For a little while now, I've wanted to know how to capture video from my computer screen. If you click the "Print Screen" button on your PC, you can get a picture of your screen and then paste it into a program. But, I've seen several companies make tutorials and introductions while recording what they
SPLAT Archive
31 Aug 2012
The Edge
In support of the continuing conversation about the value of a library to its community, I would like to bring your attention a national intiative to develop and implement public access benchmarks for libraries.
The American Library Assoication Office for Information Technology Policy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, International City/County Management Association, Lyrasis, OCLC,
15 Aug 2012
How Pinteresting…
Pinterest is an online corkboard for organizing your life. Why should libraries care? Pinterest can be a really powerful way of connecting with your customers. Pinterest can show your library’s personality, vision, and mission like no other social media tool. Example: If you go to my personal facebook page
23 Jul 2012
SPLAT Meeting
The Speical Projects Library Action Team meets quarterly to review trends and provide a "crow's nest" view of librarianship in Idaho. As always there is great sharing. Here are some links you might find useful:
06 Jul 2012
Dear Internet: You Will Be the Death of Me. Sincerely, Kate
As seems to be the way of things, a week or two (or five) ago, I "pinned" a link for some cool kids' printables to my Library Pinterest Board (http://pinterest.com/fabrikate/library/). I finally had a chance to take a look at it today, and it led to about a billion other discoveries of awesomeness
03 Jul 2012
World Without Internet
I just received an Infographic from OnlineEducation.net, and I thought it posed an interesting question: What would the world look like without the internet?
This particular Infographic doesn't get into it, but how would libraries change? How would job searching change? How would the world change?
11 Jun 2012
A Google A Day
Love the thrill of the information hunt? Are you a trivia nut? Have you heard about A Google A Day?
A Google A Day is a neat feature
11 Jun 2012
ManualsLib
Lost a manual? Do you even keep all the manuals that come with all your stuff? What about just grabbing a digital copy of that manual so you don't have to worry about storing it in a junk drawer!
ManualsLib is a FREE manual library containing over 45,000 manuals for download or viewing! The search
01 Jun 2012
Free Software to use with Teens
I try to incorporate technology into most of the programs I do with teens. As you all know technology can be expensive and software can be hard to find. The programs I use are normally free and easy to use. Although some of the programs listed below have advanced features that would require an
30 May 2012
Some Tech Tools, Courtesy of Garden City
One of the things I love very most about SPLAT is getting the opportunity to explore ideas, tools, and trends to share with other people. I'm a sharer (some might say over-sharer) at heart, so this is always very fun for me. Recently, a few of us got the chance to present some