Test Post from Workshop

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Hey, just showing you my husband and daughter because of technical difficulties at a workshop! Demo time.

The Shanachie Tour in a Book

I've been following the Shanachie Tour through video podcasts. It's a story about 3 Dutch librarians who came to America for 3 weeks and traveled across the country interviewing librarians. The video podcasts are great. The were the keynote speakers at the CIL Conference and have become quite a hit.

Well, now they are releasing a Book/DVD called Shanachie Tour: A Library Road Trip Across America. I sure hope one of our libraries gets this as I can't wait to see it. Here's a great post about it and the site where you can preorder.

The Next WebJunction is Now

It's official. The new and improved and redesigned WebJunction site is live. A good place to start to orient yourself to the new site is the Getting Started page.

Vista May Not be as Bad as You Hear

I haven't seen Vista yet except in a few demo videos, but all I've heard is negativity. Michael Sauers pointed me toward this post that referred me to the Mojave Experiment. This is "a focus group effort we initiated a few weeks ago. We interviewed and polled 120 participants in San Francisco, in hopes of better understanding everyday users' perceptions of Windows Vista and seeing whether there really is a gap between perception and reality. We wanted to see how people reacted to Windows Vista when they were not aware they were seeing Windows Vista. We recorded our discussions, and today you can see them for yourself."

Tricky, tricky marketing ploy, but I bet they would have pulled the wool over my eyes too. Makes me pause and think I shouldn't believe all the negative hype until I use the OS myself!

Bibliocommons for the Future

Be still my heart... I just saw the most amazing catlog at Oakville Public Library in Oakville Ontario. Thanks to Michael Stephens for pointing this out to me. Watch the tour and see the future unfold. This comes from Bibliocommons "a complete social discovery system for libraries". I want, I want...

Cool Video Explanation of Web2.0

I can't believe I haven't seen this one before. If you have, sorry for bringing it to your attention again. I just think this was so well done. One of the best visual explanations of Web2.0 I've ever seen. Michael Wesch of Diginal Ethnography at Kansas State University put this gem together. For a transcript of the text, go here.



You can download your very own high resolution copy here.

Can this be true?

Obviously, someone has played quite a joke on me. PLEASE do not vote for me, I have NO DESIRE to be president!

List of Blogs in Pennsylvania

PA Commonwealth Libraries is presenting Web2.0 Hands On Workshops across the state in August. I am lucky enough to be the presenter/trainer for these workshops. I'm really looking forward to them.

On Friday, one of the people attending asked for an example of a library blog. Bonnie Young of Commonwealth Libraries sent out a link to some listservs and asked for any other examples. They came rolling in all day long in separate emails.

Since the idea of Web2.0 technologies is sharing, I decided to create a quick and easy wiki where anyone in Pennsylvania who is connected to a library can put the link to their blog. Go to PA Library Blogs and add your blog today. Just follow the instructions on the front page. I welcome any feedback and suggestions in the comments.

Want to paint like Jackson Pollack?

Click here and use your mouse to paint just like him (well, kind of...)

MaintainIT Webinar for Trainers

Thanks to Brenda Hough for inviting me to a webinar for library technology trainers on Wed 8/6 at 2pm EST. Rather than restate all the details, I'll let her tell you about it. Go ahead, click that link and read about it. Or click here to register.