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 [...]

This topic has been percolating for a long time, so I was psyched when Michelle contacted me with an invitation to participate in the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase. (Blogs, Wikis, Social Software Interest Group = BEST library acronym to date.) The idea, as I understand it, is to get some folks to produce some [...]

I was sorry to miss the NELA-ITS workshop on Open Source Software last week. But, thanks to the wonders of the internets, I did get some of the content. Particularly fascinating to me was Randy Robertshaw’s presentation on using open source software solutions on all library computers. Now, I’ve long thought this [...]

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, [...]

I passed Michael’s post, Steal This Idea Quicker Than a Ray of Light, around to our library staff last week. Someone replied with the delightful, Adventures of Super Librarian from the McCracken County Public Library:

Part of what I love about social software is that the tools are free so it evens the playing field [...]

I’m a fan of anything that cleverly pokes fun at the current administration - but this advertisment for Lakehead University is more than just that. The URL, yaleschmale.com has no apparent agenda or affiliation and the opening page shows only a stylized George W followed by the words:

Graduating from an Ivy League university doesn’t [...]

I haven’t yet jumped on the podcasting/vidblog bandwagon - originally I thought it was because I couldn’t see a clear or immediate application for online library services. But I just ran across the idea of placeblogging as a podcasted presentation - ‘here’s a topic I can get my head around’ I thought as I [...]

I will admit that I feel a sense of urgency when it comes to public libraries at this time - our services are no longer novel. Via the internet there are dozens of information and library service providers that are doing it better than we are because they are not limited geographically. Library [...]

I chose to go power-point-free, seat-of-the-pants-live-demo for yesterday’s presentation, nevertheless I felt especially important for them to see a good example of Gaim to really show it off. So, at the right moment, I took the perfect Gaim money shot. It turns out I didn’t need the image, but I was excited by [...]

I’m psyched that local papers are paying attention to Web 2.0, shifting primary information sources, and how libraries are responding to it to meet user needs even though “the trend has sparked anst-filled discussion for the past several weeks among librarians online.” Marian Peterson of the South Portland Library sums things up nicely:
Librarians need [...]