Friday, April 27, 2007
slice of life :: Content Management Roundtable, Toronto Association of Law Libraries :: April :: 2007
slice of life :: Content Management Roundtable, Toronto Association of Law Libraries :: April :: 2007
A great summary from a meeting I missed!
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Open House May 1-8
The Chronicle: Open House - May 1-8
And when you visit the site during the open house, you can enter to win one of seven iPods.
Here's just a sample of what you'll be able to read during the open house:
- The full text of the May 4 issue.
- Fresh news updates every morning and throughout the day.
- A searchable archive of back
issues dating to September 1989.- Data from our annual Almanac issue and other Chronicle surveys, including salaries, in easy-to-search databases.
- All of the essays and opinions in The Chronicle Review.
- And much, much more.
See a complete guide to the Web site.
ShowYourself Widget
ShowYourself Widget - side bar widgets linking to your presence on social networking sites.
Library Services in a Virtual World
Jill Hurst-Wahl's notes on the Second Life presentation by Lori Bell, Tom Peters, Kelly Czarnecki and Matt Gullett:
Digitization 101: CIL2007: Alliance & Charlotte Libraries Get a Second Life: Library Services in a Virtual World
NY:MIEG or New York: Media Information Exchange Group � EVENT INFORM
NY:MIEG or New York: Media Information Exchange Group - podcasters and related professionals get together on a monthly basis. Great speakers.
Blog NYMIEG.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Library of Congress Blog
Library of Congress Blog - launched this morning.
link courtesy of Steven Cohen
Labels: biblioblogosphere, blogs, libraries, library blog, Library of Congress
Monday, April 23, 2007
UK Firm sets up shop in Second Life?
Rumour has it that the UK law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP have set up an office in Second Life. This is plausable since they are doing law re: virtual worlds:
http://www.e-comlaw.com/VirtualWorlds/
Hat tip to twitter from Information Overlord.
Labels: law firm, Second Life
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Malcolm Gladwell is blogging
Just discovered that one of my favourite non-fiction authors, Malcolm Gladwell, has been blogging for the past year! Serves me right for not checking out his website in that long~~
http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/
SpeechTEK 2007
SpeechTEK 2007 - Information Today conference on speech technologys, Aug. 20-23, 2007 in NYC.
Keynote speaker is Malcolm Gladwell .
Thursday, April 12, 2007
AIMS Canada - Building Community event
Association of Internet Marketing and Sales Canada - Building Community
marketing online/building communities around brands
Wed. April 25, 2007
8:30 - 10:30 am
Toronto
I'm considering attending...
Thursday, April 05, 2007
RFID - how it works
From R Moroz Ltd. Understanding Radio Frequency IDentification (Passive RFID) - November 2004
Lots of information hear, starting with introduction and going into advanced technical information.
Labels: RFID
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Blogging Camp - Easy Content Management Through Weblogs
Blogging Camp (preview) - Easy Content Management Through Weblogs - online course in four modules from Simmons College librarian continuing education program.
Looks like a great idea. Course instructor is Scot Colford. The latest one ran March 1 - 31, 2007, but looks to run on a regular basis. This link is to the demo site.
Labels: blogging, content management, libraries