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Aloha!About davidleeking.com (the website):
I create, write, think, and speak about library websites and emerging digital technology. This website reflects those topics.

I tend towards library website stuff – managing, marketing, experimenting, usability, and planning. Sometimes I stray into other related-yet-cool (translation: fun) topics, like videoblogging, experience design and planning, and web 2.0 / library 2.0 topics. Basically, anything in my head on any given day that’s somehow related to libraries, digital technology and websites.

Hmm… looks like I’m focusing more these days on experience design and planning and the emerging web. Cool. For more info about what you might find here, check out my Categories list (the large list of categories in the sidebar to the right of this page…).

Disclosure: I have ads on this site! Google Adsense ads, Amazon Affiliate ads and links, and probably other stuff from time to time. For example, if you click the image of my book anywhere on this website, you will be passed to Amazon through my affiliate link – and if you then buy the book, I make something off that sale (very, very little). Why do this? It pays for my web hosting. And it’s a whole huge area of the web that I haven’t paid attention to, so it’s a learning opportunity.

Also, once in awhile I get review books from publishers, requests to test a new web service, or even the odd opportunity to drive a car for a week. You bet I take those opportunities! Why? Cause it’s fun … and to test them out/read them, etc. If I like it, I might share. If I don’t like it, I might share too. Sometimes I ignore them … cool – I just wrote my first disclosure!

About David Lee King (the person):
This one’s a bit more difficult (’cause I’m not used to writing about myself). I currently work at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library as the Digital Branch & Services Manager. I have worked in libraries since the mid 1990′s. Before becoming a librarian, I held some different jobs, including:

  • customer service phone rep at a mutual fund company
  • disc jockey
  • freelance recording engineer
  • musician
  • pizza delivery dude
  • concession stand worker
  • construction worker/painter (boy, that one didn’t last long)

I like to read, write, go on occasional hikes in the woods, listen to music, create my own music (I play a variety of instruments), go to church, am married and have three cool kids.

I’ve been told on different occasions that I:

  • am easy-going
  • am creative
  • play too loud
  • have a quirky sense of humor
  • am funny
  • rock
  • am a dork (along with a host of other derogatory words…)

Hmm… here’s one way to get to know me a little better – go explore these links that house a wee bit of me:

Music
I like to write and record my own songs. The songs you’ll find on my Music page are all me (well, and sometimes are a bit of Michael Porter, too!

Feel free to contact me!

  • davidleeking [at] gmail [dot] com
  • IM: squagmar (aim), daweedrex (yahoo), davidleeking (gtalk)
  • Skype & Twitter: davidleeking
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  • http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/06/22/finally-added-something-to-my-about-page/ David Lee King » Blog Archive » Finally added something to my About page

    [...] About [...]

  • http://llamadavirtual.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/cambio/ Cambio « Alusión…Llamada Virtual

    [...] David Lee King hace alrededor de un mes publicó un artículo en su blog: Cómo lograr cambios en donde nunca [...]

  • http://llamadavirtual.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/competencias-bsicas-del-bibliotecario-20/ Competencias Básicas del Bibliotecario 2.0 « Alusión…Llamada Virtual

    [...] las competencias tecnológicas mínimas que ella considera debe tener un bibliotecario.  David Lee King (DLK) en su Blog va un poco más allá y coloca las competencias básicas que debe [...]

  • http://www.deakialli.com/2008/01/11/como-ser-un-bibliotecario-20-y-no-morir-en-el-intento/ Deakialli DocuMental » Blog Archive Cómo ser un bibliotecario 2.0 y no morir en el intento » Deakialli DocuMental

    [...] David Lee King establece cuáles son a su juicio las tareas que debe saber desempeñar un profesional de la información para considerarse un Bibliotecario 2.0: [...]

  • http://bibliotecasantiagoapostol.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/el-bibliotecario-20-2/ El bibliotecario 2.0 « El Navegante

    [...] textualmente, sobre cuál debería ser el proceder de una biblioteca 2.0, recogido, a su vez, de David Lee King. A tener en cuenta como punto de [...]

  • http://clear.bluedei.com/2008/09/19/acpl-library-camp-2008-part-1-overview/ Clear Blue Dei | ACPL Library Camp 2008 Part 1 – Overview

    [...] 8-9am, David Lee King, the featured speaker, gave a wonderful and thought-provoking presentation Managing the Digital [...]

  • http://bondchristian.com/ Marshall | bondChristian

    Hi David,

    I found your blog through a search I did for some facebook information. This is an interesting site. Thanks for the facebook help. I’m going to get more involved in that world in the next week or so.

    If you’re interested, you can connect with me on twitter here: @MarshallJonesJr. I’m also on facebook. Hope to hear from you.

    Blessings,

    Marshall Jones, Jr.

  • http://bondchristian.com/ Marshall | bondChristian

    Hi David,

    I found your blog through a search I did for some facebook information. This is an interesting site. Thanks for the facebook help. I’m going to get more involved in that world in the next week or so.

    If you’re interested, you can connect with me on twitter here: @MarshallJonesJr. I’m also on facebook. Hope to hear from you.

    Blessings,

    Marshall Jones, Jr.

  • Trish

    Hey David-

    I heard you had a blog and that I should check it out. Wow, it’s put together nicely……great information. Thanks for keeping the layout simple and easy to digest. So you were a disc jockey? Cool. Have you thought about posting a link to your blog from TSCPL Staff webpage? I think it would be appropriate and important since there are really powerful ideas here….just my 2 cents.

  • http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/libraries-and-librarians-strategies-for-competing-06-18-09/ Libraries and Librarians – Strategies for Competing…06.18.09 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog

    [...] is a good post titled Who Are Your Competitors? in a series by David Lee King in which he concludes with the [...]

  • http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/library-digital-user-experience-briefs-08-10-09/ Library Digital User Experience Briefs…08.10.09 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog

    [...] Digital User Experience Briefs…08.10.09 10 08 2009 David Lee King posted today a very useful post titled Writing an Experience Brief excerpted here for further [...]

  • http://alalearning.org/2009/09/03/building-the-digital-branch-for-the-21st-century-free-webinar/ ALA Learning » Blog Archive » Building the Digital Branch for the 21st Century: Free Webinar

    [...] search for “digital branch” on your favorite search engine proves that David Lee King is one of those responsible for inserting the term into our library lexicon and into the job [...]

  • http://mplweb204u.pbworks.com/ Annie

    Hi, David! I subscribe to your blog and am incorporating some of your ideas in my final paper in my LIB 100 class, “The Role of Public Libraries in Society”. (I’m citing you, of course) I took a Library 2.0 online class last year and then developed a Web 2.0 wiki for our patrons. It is a huge success! The patrons are slowly learning how to communicate with my library via Twitter, Facebook and Blogging. It is such a reward to see this!
    Thanks for all you do!
    Annie A.

  • http://mplweb204u.pbworks.com Annie

    Hi, David! I subscribe to your blog and am incorporating some of your ideas in my final paper in my LIB 100 class, “The Role of Public Libraries in Society”. (I’m citing you, of course) I took a Library 2.0 online class last year and then developed a Web 2.0 wiki for our patrons. It is a huge success! The patrons are slowly learning how to communicate with my library via Twitter, Facebook and Blogging. It is such a reward to see this!
    Thanks for all you do!
    Annie A.

  • David Lee King

    Annie – thanks! Glad you’re finding something of use here – that’s the goal.

  • David Lee King

    Annie – thanks! Glad you’re finding something of use here – that’s the goal.

  • http://litbrarian.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-final-step/ The Final Step « The Litbrarian

    [...] Song I did a quick Google search and discovered that David Lee King was a musician. I’m not certain how that career went (obviously not ideally if he wound up as [...]

  • Trish

    Hey David-

    I heard you had a blog and that I should check it out. Wow, it's put together nicely……great information. Thanks for keeping the layout simple and easy to digest. So you were a disc jockey? Cool. Have you thought about posting a link to your blog from TSCPL Staff webpage? I think it would be appropriate and important since there are really powerful ideas here….just my 2 cents.

  • http://www.sysnucleus.com/usbshare Sreejith S

    We’ve launched a software for sharing and accessing USB devices over Network, USBDeviceShare that you and your readers might be interested in. So I thought I would share it and get your expert feedback on. Here’s the info if you’re interested.
    http://www.sysnucleus.com/usbshare/faq/usbshare...

    You can find information on USBDeviceShare and the company SysNucleus from there.

    Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about it. I’d behappy to send you a license so that you can evaluate the desktop version better, if you‘d like.

  • http://suziwackerbarth.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/a-library-camel-that-twitters-yes/ A library camel? That twitters? YES! « not so quiet

    [...] Public Library (is this David Lee King’s library? Yes, yes it [...]

  • http://www.buypizzapress.com/ Pizza Press

    You sounds a very talented “jack of all trades” techie man.

  • mediamaiden

    Hi, David!
    A few of my middle school students and I are launching out into library avocacy for National Library Week. They aren't kidding that “Communities Thrive” because of libraries…and terrible things are happening. We have created a website( http://www.freeze-n-read.weebly.com ) and are calling on all people to Freeze-n-Read (there are a lot of ways to do this) to support libraries. We also want them to Vote4Libraries on our website. Please take a look and help us get the word out! If you have any questions, you can contact us from the webpage. Thanks so much!

  • http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2010/05/the-facebook-debate/ The Facebook debate…. | West Chester Public Library

    [...] lots of reasons why many people do care about privacy).  To counter Yoder’s position, read David Lee King’s 10 Reasons NOT to Quit [...]

  • http://www.evolgence.com Narendra

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    I have just visited your Website [www.davidleeking.com], and have liked what I seen.

    I would like a text link on your home page that leads to a content based folder hosted at your end. Our folder would contain content on a variety of topics.

    What I needed to know was how much would a text link + content folder cost us? We are looking at long mutually beneficial business relationship that results in our combined growth.

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    With Regards
    narendra ,

  • Joe Matthews

    Hi David -
    Wonder if you could blog about ways libraries can discover what people are saying about a specific library, especially from postings on social networking sites. I know lots of libraries would be interested.
    Thanks, Joe Matthews

  • Joe Matthews

    Hi David -
    Wonder if you could blog about ways libraries can discover what people are saying about a specific library, especially from postings on social networking sites. I know lots of libraries would be interested.
    Thanks, Joe Matthews

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