The new Journal of Library Innovation might interest some of you. The inaugural issue features articles on using Google Calendar for library services, fostering play and creativity, graphic novel collections, and reaching out via pop culture. It’s free and available online. Sign up for emails to learn about new issues.
Dear Human, Why won’t you let me have a Twitter account like Sockington? Your Cat
As you might guess, this story is better than that. Harold Grinspoon, who had better luck in real estate than most of us are currently having (or will have in our lifetimes), uses his fortune to send about 60,000 children books about Jewish culture and themes at no cost to them via the PJ Library [...]
BarCamp Boston 2010 is being held on April 17-18, 2010 at the MIT Stata Center in Cambridge Mass. Registration is free, but they are asking for a voluntary $20 admission fee to cover costs. In case people have forgotten what is a BarCamp conference: “BarCamp is an unConference, organized on the fly by attendees, for [...]
Tuesday’s (3/23) Berkman Lunch is about Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Book Scanning with Daniel Reetz, one of many “… DIY’ers who believe that the future of digital books is too important to be decided solely by corporate interests.” As usual, the lunch will be webcast and such to allow remote participation. For in-person attendance, please RSVP to [...]
WBUR just advertised that the current Radio Boston episode, which airs again at 3 pm this afternoon (3/13), will cover the Boston Public Library’s current budget problems and actions the library could take. Folks within radio range can tune to 90.9 FM or a few other frequencies. WBUR streams and the Radio Boston site has [...]
The New England Technical Services Librarians are holding their annual spring conference called Crosswalks to the Future: Library Metadata on the Move on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts 9:30am-3:30pm Morning Keynote Speaker: Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Chief, Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress “Building Blocks for [...]
“The Berkman Center’s Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic are pleased to announce a one-day symposium and [continuing legal education] program to celebrate the launch of the Online Media Legal Network (OMLN) [called Journalism's Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities]. OMLN is a legal referral service that connects qualifying online journalism ventures and [...]
I was thrilled when Oprah shared this video Ocoee middle schoolers made to encourage reading. It’s based on a somewhat-planned dance flash mob that happened during Oprah’s fall season opener in Chicago when folks began dancing to the Black Eyed Peas’ song I Gotta Feeling. Hearing my computer start playing it as a browser loaded [...]
The upcoming MIT Communications Forums sound pretty nifty. Minnesota Public Radio. Ethan Zuckerman. Digital. Government. Collaboration. Yum. government transparency and collaborative journalism new initiatives for gathering news linda fantin, minnesota public radio ellen miller, sunlight foundation moderator: chris csikszentmihalyi, mit thursday, march 18, 5-7 pm 32-155 the gutenberg parenthesis oral tradition and digital technologies thomas [...]