Blogging
Weather brought to you by twitter
Posted by Jennifer on 1 September, 2008 in Blogging, Communications, Social Software
The Science News blog has created a twitter account that gives weather alerts. If you are curious or want to follow the weather at your library you can do so now on twitter. To follow weather or to join twitter click here
SOLINET also has a twitter account. Though we are still working a few kinks [...]
Not in WorldCat?
Posted by Max on 28 January, 2008 in Blogging, OCLC, WorldCat
We all know that WorldCat is the largest bibliographic database (ugh, I hate that word!) in the world. Are there items that are NOT in the largest network of library content? This blog: Not in WorldCat shows rare and/or unusual items not found in WorldCat. There are some very obscure items out there [...]
New RSS Feed
Posted by Max on 13 December, 2007 in Blogging
The Check It Out RSS Feed has changed. To subscribe to it, please use this RSS URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/libraryblog/Sjvo which can also be found on the right (Subscribe in a reader.) We are using Feedburner to help us better track statistics. If you have a blog, consider using it too - I have found it to [...]
Integrating web 2.0 into ordinary everyday library life
Posted by Christine on 25 November, 2007 in Blogging, Public Libraries, Social Software
Today I see that Web 3.0 and the semantic web are the next things. Here at Yarra Plenty we are still working on web 2.0 and finding out how to integrate the various tools into our regular offerings. We are doing that a number of ways.
Firstly, our library blog is now a forum for me as Library [...]
Hello from Downunder….
Posted by Christine on 25 September, 2007 in Blogging, Public Libraries
…from Christine
Well, this is my first guest blogging gig - thanks for inviting me Max. I spend my lunchtimes going through my Bloglines as I munch on my corn thins, its the best way I know to keep up with what’s happening and its really interesting to see the different styles that bloggers have.
The big [...]
Did you make the list?
Posted by Laura on 25 September, 2007 in Blogging, Librarians
Online Education Database has named the Top 25 Librarian Bloggers. They explain their methodology & criteria for choosing the top 25. If you’re not on the list now, there’s always next year.
Welcome to the first guest author!
Posted by Max on 24 September, 2007 in Blogging, Educational Services, Social Software
I want to give a warm welcome to the first guest author for our blog - Christine Mackenzie the CEO of Yarra Plenty Regional Library in Victoria, Australia. I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Christine and her staff in May while I was in Australia and New Zealand teaching classes on Web [...]