Tasty, bitesize links
With all of these fancy widgets, plugins, apps, oh my! at my disposal, leave it to me to let tab after tab of things I want to blog to collect in my browser. Over 20 means it’s time for a link dump. Stop me if you’ve heard this:
Do Your Research Before Asking for Help [Lifehacker]
As a librarian I have some reaction to this. I’m just not sure what it is. Territorial – research is my thing, hands off? Excited to learn people still ask for help? Not sure what it is, but I like it.
Long Time Listener [Cat and Girl]
This reminds me of my favorite snarky comment when someone says something stupid like, ‘Oh, Libraries have computers?’ I smile sweetly and say, ‘You obviously haven’t been in a library in a looong time.’ I once looked for a new dealership when the salesman said that his librarian just sat around ‘and stamped cards all day.’ Sheesh.
How Do You Share Links Over the Internet? [Lifehacker]
I thought I was going to be all smug and use this as evidence that we need to invest more in providing services via IM, FB, Twitter, etc. But, joke’s on me – the result was email. Followed closely by IM & Facebook. Twitter was a distant third. Color me surprised.
When You Leave Our Library [Michael Stephens & David Lee King]
We should *all* have this on our doors. Well, actually, first we should all be providing some remote services.
Facebook Pages basics – a Screencast [David Lee King for the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase 2009 at the Annual ALA Conference. BTW, I'm wearing the tshirt reward from my 2007 offering at this very moment.]
This is a fantastic primer for anyone thinking about starting a library facebook page. I’m not a beginner, but I didn’t even know I could add a username. Yay! David gives fantastic advice – watch it!
Is there a Red Box DVD machine in your library’s future? [PAFA.net]
Fantastic idea. Anyway to provide services after hours is brilliant. If I had my way we would have installed one outside the children’s room last month. Unfortunately, and this may come as a surprise to some, I don’t always get my way.
