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Livestreaming Library Chicks
Here's something kind of neat we're doing in my library: our Children's Room has eggs in an incubator so the kids can watch them hatch, and then our IT person got the idea to livestream the eggs (and...
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Government 2.0
Before and since the Obama Administration moved into the White House, there's been much talk about how Obama was using technology, really using it properly, to get things done. These ranged from his...
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Upcoming Workshop: CMS Day!
I'm a member of the IT section of the New England Library Association, and we're holding a workshop on popular CMS software. If you're thinking about redesigning or updating your website, or would are...
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Reference Readiness : A Manual for Librarians and Students
I was weeding the reference collection when I came across Ready Reference : A Manual for Librarians and Students. It was published in 1984, so I flipped through it thinking the viewpoint of ready...
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Talking Tech
New technologies are constantly becoming more integrated into how libraries perform their core functions. As this evolves, staff (and patrons) of all experience levels need to be able to communicate,...
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Staff Technology Competencies
In addition to Email Scam Competency Testing, here's another tool for evaluating staff technology competencies. Developed by Alicia Verno, Head of Technical Services at the Wilmington (MA) Memorial...
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Reference Question of the Week – 10/24/10
Instead of a reference question this week, I wanted to highlight something else from NELA2010. In the Trends in Reference session, Pingsheng Chen from the Worcester (MA) Public Library discussed the...
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Knowing What We Should Know
Jessamyn's observation on this USB keylogger thing got me thinking - without the context of that article, if I saw one of those in my library, I wouldn't have known what it was. I would have known it...
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Reference Question of the Week – 7/22/12
I'm on vacation most of last week and next week, so I don't have a real reference question to share. Instead, I thought I'd highlight this post from last year from Lifehacker.com: Top 10 Tactics for...
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Take-Home Tech Support, or, Why Second Thoughts Are Important
Last week, a patron came in and asked for help using the scanner. No problem. But while I was helping her, she explained that she has an all-in-one copier/printer/scanner that used to work great but is...
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Random Notes on a Tech Program for Seniors
I don't often give presentation-based programs for patrons at my library, but last week I assisted one of my coworkers with a "Using Library Ebooks" program at our local Senior Center. A few things...
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