The State Library of Western Australia has been quietly offering free wireless for the past couple of months, ENABLEnet - Free wifi at the State Library of WA. A comment about the demographics using the service stopped me in my tracks. …
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Demographics of early adoptors
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Make ideas real at the library
http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/05/08/make-ideas-real-at-the-library/I’m in Sydney right now - see, here’s me and a House and a Bridge: I was on the ferry back from the zoo when I took this photo of the Opera House at sunset: I hopped off the ferry and walked straight into the library at Old Customs House. My, oh my, oh my - what a fantastic idea I saw there. …
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Unconference and barcamp in Perth
http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/04/29/unconference-and-barcamp-in-perth/I’m again helping to organise (unorganise? disorganise ?) the Western Australian Library Unconference. This year the theme is Library 2.0 and beyond: getting our hands dirty . More information at the unconference wiki and the post I just made at librariesinteract.info, but the basic details are: …
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My Signature
http://librarygoon.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/my-signature/though I do work the reference desk several days a week. Even though Steven was addressing academic librarians, I think public librarians should attempt to come up with their own signature statements as well. I originally came across this idea on the Librarians Matter blog, where I posted my signature. My hope is that my signature is a reflection of my personality, job and professional goals. It serves as guide to the way I approach each and every day. I am sure this will change over time, but currently mine is:
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AAAARRRHHHH!!!!!!!! - My bookcase is floating!
http://micktl.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/aaaarrrhhhh-my-bookca...I was lucky enough to attend a 1 day training session, exploring Second Life on Monday. I am totally bewildered when it comes to second life, I really don’t get it. Nonetheless the opportunity came up to go to the session run by Kathryn Greenhill
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31 Day Comment Challenge: Becoming a Better Blog Citizen
http://curiouschild.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/31-day-comment-...to the creator of this challenge but Michele has been incredibly helpful with sharing information with me about how to market my blog and enhance my professional and personal development through blogging. I’d also like to offer runner up badges to Kathryn Greenhill, Sue Waters and Marianne who took the time to answer my questions.
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Библиотечные штучки
http://library-items.blogspot.comЧитала библиотечную заметку с таким названием по-английски о библиотечном маркетинге и создании профилей пользователей. Автор блога (кстати - тоже тезка) отметила, что ей пришла в голову идея о совмещении профиля библиотечного пользователя с университетским... и вообще -
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Pondering a new IT policy...
http://ferallibrarytales.blogspot.com/2008/05/pondering-new-...we turn the photocopier off at the wall at least once per week to reset the settings, to stop little glitches and expensive callouts...that is..."hello IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?". So my new IT equipment policy is: Source: Librarians Matter FeralTB-(
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Semantic Library - Data, meaning, content
http://www.semanticlibrary.netwebpages for mobile handheld devices: Improving the client experience [PPT] . QULOC Information and Communication Technology Working Party, 28 August 2006 Davis, Kate. 2007. More on mobile phones. Virtually a Librarian. Greenhill, Kathryn. 2007. Why libraries should care about mobile phones Librarians Matter Schmidt, Aaron. 2007. The current state of SMS in libraries. Walking Paper
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The message is the message
http://managethis.org/?p=56take on surfing the web I do agree that we need to get away from being “preachy” and telling our patrons that our services “are better for them”. Interestingly some other librarians are honing their messages into “signature statements”. Kathryn Greenhill, who frequently writes posts that make me think, points to Stephen Bell and his post “What’s your signature statement?” It seems that academic librarians are being influenced by the many educators who have a statement of teaching philosophy to
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Meme: Passion Quilt
http://katepitcher.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/meme-passio...Include links to 5 folks in your professional learning network or whom you follow on Twitter/Pownce. My 5 folks/blogs: Attempting Elegance Collections 2.0 Free Range Librarian Information Wants to be Free Librarians Matter
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Shelf Check #213
http://shelfcheck.blogspot.com/2008/04/shelf-check-213.htmlPassion Quilt Meme at Librarians Matter Passion Quilt Meme at Library Bytes Passion Quilt Meme at Technorati
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Tame The Web
http://tametheweb.comIf my students leave my classes as curious librarians ready to figure out the next big thing and make it work in their libraries, then I am doing my job. Kathryn, I hope it’s not too late to add to the meme and to pass it forward. Please see: http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/02/25/meme-passion-quilt/ I’ll tag: David Warlick Helene Blowers Amanda Etches-Johnson Cindi Trainor Peter Bromberg
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