PodCamp Boston 4 is being held on August 8-9, 2009 at University of Massachusetts-Boston, Harborside Campus Center. Registration is $ 50.00. For more information: http://www.podcampboston.org/ Posted by Rich
The June 4, 2009 issue of The New York Observe has an article called ABC News Shuttering In-House Library in Favor of ‘Digital Research Facility’; Looking To Donate Print Materials: “Today, yet another bricks-and-mortar media bibliothèque fell victim to the digital age.” “This afternoon, in an email to his staff, David Westin, the president of [...]
When I last saw my redheaded friend, she suggested I read The Time Traveler’s Wife based on it being a cool science fiction book coupled with a terrific love story. I was surprised to learn in the course of the book the main character, the time traveler, is a librarian at the famous Newberry Library [...]
Library Journal is holding a free webcast called Consider the Source – The Integrated Library System Marketplace on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2 pm: When it comes to selecting an Integrated Library System (ILS), there are many factors to be considered with respect to both commercial and open source solutions. Customer support, third party [...]
The NELA Information Technology Section is holding CMS Day: building a better website with Content Management Systems: Drupal, Joomla, Plone & WordPress on Friday, June 12, 2009 10 am -3:30 pm at the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Jessamyn West will be the keynote speaker. Drupal Darien(CT) Public Library & Paige Eaton Davis, [...]
As if all of the recent news about folks leaving news librarianship somewhat unwillingly hasn’t made us feel enough like we’re among the last ones at work late on a night with a glorious, exciting weekend beckoning to us once we leave, one of its superstars just took the elevator down to the lobby. Barbara [...]