MaxLibris

I am in my fourth official week here as the Technology Coordinator for the Greater Midwest Region of the NN/LM.
Here is what I’m enjoying so far about Chicago:

Lilacs - there are lilacs everywhere it seems and as I recall they don’t grow very well in the South so it’s bringing back memories of my glorious [...]

Read an interesting article today in the Chicago Tribune (the CT in the title of this post if you haven’t guessed) called: “Libraries using IMs to attract young clients” and it was nice to see the positive outlook by this large library system on IM usage in the library. The AS of course refers [...]

Thanks to a post I read in ResearchBuzz this week via Bloglines, I have been playing around with one of the newest features of Google Docs and Spreadsheets. It now allows you to pull in tabular data, rss feeds and list data! So no more copying and pasting from one page to another or [...]

I have been using Meebo a lot as of late - especially at work. Since I teach classes on Instant Messaging for MPOW, I thought it would be um, a good idea, to try out the various tools out there. The one thing I have lamented as of late though is the absence [...]

Not new but I was just shown this today by the Gay Librarian. There is also a equation generator - check it out. Some of them don’t make a lot of sense but if you are as sort of overwhelmed but still interested in the whole Web 2.0 phenom as I am, this [...]

I’m trying really hard to keep a handle on all the technology in my life. I have

gmail email account
work email account
numerous lists I subscribe to (mostly for work related stuff)
Ning
Zoho
AIM
Yahoo!
MSN
bloglines
personal blog
work blog
CEBuzz blog
del.icio.us

Work account
Personal account

Flickr
the list goes on….

I have the user names and pw’s recorded of course. I have tried to just [...]

One of my all-time favorite movies has been redone as a 30-second movie recreated by bunnies. Check it out: http://www.starz.com/features/bunnyclub/office%5Fspace/
Heading up to Paducah and the Land Between the Lakes region tomorrow to teach Web 2.0. It’s been so fun to teach this class and to learn from what other institutions are doing with [...]

Last week I taught a Web 2.0 class in Frankfort, KY. I love that part of the state, it’s so beautiful. This time instead of teaching at KDLA, I taught at the Paul Sawyier Public Library. This library is right downtown, sort of near the Capitol on a meandering river. [...]

WorldCat.org has been enhanced with a social-networking feature: Users across the Web can now add individual items cataloged in WorldCat to personalized lists. They can group items owned by your library and other WorldCat libraries, and share their lists with friends, colleagues and millions of site users.
Users can add any book, video, article or another [...]

My time in Melbourne is winding down shortly. I spent some time Wednesday and Thursday this week at the State Library of Victoria doing some work and catching up on emails etc. I even got my Library Card! (Ok, I’m a total library geek.) I spent a lot of time in the [...]