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User-centered technology implementation

David King wrote two responses to Michael Stephen's 2005 library tech predictions. The first one highlights the importance of user-centered technology planning and implementation. This is something that cannot be…

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Web design resources

I just discovered Spectacle today. It is a gorgeous site with lots of links to the coolest web design resources. From there, you can see Forty Media's web design predictions…

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PLA blog is up!

The PLA Blog is now up and running! It will have some great public library-related reports from the ALA Midwinter Conference by some very familiar faces in the library blogging…

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Michael Stephens’ crystal ball

I find myself often linking to Michael's posts on Tame the Web. So much so that I would urge all of my readers to subscribe to his blog (most of…

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Serving two masters at the ALA

Dorothea has written a very interesting post comparing the ALA to the guild system in the Medieval world. She makes some great suggestions and observations about the ALA's mission and…

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Blogging about blogging about blogging…

Wow! This has got to be one of the most useful sites I've seen in a long time. Susan Herzog, a librarian at Eastern Connecticut State University, has created BlogBib,…

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Archiving Digital Images from Film: My Approach

I'd mentioned in a previous story that i've set out on the horrid task of digitizing about 5,000 - 6,000 of my family's 35mm slides, dating from the early 1960s…

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Life gets in the way

I may not be online too much over the next few days. My grandfather is in the hospital, probably with a stroke, though they haven't figured it out yet. When…

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The impact of open access

Peter Suber at Open Access News pointed me to a very interesting pre-print article about the citation impact of open access journal articles. Citation Impact of Open Access Articles vs.…

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Questioning information literacy

Here is an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education that has been causing some controversy on the library-related listservs. Information Literacy Makes All the Wrong Assumptions rails against the…

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Alternative economic model for online publishing

John Batelle offers up an interesting model for generating revenue with online open access publishing in an article in this month's MIT Technology Review. Batelle makes the suggestion for "an…

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Would you pay to read the New York Times online?

Techdirt reported today that the New York Times is considering charging to allow people access to their website. Really really bad idea. It seems that the newspaper, like many others,…

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Can I get that TiVo to go please?

It's like a TiVo hack created by TiVo themselves! TiVoToGo is their newest offering, a free service that allows users to transfer the shows recorded on their TiVo to their…

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5 Things I like

Meredith asked me to write about 5 things i think work pretty well. And i do as i'm told. So here they are. 1) Konica/Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV This…

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The amazing race?

Steven Cohen commented on my post yesterday about Skype and my husband: I'm just wondering why it matters if librarians hear about new techie devices before or after others do.…

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Skype has entered the library blogosphere

Has anyone else just noticed that Skype has been mentioned a whole bunch over the past few days? I've now heard about it from Steven Cohen, Library Web Chic, Dave's…

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Exhuming McCarthy

Bill Gates recently sat down with CNET for an interview (which begins with the frightening teaser "Bill Gates is coming to your living room, whether you like it or not").…

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For experienced librarians/job seekers

Senior Librarian, National Public Radio, Washington, DC I know I'm not at all qualified for the position, but wouldn't it be the coolest job ever?

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Economics 101 for the ALA?

I have two job interviews coming up that I'm very excited about. It's made me optimistic that perhaps my job search will be over soon (fingers crossed). I haven't been…

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The race to get plugged in

The New York Times has an article about how our mobile technologies have made us increasingly dependent on seeking out electricity in places like cafes, restaurants, bookstores and even commuter…