Ignoring our Digital Community

Lately, I’ve been hearing librarians say some interesting things about incorporating emerging online trends into their already hectic work lives. They’ll say “wow, this is cool” when I give a presentation - but when implementation time arrives - when these busy people actually need to start incorporating some of these new things into their work [...]

IL2007, Day 1: Cranky? Boomers & Older Adults are Greying the Internet!

Cranky? Boomers & Older Adults are Greying the Internet!, Allen Kleiman
seniornet, thirdage, eons - examples of senior-focused social networking cites
these sites are doing something, but aren’t doing a very good job of it.
said a 46 year old isn’t a baby boomer… ??? (picky sideline thing)
most of these sites are focused on seniors or boomers with [...]

New Song and Video: Social Digital Global Shift

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I recorded a new song and video for y’all! This song is all about social networking and how people are using the emerging social web to connect with each other, to communicate… and in my case, to sing songs to my blog readers.
When writing the song, I was thinking about [...]

Information Tomorrow has finally arrived!

Cool beans! Rachel Singer Gordon’s newest book, Information Tomorrow: Reflections on Technology and the Future of Public and Academic Libraries, just came out. I know, because I received a copy in the mail today.
And why did I receive a copy? Because I wrote one of the chapters! My chapter is chapter 10, An Experience to [...]

Web 2.0 Presentation at the Allegheny County Library Association

I just gave a presentation at the Allegheny County Library Association on Web 2.0 and emerging trends. it was fun! This group of librarians is very lively - during the presentation, there were lots of great questions were asked and there was some fun discussion, too. That type of interaction certainly makes it much easier [...]

Education Institute Webcast: Planning and Implementing Library 2.0

I just finished up a talk for the Education Institute on planning and implementing library 2.0 tools and services. It went well!
Here’s a version of my slides, in the new Google Presentations (let me know if this doesn’t work).