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
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
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
My Internet connection can be spotty at times, and when it goes down, my productivity suffers (or my Tweets, Facebook sharing, mail, etc.). One of the more innovative things some smartphones can do is to become modems themselves, using the phone's 3G or wireless
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
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
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
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.
