Check this out! For those of you who want to know "what's so great about twitter anyway" here is your guide! Also includes: how to use twitter, who uses twitter, what we call people who use twitter (twitterers, tweeters, or twits?).
Complete Guide to Twitter http://tinyurl.com/ylf6k4l
Abiline Christian University in Texas started a project two years ago to give iPhones and iPod Touches to their students. The results are that the students felt more positive and maintained better relationships with their faculty: http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/index.html
It's a cool idea to do, but what about for classrooms where the students have cell phones already? Mobile
Two things I love: innovation and the NextGen column in Library Journal. NextGen in Library Journal has a great short article about how innovation knows no age limit and cites an academic library that is redefining library services for students and faculty: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6695145.html?q=it%27s+not+generational
There's an article in today's Chronicle of Higher Education online that talks about how academic libraries are struggling to get OPACs supply what their users need. If Google can do it ...
(But, Google doesn't struggle with a complex "integrated" system and perennial budget cuts!)
In any case, it's an interesting read:
http://chronicle.com/article/After-Losing-Users-in/48588/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
I am so excited to be part of SPLAT and to be presenting at ILA this year in Burley!
One of my favorite things is presenting new and fun ideas--and I will be presenting on booktalking in social networks--specifically highlighting Twitter. 5 minutes and 20 slides--can I do it? Keep your fingers crossed!
Here are some Ignite
I was reading this LiefHack post called How to Think What No One Else Thinks and correlating it to libraries. So often we become a part of group think. I don't think any one field is immune to this way of working together. This is how the group behaves and then we follow along.
Ok, so you pull up to go into the library, but the library is packed and there is no parking to get inside. What do you do? Wish you rode your bike? Curse the people who won't leave the library? Dream of a larger parking lot?
Imagine this! A library book delivery service to your car
Just in case I'm not the only one with an outdated vocabulary ... here's some guidance on avoiding formerly-high-tech terms that no longer resonate!
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107602/12-words-you-can-never-say-in-the-office.html
Another great video from the folks at commoncraft on the value of social media:
Technical innovation has made word of mouth [or word of web] and user experience a much louder and important voice than advertising's soulless megaphone.
