Blogging Section of SLA-IT

A Day in the Life of ... the Internet!

This diagram has been circulating around the web - and puts some numbers to the actions occurring on the Internet daily.

Created by OnlineEducation.net

Guide to Google Wave

Do you have a Google Wave account but feel like you are waving to yourself?  That's how I felt until I checked out The Complete Guide to Google Wave by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. 

Not looking for a user manual but just wondering what the fuss is all about?  Take a look at 7 Things You Should Know about Google Wave from the popular EDUCAUSE "7 things" series.

10 Things Library Administration Should Know About Technology

Roy Tennant, who gave a great presentation at SLA 2007 on the future of the library catalog, has posted a thoughtful list of ten things administration needs to keep in mind when making technology decisions.  Avoid getting hung up on perfection, have the courage to release a beta version, don't be afraid to fail are just a few pieces of advice from the list.  View the full list.

Survey on Open Source Software for Libraries

I am working on some very very broad research on open source use in libraries for a book I’m working on. The focus of the book will be on software you can use that is open source. If you have a chance to answer this brief survey to help me out that would be greatly appreciated:

http://opensource.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=63946&lang=en

In sticking with the open source theme, I used LimeSurvey (an open source survey management tool) – check it out!!

Feel free to link here or repost this announcement all over libraryland.

Grade your Press Release

This is an interesting sounding tool:

HubSpot's Press Release Grader evaluates your press release and provides a marketing effectiveness score. This score is based upon basic factors from public relations experts including the language and content of the release, plus advanced factors from Internet marketing experts such as links and search engine optimization characteristics.

If you need some help with your press release writing, this tool might be worth checking out.

New LISNews Site

New from Blake Carver the man behind LISNews & LISHost:

I started a new site, LISWire - The Librarian's News Wire (http://liswire.com), and I'm doing my best to spread the word. You can probably guess what the site is all about from the name, but there's also 2 mailing lists, and a bunch of RSS feeds. Robin Blum and I are running the show and are looking for press releases and other news items of interest to librarians to get things going. You can sign up for an account and submit things you'd like to announce to the library world. I'll be cross posting most announcements to LISNews for a little while until we see how much traffic we get at LISWire.

I wonder if this means LISNews won't have press releases anymore - or if this is going to be in addition to that?  Either way - I'm subscribed - are you?

Peer reviewed blogging?

I just read this over at Judith Siess' OPL Plus blog and thought it very interesting:

http://www.researchblogging.org/

From the site: "Research Blogging helps you locate and share academic blog posts about peer-reviewed research. Bloggers use our icon to identify their thoughtful posts about serious research, and those posts are collected here for easy reference."

Imagine web 2.0 with peer-reviewing - I'm thinking a mixed blessing.

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IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Our Lives Over the Next Five Years

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22683.wss

"Your cell phone will be your wallet, your ticket broker, your concierge, your bank, your shopping buddy, and more..."

Yes, but what will your library be?

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Just in case you're feeling old

Lilia Efimova over at Mathemagenic has an interesting post on 'Why it's good to be a digital immigrant'.

I especially like the thought of picking and choosing from the fruits of the land rather than accepting everything as something I need. For instance, I like the status in Gmail and don't feel the need to Twitter. (Even though I think it's a little cool.)

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Cloudalicio.us

http://cloudalicio.us/

Watch tag clouds and how they change over time. Someone oughta do this for LCSH and MESH - I have a feeling the patterns wouldn't be too terribly different.