Looking for a Web Developer

Wanna move to Kansas? We’re looking for a Web Developer:
“The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is seeking a creative, energetic Web Developer to help move our Digital Branch to the next level of sophistication. The successful candidate will help maintain and build-out tscpl.org, help develop specialty sites, build searchable databases, and work on web [...]

Admin Level Rights on Staff PCs?

I am looking for examples of libraries that DON’T lock down their staff PCs… libraries that provide power/super-user/admin level rights for staff. We will be re-doing our staff PC profiles later on this year, and I want to give our staff as much freedom as possible.
So - who’s doing it or has done it, has [...]

Super Screenshot Tool

Heads up on a fun tool - Super Screenshot! It does just what it says - enter a URL, hit the Go button… and you get a screenshot of that website. Pretty cool!

Technology Job at Washburn University

Just a head’s up for those looking for a tech job in a library. Last week at Computers in Libraries, I met another Topeka librarian - Alan Bearman, the Interim Dean of Libraries at Washburn University in Topeka, KS. After we got over meeting in DC instead of Topeka, he mentioned a job opening his [...]

CIL2008, Day 2: Making Time for Web 2.0

Here’s a link to the presentation I gave at Computers in Libraries, titled Making Time for Web 2.0
Enjoy!

Testing Flickr Video

Hey - just me, testing out the embed part of the new flickr video option. The what??? If you haven’t heard - flickr now allows video uploads for pro members (translation - those who have paid $30 a year for a flickr pro account).
The limitations? Not overly produced (I think the idea is to upload [...]

CIL2008, Day 2: Transparency, Planning & Change: See-Through Libraries

Speakers:
Michael Casey & Michael Stephens
This session is a standing-room only session!
Organizations are starting to let their staff blog - huge change from not long ago
Not always easy to implement new things
Quote: “Every time people really like something, we get rid of it.” real quote from librarian at PLA. Ouch.
Showing signs from libraries - bad signs [...]

CIL2008, Day 2: Innovation Starts with “I”

Speakers: Helene Blowers, Tony Tallent
How do we get the innovation and change to occur? This track is about that - how to move our organizations forward.
Talking about the ingredients of innovation
What’s innovation NOT?
process improvement
strategic planning
best practice
benchmarking
etc…
What is it?
it’s an intersection
a pivotal point
Creativity is thinking up new things.
Innovation is doing new things. It’s action.
Book to read [...]

CIL2008, Day 2 Keynote: “The Dutch Boys”

Two years ago, Delft bought a mobile recording facility - to teach kids how to tell their own stories via sound and video.
These guys do a fun presentation. They talked about the documentary they made, visiting libraries across America. Their first stop was New York - so Eric asked if anyone was in the audience [...]

CIL2008, Day 1: User-Generated Content

Speaker: Roy Tennant
Why?
more content is better
more access is better
can help provide personalized service
Kete
kete.net.nz - not heard about this. Looks like a web app for housing digitized stuff, that’s more social than the usual. EX - some people can create ads on the site…
Descriptive Contributions
ex - allowing customers to add content to old photos (ie., who [...]

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