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Archive for » May 24th, 2006«

Smoking DOPA

24
May 2006
By Michael

Here we go again… H.R. 5319: Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 is meant to “amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms.” Yep,
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA] and others feel that schools and libraries shouldn’t allow kids access to blogs, MySpace, Friendster, wikis, and e-mail. Good grief!

The above link is to GovTrack which will allow you to receive bill updates via RSS. (Way cool!) There’s also a wiki dedicated to this bill.
via Travels with the State Librarian

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Version 100?

24
May 2006
By Michael

Version 100?
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

No, I don’t actually purchase digital music from Wal-Mart via Windows Media Player, but when I’m told there’s an update available for my computer I get it. (Call me a lemming, but I want my maching UP TO DATE!) Anyway, the updating software left a shortcut on my desktop to the “Downloaded Program Updates” folder so I decided to take a look. It seems that the lastest update to the Wal-Mart Music Downloads software is on version 100. 100!? What sort of numbering scheme are they using? Beyond that, why did I only get updates #9, 15, 24, 83, and 100?

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LibraryThing Author

24
May 2006
By Michael

LibraryThing Author
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

The creators of LibraryThing have added a new feature for members who are also authors. (Since I mentioned being an author in my profile, I got to be part of the initial group of 20.) This adds a new section to our profile page (shown here) and links to a page featuring the author’s titles that have been catalog in LibraryThing. You can read more about how it works on the LibraryThing blog.

I think this is a wonderful idea especially since it can help “smaller” authors such as myself promote our work. I did suggest that they add a feature that on a book’s page, when the author is a member, that a link be added back to the author’s profile page. I’ll let you know what sort of response I get back on that.

So, if you’re an author and have a LibraryThing account let them know (through the blog post above) and get yourself added to the program. If you don’t have an account, get one (it’s free), catalog 50 books making sure you include yours, and then let them know.

Thanks to Steven M. Cohen for turning me on to LibraryThing in the first place!

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Internet Librarian 2006

24
May 2006
By Michael

The official information about the conference is now available on the InfoToday site. Here’s what I’m doing:

Sunday, October 22nd
Workshop 19 — Integrating RSS into Your Web Site
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Michael Sauers, Internet Trainer, BCR
RSS feeds are an excellent way to receive information from the Internet today. What many people don’t know is that you can receive that information and easily repurpose and republish it on your Web site with little technical know-how. Imagine automatically posting up-to-date local or industry headlines on your library’s home page. This is what you can do in just a few simple steps. Our expert Internet trainer shows you how to do just this. This workshop also covers additional RSS tools and services, including one that will create feeds from content without its own feed and another that will turn your text-based content into a podcast automatically.

Monday, October 23rd
Session C105 — The Second Life Library 2.0: Going to Where the Users Are
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lori Bell, Director of Innoation, Alliance Library System
Tom Peters, CEO, TAP Information Services
Michael Sauers, Internet Trainer, BCR
In April 2006, the Alliance Library System put out a call for librarians interested in participating in a project to set up a library presence in the virtualreality world of Second Life. By the end of the month, more than two dozen librarians from around the world were meeting at a brand-new virtual library to staff the reference desk and discuss collection development, online programming, and library services. Since then, the response has only grown, and Second Life citizens are taking advantage of all the library has to offer. Our speakers provide an overview of Second Life, the creation of the library, and the services that are now being offered in this completely virtual environment.

Tuesday, Octboer 24th
Session D203 — Flickr & Libraries
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Michael Porter, OCLC Western
Fiona Hooten, National Library of Australia
Lluisa Nunez, Universitat de Barcelona
Michael Sauers, BCR
Flickr is a treasure-trove for library professionals interested in community, connections, innovative software applications, and marketing. With a strong library-centric focus, this session starts with a brief look at libraries and librarians with Flickr accounts and then explores the largest and most active library/librarian photo group on the Internet, the Flickr “Libraries and Librarians” group with more than 550 members on six continents and 2,600 images. Entertaining recorded stories share observations and comments from speakers on other continents, including how participation turned into a partnership that created a mashup between Google maps and images in the Libraries and Librarians Flickr Group. A dynamic demonstration of third-party Flickr applications using Open API/Ajax, as well as tips and tricks, round out the program. This is the ultimate library professional’s Flickr guide.

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