For the past four years, the Special Projects Library Action Team (SPLAT) has aimed to "act in the ‘crows nest’ capacity, searching for innovation, proposing and leading experiments and pilot projects, discovering new opportunities." Now, the SPLAT members
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Smart phones and not-so-smart phones …
My friend Carolyn Todd just forwarded a link to this CNN story. It turns out that only about 20% of cell phone owners have smart phones.
I'm looking forward to trading ideas at ILA. For instance, how can we utilize QR codes in libraries? But, it's important that we look all around from our SPLAT
Volunteer to Remove Fines
Are you aware of how or if your teens are using the library?
I've noticed a trend in public libraries that allows individuals to volunteer time to work off their fines. What an amazing proposition that is! I can imagine all of the fined individuals
Tether thine yonder laptop to me Android
Mobile ain’t a town, it’s the future
Accessibility Challenges — What did we do in the early days?
Last weekend I returned to the US with an entirely different perspective on my access to information. I had just spent the week at the PNLA Conference in Victoria, BC where connectivity was a major challenge for me.
When I've traveled in the US, Ive always been confident that hotels and convention centers will offer me
New player in the social media field (2nd try)
I'm grateful to Hofstra's "Ernster the Library Cat" blog for this link to a New York Times article about a new hybrid blogging/networking site called tumblr. It seems to have attracted some major media participants. May be worth a look.
Here's the link:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EEDA143CF931A3575BC0A9669D8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
New player in the social media field
I'm grateful to Hofstra's "Ernster the Library Cat" blog for this link to a New York Times article about a new hybrid blogging/networking site called tumblr. It seems to have attracted some major media participants. May be worth a look.
Here's the link:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EEDA143CF931A3575BC0A9669D8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
How To Set Up Text Message Reference at Your Library
Want to let people text reference questions to your library? Now is a great time!
Wow, there are now so many services you can use for text message reference, and so many reasons to do it, I wonder why people are not doing it! First of all, almost everybody texts.