Great things ahead for library web and library technology!

In the last week or so, I’ve seen three pretty cool things:

John Blyberg’s post about how to overcome the tech deficit
Glenn Peterson’s new project, EngagedPatrons
Sean Robinson’s project, the PayITForward web wiki

Blyberg always has good stuff to say - you should go read his post, and let it soak in. There are plenty of good ideas [...]

10 Reasons to Love Web 2.0 - from a Flickr Dude

These are notes I took while listening to a podcast of Cal Henderson from Flickr, titled “From Web Site to Web Application - Ten Reasons to Love Web 2.0.”, who spoke at “The Future of Web Apps” conference. You can find it (and a lot of others) on the Carson Workshops/Summit website.
 Cal’s definition of web 2.0: “Web [...]

Comments on Twelve Techie Things for Librarians part one: User Centered Technology Planning

Michael just blogged a wonderful post on things techie librarians need to know about in 2005. It’s a great read, and I agree - definitely all stuff librarians should know about. I’m going to comment/piggyback off two of the points (’cause they made me think)…
So for the first one: User-Centered technology planning. Michael focused on [...]

Library Journal - Technoplans vs. Technolust

Library Journal - Technoplans vs. Technolust
Cool! Michael Stephens, Special Projects Librarian at St. Joseph County Public Library and blogger for Tame the Web, wrote this article for Library Journal’s netConnect… and quoted me! How cool is that?
It’s also a great article with some very good pointers for creating and implementing technology plans. Read it!

Five “Must Have’s when Planning for a New Tech-based Service

Swiped from Tame the Web: Technology and Libraries: Planning for a New Tech-based Service — Try these.
Five “Must Haves” when planning for a new technology-based service:
Creating policy
Acquiring the Technology
Staffing
Training staff
Promotion
Think about it - can you have one without the other? Let’s see:
No policy - nothing will happen on the staff side, and customers will get [...]

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