Free Online Music “Store” coming in December…

Just saw this… a start-up named SpiralFrog is planning to launch a (drumroll please) new-fangled music service that will be based on advertising revenue rather than on .99 cent downloads. Yes, you read that right - as in FREE music. Universal Music is backing them (that’s big). Look for them in December.
Libraries, dust off your [...]

David’s New Job

I don’t tend towards the personal on this site, but sometimes ya just gotta. I have accepted a new job! Starting in October, I will be the Digital Branch & Services Manager (read the job ad, if you’re interested) at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. I’ll be in charge of all things digital [...]

Library of Congress Solves their Techie Divide

If you didn’t see this, you should REALLY go read the article (from American Libraries Online; discovered via Michael Casey).
From the ALA article: “… LC Director for Workforce Acquisitions Bill Ayers said 200 employees had taken advantage of a voluntary retirement incentive for librarians who had become “very comfortable” with traditional librarianship and chose not [...]

Libraries aren’t the Only Ones Dealing with Web 2.0

We’ve beenseeing a few “web 2.0-ish” library jobs crop up lately - look at this job someone just accepted at NPR:
“…serving as senior product manager for online communities. In this role, I’ll essentially act as NPR’s Web 2.0 strategist, helping them develop new initiatives that encourage greater public involvement in NPR’s online activities. These activities [...]

Five Types of Content on a Library Website

I’ve been thinking through different content types that tend to be presented on library websites. Here’s what I have so far:

Traditional Content, or “Stuff we Buy”: this is the no-brainer area. It includes books, videos, music, journals, etc. All the usual stuff that libraries collect.  The main thing to remember here is to be format-agnostic. [...]

Testing Squeet

Just testing Squeet… Thanks! One more test.

Testing Squeet

Just testing Squeet… Thanks!

Library Videoblogs So Far

Update: I’ve added a library to the list of videoblogging libraries:

Westerville Public Library, which I mentioned yesterday. They seem to be focusing on videos of programming right now.
Manchester Public Library’s Teen Matrix - “a video podcast about books.” Not sure if they plan to update this (all three videos are from Nov 2005).
Orange County Library [...]

David’s Current Speaking Schedule

September 15: Blogs, Wikis & Other Emerging Trends, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) National Institute.
October 4: Blogs, Wikis & Other Emerging Trends, Missouri Library Association (preconference workshop).
October 22: Hiring, Keeping and Working with Techie Staff, Internet Librarian 2006 (preconference workshop).
October 23: Web-Based Experience Planning: Creating User-Centered Experience, Internet Librarian 2006.
October 23: Cultivating [...]

Guess What the NYTimes uses for Blogging Software?

Take a peek at this cool job-ad… The NYTimes, huge media company, uses Wordpress for their blogs. Granted, they have integrated Wordpress rather nicely on their site, but still…
Whether you’re a big, old media company or a tiny rural library, you can benefit from free, open-source blogging tools!
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