Comments on: Topeka’s Techie Toybox http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barbara Kelly http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-23553 Barbara Kelly Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:53:39 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-23553 Hi David, I was just wondering if staff can take the tools home, such as the cameras, and use them as patrons are using them, rather than using them for work? Hi David, I was just wondering if staff can take the tools home, such as the cameras, and use them as patrons are using them, rather than using them for work?

]]> By: Gadget Graveyard | David Lee King http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-21177 Gadget Graveyard | David Lee King Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:13:26 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-21177 [...] my library’s techie toybox? What happens when those gadgets are new no more? Check this article out (found via vBSetup): [...] [...] my library’s techie toybox? What happens when those gadgets are new no more? Check this article out (found via vBSetup): [...]

]]> By: Aparna Ghosh » Blog Archive » Thing 12: Technology Petting Zoo http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-20395 Aparna Ghosh » Blog Archive » Thing 12: Technology Petting Zoo Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:50:45 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-20395 [...] Topeka’s Techie Toybox is great - do the Loyola Libraries have a YouTube account? [...] [...] Topeka’s Techie Toybox is great – do the Loyola Libraries have a YouTube account? [...]

]]> By: Joeyanne Libraryanne » Reading ebooks on your iPhone/iPod Touch http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-20280 Joeyanne Libraryanne » Reading ebooks on your iPhone/iPod Touch Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:02:22 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-20280 [...] an aside, I wish we had some of these types of things at our library, a while ago I heard about the “Techie Toybox” available to the library staff at Topeka & Shawnee Public County Library and thought what a [...] [...] an aside, I wish we had some of these types of things at our library, a while ago I heard about the “Techie Toybox” available to the library staff at Topeka & Shawnee Public County Library and thought what a [...]

]]> By: Tinkering in the Techie Toybox - my presentation | David Lee King http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-19728 Tinkering in the Techie Toybox - my presentation | David Lee King Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:28:16 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-19728 [...] Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library’s Techie Toybox - what we originally purchased [...] [...] Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library’s Techie Toybox – what we originally purchased [...]

]]> By: Topeka’s Techie Toybox http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-11161 Topeka’s Techie Toybox Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:01:45 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-11161 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

]]> By: LIS651 » Blog Archive » Topeka’s Techie Toybox http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-11015 LIS651 » Blog Archive » Topeka’s Techie Toybox Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:20:28 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-11015 [...] http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/ [...] [...] http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/ [...]

]]> By: Innovation, toh-may-tohs, and change : Manage This! http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-11008 Innovation, toh-may-tohs, and change : Manage This! Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:42:22 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-11008 [...] But when we talk about innovation we are talking about change. And we all know that change is supposed to be managed or it will become an ugly sticky toxic mess. Let’s go back a few months to David Lee King’s post How Can We Change the Unchangeable, or David’s Rant and now take a look at what his library is doing now to manage that change with their “techie toybox”. [...] [...] But when we talk about innovation we are talking about change. And we all know that change is supposed to be managed or it will become an ugly sticky toxic mess. Let’s go back a few months to David Lee King’s post How Can We Change the Unchangeable, or David’s Rant and now take a look at what his library is doing now to manage that change with their “techie toybox”. [...]

]]> By: sqemporium » Topeka’s Techie Toybox http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-10918 sqemporium » Topeka’s Techie Toybox Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:24:38 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-10918 [...] here for [...] [...] here for [...]

]]> By: Kelley Beeson http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/comment-page-1/#comment-10901 Kelley Beeson Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:14:46 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/#comment-10901 Hi David et al! We just bought a Flip Video Digital Video Recorder ($159). Saw the review in SLJ and it looked like a great way for our county libraries to begin video-blogging and recording booktalks and meeting highlights. We haven't gotten it yet, but it's the first purchase for our eventual 'techie toy box'! Hi David et al!

We just bought a Flip Video Digital Video Recorder ($159). Saw the review in SLJ and it looked like a great way for our county libraries to begin video-blogging and recording booktalks and meeting highlights. We haven’t gotten it yet, but it’s the first purchase for our eventual ‘techie toy box’!

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