(A slightly delayed post...)
1. Watching a little boy and his grandmother dancing to Gemini Soul's music at the arts & crafts festival on Sunday.
2. Spending some time just watching the ocean, listening to the sea lions.
3. Meeting up with new friends and catching up with old ones.
Showing posts with label il2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label il2007. Show all posts
November 6, 2007
November 5, 2007
Slides on SlideShare
So, I created a SlideShare account and uploaded my (admittedly not very descriptive) slides from my Internet Librarian presentation. I was very impressed with how easy it was to use; now if only I could get a microphone so I could turn it into a slidecast and do the descriptive part!
November 2, 2007
IL2007: Content Management Systems
I kicked off this section with a brief overview of our year-long investigation into content management systems (CMSs), then passed it off to Amy Radermacher (Concordia University) and May Chang (University of Maryland) to discuss their own experiences with the CMSs chosen for them by their universities. I have to say I felt pretty lucky after hearing what they've had to go through...
Anyway, I'm going to learn how to use SlideShare and post my slides later today; in the meantime, thanks to ellbeecee for the action photos!
Anyway, I'm going to learn how to use SlideShare and post my slides later today; in the meantime, thanks to ellbeecee for the action photos!
IL2007: Folksonomies and Tagging
(Catching up on my last few posts!)
Tom Reamy, KAPS Group (Knowledge Architecture Professional Services)
Libraries & the Hive Mind
Essentials of, Improving the quality of, and In libraries
advantages: simple, lower cost of categorization, open ended, higher relevance (to the user), support serendipitous browsing, can tag anything, and it's always better than nothing at all! (what if it's bad or incorrect tags?)
disadvantages: quality. Hard to find with unstructured tags; no structure, no conceptual relationships. Issues of scale, limited applicability. Errors keep cropping up, makes it even less useful.
Dangers of Folksonomies: The Unwisdom of Crowds
Popularity can drown out quality
KAPS did a multi-year study to see if social networking has improved folksonomies; result is, not so far.
faceted navigation: combines strength of having structure with the ability to support personal perspectives - big advantages of a folksonomy
flickr: over 90% of the tags cover 6 basic facets; less than 1% cover subject matter.
del.icio.us: topics, not facets. findability a big problem here.
improving the quality: cluster tags, add broad general taxonomy (natural categorization), evolve the quality of tags.
librarything: turns out book people aren't any better at tagging! (Ha!)
Doesn't think traditional library strategies are going to work, nor will social networking efforts (good for socializing, not tagging).
What might work: semantic infrastructure and evolution, integrated evolving solution, new relationships
Tom Reamy, KAPS Group (Knowledge Architecture Professional Services)
Libraries & the Hive Mind
Essentials of, Improving the quality of, and In libraries
advantages: simple, lower cost of categorization, open ended, higher relevance (to the user), support serendipitous browsing, can tag anything, and it's always better than nothing at all! (what if it's bad or incorrect tags?)
disadvantages: quality. Hard to find with unstructured tags; no structure, no conceptual relationships. Issues of scale, limited applicability. Errors keep cropping up, makes it even less useful.
Dangers of Folksonomies: The Unwisdom of Crowds
Popularity can drown out quality
KAPS did a multi-year study to see if social networking has improved folksonomies; result is, not so far.
faceted navigation: combines strength of having structure with the ability to support personal perspectives - big advantages of a folksonomy
flickr: over 90% of the tags cover 6 basic facets; less than 1% cover subject matter.
del.icio.us: topics, not facets. findability a big problem here.
improving the quality: cluster tags, add broad general taxonomy (natural categorization), evolve the quality of tags.
librarything: turns out book people aren't any better at tagging! (Ha!)
Doesn't think traditional library strategies are going to work, nor will social networking efforts (good for socializing, not tagging).
What might work: semantic infrastructure and evolution, integrated evolving solution, new relationships
October 31, 2007
IL2007: What's Hot with RSS
Steven Cohen - Always an entertaining speaker!
slides online at stevenmcohen.pbwiki.com/IL2007
Hot on Google Reader... also Tumblr.
page2rss - very handy tool to create feeds for any web page
ScreenGrab again - must definitely check this tool out -
slides online at stevenmcohen.pbwiki.com/IL2007
Hot on Google Reader... also Tumblr.
page2rss - very handy tool to create feeds for any web page
ScreenGrab again - must definitely check this tool out -
IL2007: Mashups & Data Visualizations
Darlene Fichter - in costume no less! (As a green M&M.)
The eyes only see what the mind comprehends
Mashups are no longer in the realm of the techno-elite
programmableweb.com/mashups
most mashups are map-related
lots of tools out there now that make visualization of data easy. Web site structures, population densities, etc. Newsmap is pretty cool!
Elastic Lists - demo - kind of nifty!!
Swivel
ManyEyes
LivePlasma
The eyes only see what the mind comprehends
Mashups are no longer in the realm of the techno-elite
programmableweb.com/mashups
most mashups are map-related
lots of tools out there now that make visualization of data easy. Web site structures, population densities, etc. Newsmap is pretty cool!
Elastic Lists - demo - kind of nifty!!
Swivel
ManyEyes
LivePlasma
October 30, 2007
IL2007: Gadgets, Gadgets, and Gaming
As previously mentioned, I was 30 minutes late to this session so missed out on all the gadget talk, dang it! But - I gotta say - the gaming and future of libraries section by the Delft Public Library guys was awesome. I haven't been so engaged by a presentation in a long time - I stood for the whole thing and didn't notice it at all! They're blogging and posting interviews, etc online at Shanachie Tour - and there's a documentary coming soon, too.
I've seen postings from Jenny at Shifted Librarian and Michael at Tame the Web about these guys before but didn't really have an idea about what they were doing - but dang, it's great! Keep an eye on their tour and documentary - we saw some great things being said and done in libraries today.
Very cool! (Plus, they sounded like home to me...)
I've seen postings from Jenny at Shifted Librarian and Michael at Tame the Web about these guys before but didn't really have an idea about what they were doing - but dang, it's great! Keep an eye on their tour and documentary - we saw some great things being said and done in libraries today.
Very cool! (Plus, they sounded like home to me...)
IL2007: SLA dinearound
A group of 9 of us collected to check out Cafe Fina and talk story - we ended up scooping up another librarian from another table and sucked her right into our group as well! Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures because there was a sudden eddy in the space-time continuum when it came time to get and pay the bill... plus, be it noted, Cafe Fina charges for the water the waiter offers you at the start of the meal. They didn't tell us that - just asked us as we sat down if we wanted water, and we of course all said yes - it ended up being $5 per person by the end of the evening! We asked for it to be taken off the bill as we were not informed there was a charge for it, but management declined to do so. It was a rather down ending to what had been an enjoyable and lively meal...
And it made us 30 minutes late to the Tuesday night session! Arrgh!
And it made us 30 minutes late to the Tuesday night session! Arrgh!
IL2007: Librarians as Knowledge Managers
Susan Braun, The Aerospace Corporation
Review of AeroCorp... turns 47 this year. Concerns about the greying of the staff and loss of historical perspective. They're still working to specs from decades ago, but new hires work in new ways and need new ways to access information.
Corp motto: "From Anywhere to Anywhere"
Comparison of historical role and role today. Now they are key players in document management, LiveLink, communities of practice etc; large part of funding comes from KM office, not library office.
Librarians are integral players in the Communities of Practice - facilitators, organizers, coordinators, etc. Reference staff are embedded into the communities as in-place technical experts.
KM training processes.
Review of AeroCorp... turns 47 this year. Concerns about the greying of the staff and loss of historical perspective. They're still working to specs from decades ago, but new hires work in new ways and need new ways to access information.
Corp motto: "From Anywhere to Anywhere"
Comparison of historical role and role today. Now they are key players in document management, LiveLink, communities of practice etc; large part of funding comes from KM office, not library office.
Librarians are integral players in the Communities of Practice - facilitators, organizers, coordinators, etc. Reference staff are embedded into the communities as in-place technical experts.
KM training processes.
IL2007: I'm at Web 2.0, are you?
(Both speakers were very lively and entertaining!)
Sarah Palmer, American Bar Association
Finding that trying to get to 2.0 apps problematic, users still don't see a computer as a multi-tool, but as a typewriter or fax machine. They also think that if it's something their kids use, it can't be a business application.
Another issue is terminology - users think the names are weird - don't understand RSS but do understand newspaper, don't understand wiki but do understand web site. Did many training sessions, including one on just a technology glossary...learned to keep it discrete (don't teach too many topics at once).
Don't forget: it may not be new to you, but it's new to them.
David Alsmeyer, British Telecom
Had no idea BT was so widespread!
What's the best thing you've done to reach your customers? And what have you always wanted to try but been afraid to? (F2F explanation, and letting them take action/responsibility for their own sections of the web site)
Tour of the BT library personalized web options and info spaces - very cool!
Had a hypothesis that academics would be more aware of 2.0 apps than working group; replicated a SPIRE survey at BT and discovered the opposite was true!
Sarah Palmer, American Bar Association
Finding that trying to get to 2.0 apps problematic, users still don't see a computer as a multi-tool, but as a typewriter or fax machine. They also think that if it's something their kids use, it can't be a business application.
Another issue is terminology - users think the names are weird - don't understand RSS but do understand newspaper, don't understand wiki but do understand web site. Did many training sessions, including one on just a technology glossary...learned to keep it discrete (don't teach too many topics at once).
Don't forget: it may not be new to you, but it's new to them.
David Alsmeyer, British Telecom
Had no idea BT was so widespread!
What's the best thing you've done to reach your customers? And what have you always wanted to try but been afraid to? (F2F explanation, and letting them take action/responsibility for their own sections of the web site)
Tour of the BT library personalized web options and info spaces - very cool!
Had a hypothesis that academics would be more aware of 2.0 apps than working group; replicated a SPIRE survey at BT and discovered the opposite was true!
October 29, 2007
IL2007: Web Design on a Dime
Sarah Houghton-Jan gave a nicely entertaining talk about different ways to engage your patrons that don't cost a lot. Her slides will be on her web site soon; my computer kept crashing for some odd reason (maybe it doesn't like being under 35% battery power?) during her session so most of my notes are gone (don't laugh; I had a pen but nothing to write on!), but she touched on quite a few tasks that make a lot of sense (talk with your users, not to them; give classes; provide what the users are looking for, where they're looking for it).
Tomorrow, hopefully the computer will behave better; at least today I was able to scout out where some of the power connections are!
Tomorrow, hopefully the computer will behave better; at least today I was able to scout out where some of the power connections are!
Grrrrr...
Can someone explain to me why a hotel that's already charging a fair amount for a room, and is charging me extra for net access in my room, does NOT also provide me net access in the lobby? No, if I want net access in the lobby of my hotel, I have to pay an additional fee on top of the one I'm already paying... for net access in my hotel.
Outrageous.
Outrageous.
IL2007: Cool Tools for Webmasters
Frank Cervone and Darlene Fichter - always a great talk!
Sketchcast - basically whiteboard on the web, with audio - could be a useful way to illustrate a concept, similar to a webconference -
JingProject - instant screen capture tool, can share via IM (good for showing how to change a setting, for example) - can also be used with video and audio - use for the How To pages!!
Piknik - very cool image editor, works within IE and FireFox... hmm... heard good things about this before this session, will have to go check it out. ***Can capture full page with this no matter how many screens it takes!!!
***SlideShare (presentation from this session will be posted there, too) - can also add audio to a slide show!
Other PPT sharing tools: Scribd, SplashCast, ZohoShow, SlideAware
thumbalizr - quick thumbnail of screen or entire page, in a URL grab
DiffDaff - tool to compare files, folders, or web pages (Unix diff command for Windows) - handy to compare, say, the folder on a desktop with a folder on a thumb drive and see differences.
SOAP Sonar - tests and analyzes web services
Evolved - graphic display editor for HTML/scripting (html in blue, context tags in purple, javascripting in green, etc - adapts to whatever language you're using)
For Perl (on windows): check out perl express - same type of syntax highlighting
Photo Slideshow - Create a photo slideshow Flash animation out of static pictures on your machine. Similarly, Flashgallery Generator, which is XML.
Google Sitemap Builder
Google Coop CSE (can now integrate into site much more cleanly)
Flog Blog - Facebook app - also BlogFriends
KeePass - store all pwds in one database, locked with a master key - w00t!
Check out Undelete, Unstoppable Copier, Simple File Shredder as well - small but useful utilities, can carry around on a thumb drive
Sketchcast - basically whiteboard on the web, with audio - could be a useful way to illustrate a concept, similar to a webconference -
JingProject - instant screen capture tool, can share via IM (good for showing how to change a setting, for example) - can also be used with video and audio - use for the How To pages!!
Piknik - very cool image editor, works within IE and FireFox... hmm... heard good things about this before this session, will have to go check it out. ***Can capture full page with this no matter how many screens it takes!!!
***SlideShare (presentation from this session will be posted there, too) - can also add audio to a slide show!
Other PPT sharing tools: Scribd, SplashCast, ZohoShow, SlideAware
thumbalizr - quick thumbnail of screen or entire page, in a URL grab
DiffDaff - tool to compare files, folders, or web pages (Unix diff command for Windows) - handy to compare, say, the folder on a desktop with a folder on a thumb drive and see differences.
SOAP Sonar - tests and analyzes web services
Evolved - graphic display editor for HTML/scripting (html in blue, context tags in purple, javascripting in green, etc - adapts to whatever language you're using)
For Perl (on windows): check out perl express - same type of syntax highlighting
Photo Slideshow - Create a photo slideshow Flash animation out of static pictures on your machine. Similarly, Flashgallery Generator, which is XML.
Google Sitemap Builder
Google Coop CSE (can now integrate into site much more cleanly)
Flog Blog - Facebook app - also BlogFriends
KeePass - store all pwds in one database, locked with a master key - w00t!
Check out Undelete, Unstoppable Copier, Simple File Shredder as well - small but useful utilities, can carry around on a thumb drive
IL2007: New Rules for Web Design
Jeff Wisniewski, U Pittsburgh
- Use the several decades worth of research into usability and design to shortcut current design discussions as much as possible
- can narrow down to 'what is best practice"?
Simplicity rules... but... many library sites are multi-function ones with many different types of information, so finding a balance between too little and too much is important
"the time of simplicity, if it ever existed, is over"
design matters A LOT: first impressions, etc! Design for what your users are doing (this is important!).
Rule of 7 (not so much a rule as a guideline)
- well organized
- well labeled
3-click rule... is DEAD. users will click as long as they feel they're getting where they need to be.
Design for multi-platforms and don't design for a restricted 800x600 screen - be more fluid and use flexible design (CSS media types)
RIP web-safe colors? "most computers today have the ability to display millions of different colors"
For redesign of your site, look at other libraries BUT ALSO look outside library land! see what other sites are providing.
How often to redesign? Constantly - iterative, evolutionary change is good. Revolutionary change is hard on the users (and boy, haven't we all seen that!)
A/B testing (post one design for a little while, then a slightly different design, and compare user inputs)
Follow your own naming conventions! (Whatever makes most sense to your users)
...But - follow established standards and conventions.
Don't assume all users have speedy connections, and watch download/display times.
Must support all browsers for basic content! Accessibility GOOD. (Watch the added content.)
"graded browser support" - can tweak CSS to display different levels of content based on browser in use -
The time has truly come to ditch table-based layout!
Popups still bad - blocked by default by most browsers today.
Mouseover menus... raise many usability considerations. Not scannable so could impact that first impression.
Is scrolling still bad? Users scroll if there's a clue that there's something "below the fold" - not as much as an issue these days.
Identified pictures of people increase trust and credibility
RIA - Rich Internet Application
- Use the several decades worth of research into usability and design to shortcut current design discussions as much as possible
- can narrow down to 'what is best practice"?
Simplicity rules... but... many library sites are multi-function ones with many different types of information, so finding a balance between too little and too much is important
"the time of simplicity, if it ever existed, is over"
design matters A LOT: first impressions, etc! Design for what your users are doing (this is important!).
Rule of 7 (not so much a rule as a guideline)
- well organized
- well labeled
3-click rule... is DEAD. users will click as long as they feel they're getting where they need to be.
Design for multi-platforms and don't design for a restricted 800x600 screen - be more fluid and use flexible design (CSS media types)
RIP web-safe colors? "most computers today have the ability to display millions of different colors"
For redesign of your site, look at other libraries BUT ALSO look outside library land! see what other sites are providing.
How often to redesign? Constantly - iterative, evolutionary change is good. Revolutionary change is hard on the users (and boy, haven't we all seen that!)
A/B testing (post one design for a little while, then a slightly different design, and compare user inputs)
Follow your own naming conventions! (Whatever makes most sense to your users)
...But - follow established standards and conventions.
Don't assume all users have speedy connections, and watch download/display times.
Must support all browsers for basic content! Accessibility GOOD. (Watch the added content.)
"graded browser support" - can tweak CSS to display different levels of content based on browser in use -
The time has truly come to ditch table-based layout!
Popups still bad - blocked by default by most browsers today.
Mouseover menus... raise many usability considerations. Not scannable so could impact that first impression.
Is scrolling still bad? Users scroll if there's a clue that there's something "below the fold" - not as much as an issue these days.
Identified pictures of people increase trust and credibility
RIA - Rich Internet Application
IL2007: DIY Intranet
Eleni Gogas and Donna Feddern, Escondido Public Library
Part I: how to set up an intranet using a wiki
previously used a shared network drive
Why a wiki instead of a 1.0 website?
- really want staff to participate
- informal
- easier to use and find info
Pre-Wiki
- Picking a wiki: what did they need?
- wysiwyg
- easy to set up, easy to learn, easy to teach
they went with Jotspot but there are issues since its acquisition by Google
wiki farm options
Wiki Setup
- screenshots of different pages
- implementors needed to really slow down to teach the novice users
Training now in process
- Showing off wiki to all staff, give tours
- Train supervisors
- Overcome technophobia in staff
- Let them play!
Future phase: implementation
- Define go-to folks
- Guidelines
- Keep reminding and training staff
- Ongoing process
Issues & Troubleshooting
- Bugs in free wiki software
- Backups
- Fear of change
- Staff interest
Cool tools to try
- Spice up the wiki a bit - widgets, slideshows, etc
Part II: Examples of how they're using it and the impacts of implementing a site-wide intranet
Part I: how to set up an intranet using a wiki
previously used a shared network drive
Why a wiki instead of a 1.0 website?
- really want staff to participate
- informal
- easier to use and find info
Pre-Wiki
- Picking a wiki: what did they need?
- wysiwyg
- easy to set up, easy to learn, easy to teach
they went with Jotspot but there are issues since its acquisition by Google
wiki farm options
Wiki Setup
- screenshots of different pages
- implementors needed to really slow down to teach the novice users
Training now in process
- Showing off wiki to all staff, give tours
- Train supervisors
- Overcome technophobia in staff
- Let them play!
Future phase: implementation
- Define go-to folks
- Guidelines
- Keep reminding and training staff
- Ongoing process
Issues & Troubleshooting
- Bugs in free wiki software
- Backups
- Fear of change
- Staff interest
Cool tools to try
- Spice up the wiki a bit - widgets, slideshows, etc
Part II: Examples of how they're using it and the impacts of implementing a site-wide intranet
IL2007: Super Searcher Tips
Mary Ellen Bates - always an entertaining speaker, lively presentations, some good things to check out!
goofresh - G-searches for new content within a specified time range
check out ResearchBuzz newsletter
doubletrust.net - compares Google and yahoo results, choose a preference of results
yahoo's mindset feature - are you researching or shopping?
MSN's synonym suggestion tool - will also show common misspellings
MSN's misspelling correction engine
live.com's "prefer" option
live.com's academic search
don't forget: there is life after the first 10 search results!
Ask's map features - driving *and* walking directions, takes local topography into account
exalead - check it out, there are so many cool features (it's MEBates' fave engine) - try the "near" operator and their wild-card truncation
Try the quick-answer features sometime - most SE's have them now - Ask's is most featured
Gigablast - limit to multiple sites; has powerful query syntax options
SnapSearch - can interact with a retrieved site before visiting it
PageBull - entirely visual, good for right-brained searchers
Squidoo - hybrid site; possible way to share with colleagues?
factbites - quick, small factual bits of information - will give sentences instead of words for search results - BUT max 30 results
TextRunner - looks for assertions - experimental site
NationMaster - source for national stats in graphical format
TouchGraph - visual clustering engine, IE only
OneLook - a reverse dictionary! like data=mining a dictionary
Kosmix - nice clustering search engine - lets you filter by criteria
goofresh - G-searches for new content within a specified time range
check out ResearchBuzz newsletter
doubletrust.net - compares Google and yahoo results, choose a preference of results
yahoo's mindset feature - are you researching or shopping?
MSN's synonym suggestion tool - will also show common misspellings
MSN's misspelling correction engine
live.com's "prefer" option
live.com's academic search
don't forget: there is life after the first 10 search results!
Ask's map features - driving *and* walking directions, takes local topography into account
exalead - check it out, there are so many cool features (it's MEBates' fave engine) - try the "near" operator and their wild-card truncation
Try the quick-answer features sometime - most SE's have them now - Ask's is most featured
Gigablast - limit to multiple sites; has powerful query syntax options
SnapSearch - can interact with a retrieved site before visiting it
PageBull - entirely visual, good for right-brained searchers
Squidoo - hybrid site; possible way to share with colleagues?
factbites - quick, small factual bits of information - will give sentences instead of words for search results - BUT max 30 results
TextRunner - looks for assertions - experimental site
NationMaster - source for national stats in graphical format
TouchGraph - visual clustering engine, IE only
OneLook - a reverse dictionary! like data=mining a dictionary
Kosmix - nice clustering search engine - lets you filter by criteria
IL2007: Opening Keynote
(Opening statements were quite enjoyable! Contest for retronym for "non-Internet Librarian" - on conference survey forms. Must come up with something!)
Lee Rainie from Pew - slides will be online, find and link
bit of blogger ego-boost :-) quite amusing; he began using blogger and IRC feedback to justify internet research to the higher management
8 hallmarks of new digital eco-system
1) media gadgets a part of daily life now
2) internet is at the center of the revolution (73% penetration into american adult section; 93% teenagers)
3) new gadgets allow communication everywhere (mobile wireless use is rising dramatically) college students living in the future now
4) ordinary citizens can be content creators; blogs, facebook, etc - but it's all so integrated now it's hard to tell how many kids are "blogging" when they think of it as just posting to their facebook site (for example)
5) all those content creators have an audience
6) many are sharing to build conversations and communities... share what they know, what they feel, etc - info evaluation, tagging, comments on posts, etc.
7) we're customizing our online experience with 2.0 tools
8) different people use tech in different ways
last major interview set "what kind of internet user are you":
9 major tech user groups (and 1 non-user group) - this is the survey from a few months ago (I'm a connector)
50% of the population falls into the low-tech crowd
only 8% are omnivores
what does this connectivity do for us? changes our relatioships - to information, and to each other
Action item: Think of yourself as an information conduit!
Lee Rainie from Pew - slides will be online, find and link
bit of blogger ego-boost :-) quite amusing; he began using blogger and IRC feedback to justify internet research to the higher management
8 hallmarks of new digital eco-system
1) media gadgets a part of daily life now
2) internet is at the center of the revolution (73% penetration into american adult section; 93% teenagers)
3) new gadgets allow communication everywhere (mobile wireless use is rising dramatically) college students living in the future now
4) ordinary citizens can be content creators; blogs, facebook, etc - but it's all so integrated now it's hard to tell how many kids are "blogging" when they think of it as just posting to their facebook site (for example)
5) all those content creators have an audience
6) many are sharing to build conversations and communities... share what they know, what they feel, etc - info evaluation, tagging, comments on posts, etc.
7) we're customizing our online experience with 2.0 tools
8) different people use tech in different ways
last major interview set "what kind of internet user are you":
9 major tech user groups (and 1 non-user group) - this is the survey from a few months ago (I'm a connector)
50% of the population falls into the low-tech crowd
only 8% are omnivores
what does this connectivity do for us? changes our relatioships - to information, and to each other
Action item: Think of yourself as an information conduit!
October 24, 2007
T-7 Days and Counting
So, just about exactly one week from now, I'll be giving my talk on our voyage of discovery to web content management systems. Try as I might I haven't been able to figure out how to not use PowerPoint *sigh*; because the site is still locked down and private to my staff I can't show live examples, and all the "discovery" parts aren't on the site anyway. At least I'm not going to be reading my slides - I hate it when people do that - so hopefully I can keep the audience's attention for my whole 15 minutes!
Windy and a somewhat toasty 88°. We keep thinking fall has arrived, and then summer goes "Ha! Not yet!" ...
Windy and a somewhat toasty 88°. We keep thinking fall has arrived, and then summer goes "Ha! Not yet!" ...
October 23, 2007
Internet Librarian Schedule
I've just created and posted my IL schedule over on the conference wiki. Please note I'm hosting two dine-arounds: one Monday night for LU/NextGen folks, and one Tuesday night for SLA folks. Please consider joining us!
Above all, of course, please consider attending session B304, Wednesday afternoon starting at 2:45pm, to hear myself, May Chang and Amy Radermacher talk about content management systems!
Above all, of course, please consider attending session B304, Wednesday afternoon starting at 2:45pm, to hear myself, May Chang and Amy Radermacher talk about content management systems!
August 21, 2007
QuickieBlog
Just a fleeting post today...
* Still having fun with Drupal. The joys of the last couple of days: URL aliasing, the glossary and swfupload modules, and figure captions. (OK, that last one isn't quite so joyful, but it will be soon.)
* I recently subscribed to the Journal of Web Librarianship (starting with Volume 1, Number 1, which I just finished reading today, just in time for Number 2 to arrive) and I luuuuurve it. I now aspire to publish in it someday.
* Also recently subscribed to, but I'm two issues behind on reading: Library Hi Tech. I fell in love with it just for their recent issue on content management systems.
* I've only just this instant realized I missed the deadline (it was Monday) for getting my slides in for the proceedings for Internet Librarian! AAUGH! Drat, drat, drat... AND I forgot to vote in the rain game today!
It's an even 100° and I'm going home now, dang it.
* Still having fun with Drupal. The joys of the last couple of days: URL aliasing, the glossary and swfupload modules, and figure captions. (OK, that last one isn't quite so joyful, but it will be soon.)
* I recently subscribed to the Journal of Web Librarianship (starting with Volume 1, Number 1, which I just finished reading today, just in time for Number 2 to arrive) and I luuuuurve it. I now aspire to publish in it someday.
* Also recently subscribed to, but I'm two issues behind on reading: Library Hi Tech. I fell in love with it just for their recent issue on content management systems.
* I've only just this instant realized I missed the deadline (it was Monday) for getting my slides in for the proceedings for Internet Librarian! AAUGH! Drat, drat, drat... AND I forgot to vote in the rain game today!
It's an even 100° and I'm going home now, dang it.
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