Social Software
Is Google Ready for the Big One?
Posted by Alicia on 4 March, 2010 in Librarians, Social Software, Technology
Google is ready when disaster strikes. According to Rajen Sheth, Senior Product Manager, Google Apps, Google is prepared for disaster recovery for all the major applications in the Apps suite (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Talk, Google Video).
Customers don’t have to worry about backup options for the data they create and store within Google [...]
President Signs Tough New Anti-Piracy Law
Posted by Jennifer on 20 October, 2008 in Library News, Social Software
President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act), which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property.
Formerly known as the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act, the PRO-IP Act was introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Spector (R-Penn.) in the Senate in July.
In addition [...]
Wednesday’s word: Chrome
Posted by Jennifer on 10 September, 2008 in Social Software, Technology, wednesday's word
Wednesday’s word is Chrome, in particular, Google Chrome; Google’s latest endevor, an open source browser. According to Google the reason behind Chrome is this:
We spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized [...]
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 [...]
Cataloging at a glance, literally!
Posted by Jennifer on 13 March, 2008 in Cataloging, Social Software
While browsing youtube for intellectual content (yes, seriously), I stumbled upon a video showing what a typical cataloger may do while cataloging an item. I thought what a powerful and easy way to share what we do and a great place to point someone if they ever ask that question we all hate, “what do [...]
Library of Congress on Flickr
Posted by Max on 17 January, 2008 in Library News, Social Software
Yes, that Library of Congress. Check out their photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
How is your library using Flickr?
Become a Fan of a Library on Facebook
Posted by Max on 11 December, 2007 in Social Software
If you are a Facebook user, do you use the Library applications? Are you a fan of a library or library-related organization? Here are some applications: (the links provided are for the actual libraries, not the application on Facebook…read on to find out how to use them!)
LibGuides
“LibGuides enables you to access the content from your [...]
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 [...]
Victorian public librarians in planning mode
Posted by Christine on 14 October, 2007 in Public Libraries, Social Software
from Christine…
I’m just back from a planning retreat for library managers and senior staff from Victorian public librarians and the State Library of Victoria. SLV administers the Statewide projects which are projects that benefit all public libraries in the state and we are going into a new triennial funding round. It was a great 3 [...]
MLA/MAC Annual Conference Update
Posted by Max on 11 October, 2007 in Conferences, Social Software
The weather in Baltimore has gone from in the 90’s when I flew in on Tuesday, to the high 50’s today, with some rain mixed in here and there. Yesterday I attended some Contributed Paper Sessions. I think my favorite was “When a Blog is Not a Blog,” by Bart Ragon, David Moody [...]