Wow--the Region 4 Conference is just concluding here at the College of Southern idaho and what a conference it has been! Approximately 90 people came to learn and share!
I had a wonderful time and loved my audience in my presentation where I discussed handheld librarianship and tools. Web 2.0
Hi everyone,
Memo here, hoping you will come to the Southwest Idaho Library Association (SWILA), Region 3, annual conference on April 14, at the College of Idaho campus in Caldwell, ID. SPLAT members will be actively participating in both sessions and at the unofficial SPLAT couch. Please come by and say hello and ask us questions
For the longest time I didn't have a "smart phone" so it wasn't until I did get one that I started noticing these black & white, pixellated little boxes called QR codes next to applications for my Google Android phone. It wasn't for my eyes to decipher, but for my phone! Nowadays smart phones can
Ever since I've started using my smartphone, I've been just so pleased with the fact that anywhere I am, I can use apps such as Layers, and Sherpa, and even Yelp to tell me what's nearby, how other people have rated it, and what I can get there.
Little did I know that this was the
With thanks to Memo, here is a nicely-formatted version of my earlier post!
My cell phone account expires in July. But, it's hard to decide on the next step. A blizzard of ads arrives in my mailbox every week, and the airwaves are full of aggressive commercials, each selling a different product.
One bit of information about
Here comes another blog posting test, but this one contains good news.
After taking Memo's comment advice about clicking the "input format" arrow below the text box, I changed my settings from "Filtered Plus" to "Full HTML." It looks OK in "preview."
If these new instructions worked, this posting will have four paragraphs, and Kate can check
This text is being entered to test whether I can get "shift Enter" to work when I'm tyring to separate paragraphs.
It is embarrassing to be blog entry-challenged, but fortunately, I have help. Memo is looking over my shoulder in this attempt.
Thank you, Memo!
My cell phone account expires in July. But, it's hard to decide on the next step. A blizzard of ads arrive in my mailbox every week, and the airwaves are full of aggressive commercials, each selling a different product.
One bit of information about Smartphones for librarians comes from blogger Stephen Abram of
A few weeks ago Boise Public Library hosted an excellent program about leadership and what effective leadership means in our times. Philip H. Eastman II lead the talk, which is based on his book "The Character of Leadership: An Ancient Model for a Quantum Age." The 7 characters
Whoa! This awesome parody is just so great, and pretty funny. I found the link on the blog Library Cloud and I think that the point is that even when embracing new technology, always ask your users and always respond to their needs.