Check out this new blog by Steven Cohen of Library Stuff: "Feedster Hacks is a weblog and directory for the various hacks that have been created with Feedster …" This feed is now in my aggregator. I wonder what other librarians Feedster has tapped … Isn’t there a quote about smart organizations employing multiple librarians [...]
Dana VanDen Heuvel compares press releases and blogs in these lists. another from Portals and KM
Jeremy C. Wright sold his blog, Ensight. This is not the first time someone has sold a blog. "Yes I am hoping this becomes big news so that it helps people realise that blogs have a real value proposition to bring to the table as something more than simply link farms. That blogs, as blogs, [...]
Three librarians from Cambridge donated money for library materials to schools in Eastern Cape and helped four teacher librarians attend a conference.
Plenty of seats are available for the blogs and feeds talk Shimon, Josh, Garrett, Kris, and I are giving Saturday, October 30, from 1 to 5 pm at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Networking and refreshments begin at 12 pm. Although it’s possible to register at the door, it’s wise to register in [...]
I’m sure this will change before you see it, but the scratchpad’s post asking about how to place a feed on a site (not to be confused with creating a feed for a site) is near 26 on Daypop’s top 40. To my knowledge, that’s the first time any of my blogs have hit Daypop. [...]
Many of my friends read a lot of books and watch a lot of movies and like to talk about books and movies. I don’t have a lot of time to read and I don’t go to movies very often. I’ve missed some “essentials of American culture” because of those trends, apparently. They often recommnend [...]
Jessamyn writes about wifi in libraries, giving a good summary of the issues. My local public library recently began offering wireless. I have yet to try it out–mostly because it’s difficult for me to get to the library when it’s open because of my busy schedule. Wow! Maybe I could do live blogging from the [...]
The Wall Street Journal explores issues related to blogging in elementary and high schools, focusing on student privacy. Addenda: My apologies: Last night, I meant to type that this link is only available to subscribers of The Wall Street Journal, but a phone call distracted me and I forgot. Later: I think the above temporary [...]