Archive for July, 2006

How big is your mission? - Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Last Christmas I was evangelizing about Flickr to a local library. I stole a photo from her Recent Photos page and uploaded it to my Flickr account to demonstrate tagging, commenting, notes, sets and all that great stuff. Important holiday festivities then beckoned and we drifted away.
I all but forgot about the photo [...]

If I had a boat… - Thursday, July 13th, 2006

I visited the Laconia Library in July of 2005 when they were in the middle of a renovation project. I had the good fortune to return almost exactly a year later to find an incredible library transformation. The new space is functional, inviting, warm, appropriate, and in-keeping with the character of the building. [...]

My favorite new word of the day. - Friday, July 7th, 2006

For anyone who still doubts the internet becoming a community, just like our towns, workplaces, and bowling teams - those who regularly post on Wikipedia are now Wikipedians. Just like people from Chicago are chicagoans and Boston are bostonians. The language we use is important and its usage can tell us what’s happening [...]

But does it strike twice? - Thursday, July 6th, 2006

I’m ridiculously proud that both my NH hometown libraries sport blogs - among the first blogging libraries in the state. And these librarians really get it! Madison Library (where I grew up) blogs about their Summer Reading Program treasure hunt and their summertime raffle. The library’s director, Mary Cronin, seems to do [...]

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