How’s the iPhone Working Out?

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I’ve owned an iPhone for about two months now, and thought I’d make a video sharing my likes and dislikes.Dislikes:

Stocks icon - works great, but I could care less about the stock market, so it’s not terribly useful to me
Calendar - again works great… but I have a work [...]

Looking for a Server Geek!

Hey - want to live in Topeka and work at my library? We are looking for a Digital Services Supervisor - here’s the description:
We’re looking for someone in love with systems, servers, tech projects, and change. Someone capable of bringing cutting-edge ideas to the table and who thrives in a culture of teamwork. Someone who [...]

Web 2.0 Presentation at the Allegheny County Library Association

I just gave a presentation at the Allegheny County Library Association on Web 2.0 and emerging trends. it was fun! This group of librarians is very lively - during the presentation, there were lots of great questions were asked and there was some fun discussion, too. That type of interaction certainly makes it much easier [...]

I Don’t Get It, or The Wonders of Mudflap Babe

More than one blogger this week has been pontificating on the wonders of the Wyoming Library Campaign’s mudflap girl. Here she is:
<sarcasm and nasty disagreeable Dave starts here>
I’m sorry, Wyoming. I realize that you hired “a team of Wyoming library public relations specialists” and that those professionals “have been planning this campaign for months.”
And I [...]

Education Institute Webcast: Planning and Implementing Library 2.0

I just finished up a talk for the Education Institute on planning and implementing library 2.0 tools and services. It went well!
Here’s a version of my slides, in the new Google Presentations (let me know if this doesn’t work).

Not a Destination

I’ve been working on an upcoming presentation, and I was looking for a way to discuss the concept of web as platform and how that might impact libraries… and came up with this:

Before web 2.0, people came to the library to do stuff at the library - they came in to check out books, read [...]

Education Institute Classes

Do you guys know about the Education Institute online courses and seminars? They frequently put together a great set of online sessions (and your truly sometimes presents one, too). here’s what they have going on this fall:

Time Management for Library Staff - Cheryl Stenström, Online Course, September 10 - October 5,2007 4 Week [...]

Facebook and Libraries

Ryan Deschamps at The Other Librarian recently posted about Facebook and libraries. It’s a thought-provoking article - go read it! Here are some tidbits from the article:
“So let me start with the Facebook library search application. It is
fine, but my opinion is that few people besides librarians are going to
add the applications to their profiles. [...]

10 Questions to Ask New Administrators

Pretend for a second that your organization is hiring a new administrator - a library director, assistant/deputy director, or something similar. What 2.0 questions might you ask? Here’s a list of 10 questions from the Logic+Emotion blog to ask a marketing agency executive:

Do you read blogs. Which ones?
Do you have a personal blog? What’s it [...]