CIL2006, Laptops and Notetaking

One final video from the Computers in Libraries 2006 conference. This one is from Paul Miller (the Talis guy) speaking about Web 2.0 and library catalogs.
The video is short - when watching, take a peek at all the laptops! I counted seven of them, and that was just in my tiny little section of the [...]

CIL2006 - Final Thoughts

This conference, to me, was all about:

Collaboration. Libraries need to be collaborating. With our library staff, with our patrons, and with other libraries.

Keeping current with technology. We just “have to do it.” Our patrons expect nothing less, and they get it - at Amazon, at Starbucks, even at McDonalds… we should be willing and able [...]

CIL2006, DAY 3: Project Croquet

Marshall Breeding introduced Project Croquet - he talked about it some, and we watched snippets of a video done by the creators of Croquet.
Project Croquet is a multi-user 3D-ish, game-like collaboration space accessed via a computer. It looks a little like Second Life or Sims Online - but that’s where the similarities begin and end. [...]