ProfHacker featured a story today on how we can use the color Nook for a lot more than just reading. Turns out that if you install Droid software and SWYPE, the color Nook turns into a teeny word processor. And, the notes files can then be exported to Notepad or Word.
Hmmm... Very tempting ...
Have a
Having an online presence has become almost mandatory, but there are so many options it can be somewhat overwhelming to get organized. Here are a few that are quick and easy ways to share your interests, market your skills, and provide your contact information without having to invest a ton of time.
Ever need a quick music fix? Ever need to hear a song that you don’t have on your iPod?
Ever need an awesome playlist fast?
When music first started going digital, these things were a little harder
Hard to believe 2011 is almost over. How did libraries fare? Will 2012 be radically different? Better? Worse? The same? Well, if you haven't read this year's The State of America's Libraries, 2011 it is available online, or at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/archives/issue/state-americas-libraries-2011
Are you looking for ways to help your library users increase their digital literacy skills? Check out Kathy Schrock's visual organizer of Google applications and how they interface with Bloom's Taxonomy http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms/.
"In the future, it seems, there will be no fixed canons of texts and no fixed epistemological boundaries between disciplines, only paths of inquiry, modes of integration, and moments of encounter." - Carla Hesse
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/HistoryWired/Hesse/HesseBooksInTime.html
What is the future of libraries when knowledge is
A day packed full of speakers, thoughts to ponder, and new information ... take aways include:
I had a great time at ILA! Great seeing so many Idaho library folk sharing ideas for making their libraries great. If you missed
SPLAT members Jezmynne and Amy will be at Internet Librarian next week! Will you be there?
We'll be talking about User Experience and Producitivy, sharing some tools we've learned about. Check out the whole program here:
Kate Baker and I just had a conversation about crafts at ILA. She just created some marvelous fabric jewelry and knitted coffee cozies while sitting on the SPLAT couch.
We would like to keep the yarn bombing basket and some knitting and crocheting tools & supplies as a "craft basket" that will become part of the