Twitter Away at SLA
The word is slowly spreading, so in case you haven’t yet heard…
As part of SLA’s Innovation Lab, and for the first time at conference, we will be using Twitter to make the conference experience more collaborative via use of a backchannel. The hope is that conference will become a "we" event.
See Twitter at SLA2008 if [...]
Twitter at SLA2008
As part of SLA’s Innovation Lab, and for the first time at conference, SLA will be using Twitter to make the conference experience more collaborative via use of a backchannel. SLA2008 has been created on the Twitter website for conference attendees and non-attendees alike to follow. More on using Twitter at conference is forthcoming.
If you [...]
2009 SLA Board of Directors Candidates Announced
26 February 2008 SLA Press Release
Contact: Cara SchatzP : 703.647.4917M: 202.236.4247cara@sla.org
2009 SLA Board of Directors Candidates Announced
Alexandria, Virginia, 26 February 2008 – The SLA
Nominating Committee presented 10 highly qualified candidates to the
sitting Board for election to the 2009 SLA Board of Directors. Today
all 10 SLA members presented were accepted as viable candidates for
election. Recommendations [...]
The Librarians
The Librarians is a hysterical 6-part comedy series from Australia about the most non-politically correct, more or less completely dysfunctional library on the planet – except for yours, right?
Enjoy the promo!
Trendpedia
Trendpedia (beta) is described as a "Social media monitoring, buzz tracking, brand measurement and blog trend search" tool.
It allows you to search for up to 5 different queries at the same time and display the results in 3 different ways:
as a hitlist for each query
as a trend chart that shows the number of posts per [...]
BlogPulse
BlogPulse Trend Search is a "trends" search tool that allows you to create graphs to present the "buzz" in the blogosphere using key words, phrases or links over time. You can compare
up to three things or simply search for one term/link in isolation. The time periods available are 1, 2, 3 or 6 months.
In the [...]
Oh ya! Slam the Boards Baby!
Posted on behalf of Bill Purdue.
Librarians invade the "Answer" sites
Monday, 9/10/07–All Day
Supporting Wiki: http://answerboards.wetpaint.com
I’d
like to invite any and all interested librarians to be a little bold and have a little fun by going to online "Answer" sites, such as:
Yahoo Answers
Amazon’s Askville
The WikiPedia Reference Desk
(see a list of others at http://answerboards.wetpaint.com/page/Registry+of+Answer+Boards?mail=1127)
Once there, let’s answer!I
envision [...]
Contribute to the Future of Librarians
Will Sherman over at degreetutor.com has posted his article, "Future of Librarians" which he based on a number of interviews he conducted, via email, with librarians and information professionals.
Sherman has also posted a page where you can contribute your thoughts and ideas to support the discussion.
Librarian 2.0 – Interviews of the future of librarians
Will Sherman over at degreetutor.com has interviewed (via email) a number of librarians and info pros on the future of libraries and librarians. My interview has been posted.
Thanks Will!
Best of the Web: SLA Toronto Event
SLA Toronto held a "Best of the Web" event on June 21, 2007 where Chapter members were invited to share websites they find most useful.
The Chapter was fortunate to have present:
Le Dieu Tran, Research Librarian at the Legislative Library;
Astrid Lange, Library and Research Specialist at the Toronto Star;
Leanne Hindmarch, Librarian at the Toronto [...]
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