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Scriblio is truly in beta form. We released it before it was all polished and buffed in order to get some feedback and start building some community around it. That, of course, comes with some frustrations. Despite my own involvement with the project, when you [...]

Tonight I am scheduled to give an introduction to Web 2.0 to the Tamworth Library Friends group. Tamworth has been so good to me, giving me a chance to test Scriblio, so I was excited to talk to them. I didn’t even know it was open to the public until my phone rang [...]

I was thrilled today to join the admirable ranks of Jessamyn and Andrea to offer a Web 2.0 smorgasbord to NH librarians.
My Web 2.SO? or Why Libraries Should Care, repurposed from BIGWIG, served as the day’s introduction. Jessamyn then offered a practical introduction to Flickr and del.icio.us. She even inspired me to [...]

Tamworth is a town of 2500 in the rural white mountains of NH. Yet, TheGoodPeasant, tamworth resident, took a video of the Cook Library’s 4th of July float and posted it on YouTube.
It’s not just kids or geeks. People in all types of places are using social tools online and they’re doing so [...]

From Cascada, Everytime We Touch:

This made me giggle for obvious reasons; our patrons are screaming out! Dance with me! Dance with me!
But TheGreatIndoorsman speaks for too many of us:
Dammit! Does she have any idea how much effort it takes to keep a card catalog organized!?
Thanks to Casey for the heads up.

Today I’m speaking to the Merri Hill Rock Library Cooperative on Social Software.
I’m impressed that among them are two really innovative and exciting blogs:
The Cutler Library in Litchfield has made an entire website with a series of free blogs from Blogger AND each is represented as a community space: BoaRD RooM, FRieNDS’ CoRNeR, INFoRMaTioN BooTH, [...]

The latest version Michael Habib’s Academic Library 2.0 Concept Model comes to me this morning by way of Jennifer. I find it one of the best and clearest explanations of why we, as librarians should care about the current online social trend. I wonder, though, how does it change when applied to public [...]

I’ve been accused of talking about myself too muchbut I’ve been so busy, I haven’t been able to develop any good posts. I do have a story, however… if you’ll indulge. Have you ever tried to describe the internet to someone who has never even used a computer? My grandmother, for example, [...]