not so techie

Library and Information Technology Association’s 2008 National Forum, “Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library”

mrng — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:29:05 +0000

Store Music Online @ MP3tunes.com (25GB of free space)

mrng — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:52:53 +0000

For music educators wishing to store music online for download, conduct lectures, etc, MP3tunes might be a good online service to consider using, since it offers up to 25GB of your music files free of charge. I have not evaluated this service, but I think it’s worth investigating.

Google’s Lively Challenges Second Life

mrng — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:47:46 +0000

Lively, a new 3D social spaces tool created by Google. It lets users create and personalize avatars and their own virtual rooms. Lively users can embed rooms in their websites, blogs, Facebook, MySpace, etc. To access Lively beta, go to www.lively.com.

Ustream.tv

mrng — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:55:10 +0000

I am currently experimenting this new video streaming or live broadcast tool for possible use by libraries. Best of all, it’s free. You can experience live video broadcast, chat online with the audience, etc.

About Ustream.tv (http://www.ustream.tv/about)

Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand.

What I Learned from ALA 2008 Conference

mrng — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:48:55 +0000

My weekend at the ALA conference at Anaheim was filled with excitement and got to meet lots of librarians. I had the opportunity to attend numerous presentations conducted by librarians (or techies) and decided to provide some highlights of the topics presented.

BIGWIG ‘s 2008 Social Software Showcase.

Citation Bookmarking Tools – Lorena O’English
Community Building & Experience – David Lee King
Apps in Facebook & Opensocial, and Why Librarians Should Pay Attention – Rachel Vacek
LibGuides – Cindi Trainor
Video 2.0 and the new Media Revolution – Jason Griffey
Niche Social Networks: The Power of Yarn – Katie Dunneback
OpenID – Robin Hastings
VuFind : Social Features – Chris Barr
WorldCat API, Social Software, and making things easier – David Walker
WorldCat Local: Social Features – Jennifer L. Ward
WorldCat Widget for WordPress – Karen A. Coombs

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Sarah’s Top Technology Trends – virtual presentation for ALA 2008

Bandwith
Sustainability
Looking away from the bright shiny things and at ourselves instead
Catalogs
Open Access Content

See complete details at:

http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/06/sarahs-top-tech.html

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Tech Trends at ALA

June 19th, 2008 by Eric Lease Morgan

“Bling” in your website
Data sets
Institutional repositories
Mobile devices
Net Neutrality
“Next generation” library catalogs
Open Access Publishing
Social networking
Web Services-based APIs

More at:

http://litablog.org/2008/06/19/top-tech-trends-for-ala-summer-08/