking tools.  Some exciting examples are Ann Arbor District Public Library’s experiment with a “social library catalog“.  Scroll to the bottom of the screen to find their tag cloud, a wonderful tool to browse subject headings which [...]

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Who’s interested in Second Life?

Posted in Second Life, Web 2.0, communication, community, higher education, learning, marketing, public relations, services, technology, undergraduates on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Many campuses of higher education are dealing with budget and staffing issues, as well as a lack of time.  Thus, Second Life has enormous appeal for all academic and student life departments, not just the academic library.  collegewebeditor.com is a web, PR, and marketing blog for higher ed institutions, aimed primarily to admissions and marketing [...]

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Web 2.0 apps for students

Posted in Web 2.0, applications, community, higher education, librarians, services, software, teaching, technology, tools, undergraduates on August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Great compilation of 2.0 tools for students.  The tools are aimed at mostly college students, but I suppose the list could be adapted for elementary and secondary ed students.  Tools like Zoho Office Suite which has a whole cadre of free word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications.  JotCloud and ShortText for taking notes, Facebook and [...]

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Library 2.0 in your neighborhood

Posted in Web 2.0, community, librarians, library 2.0, services, technology on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I found this piece while googling library elites for a podcasting talk I gave today.  David King wrote about Mary Madden’s recent blog post on the Pew Internet and American Life Project’s website: “This is Library 2.0“.  Mary gave a presentation in  King’s Kansas “neighborhood” and made a delightful observation:
While books are still obviously the [...]

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The value of virtual worlds

Posted in Second Life, Web 2.0, services, technology, virtual libraries, virtual worlds on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to George Siemens’ eLearning Resources and News email newsletter:  a recent TechCrunch article on virtual worlds and the different services they provide and a discussion on the Freakonomics blog about the popularity and economic questions sparked by virtual services such as Second Life.  This last one really started an interesting discussion about the supposed [...]

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