Will this plan help to reduce the digital divide? How can we make broadband Internet access available to families who already struggle to make the monthly bills? Efforts to increase the capabilities of networks “toward one gigabit to every community in America, through libraries, schools and community colleges” may help to extend access, but I suspect [...]
Posts Tagged ‘technology’
Broadband to Stimulate the Economy?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, Internet, libraries, technology on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Spreading the News: Kindle vs. Smart Phones
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged access, newspapers, technology on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an article from MediaShift comparing the usability of the Kindle and the iPhone with regards to newspaper content. And speaking of news, here’s a book review of Losing the News: The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy, by Alex S. Jones.
Caveat Tweeter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Facebook, privacy, technology, Web 2.0 on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Protect your personal information! Check out these articles: Don’t Twitter Your Vacation Plans What Facebook Quizzes Know About You
Analog and Digital Outreach
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged blogging, Facebook, information literacy, libraries, OLISSA, OU Tulsa, outreach, OUTSA, portfolio, technology, Web 2.0, webpages on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New LIS/KM student orientation wrapped up on Saturday, August 22. Dr. Stewart Brower was thankfully present in the flesh to provide a much-needed infusion of life and enthusiasm Saturday afternoon. He gave an overview of the new OU-Tulsa Library, showed off the cool new laptops and cameras available for student check-out, and gave a tour [...]
Pathfinder Creation and Field Testing
Posted in internship, tagged access, children, collections, internship, pathfinders, technology on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Creating pathfinders has put my blogging on hold for the last week, but I’m nearing the end of my internship path, and I will be field testing my pathfinders tomorrow during my advisor Doc Martens’s site visit. As it turned out, 30 pathfinders was a lofty project goal for the time allotted. As of today, [...]
Hardesty Library: Then and Now, Part 2
Posted in internship, tagged children, collections, internship, OPAC, policies, procedures, RFID, technology, weeding on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This post continues the discussion from my previous posting, explaining the various changes instituted by TCCL and Hardesty in policy, procedure and facility design since my early days of library circulation work (1998-2003). TCCL now provides a number of important and valuable resources for staff on its Intranet. The Intranet provides access to the TCCL [...]
Hardesty Library: Then and Now
Posted in internship, tagged internship, policies, privacy, procedures, technology on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A number of changes in policy, procedures and facility have been instituted, both at Hardesty and within the TCCL system, since I resigned from my circulation clerk position in May 2003. Today, the Hardesty Library uses a tracking system to monitor when a cart of checked-in books is queued to be shelved, who puts the [...]
Library and Literature Podcasts
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged book reviews, libraries, library & information studies, literature, podcasts, technology on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the intercession between spring semester and my summer internship, I’ve been delving further into the realm of podcasts, looking for resources to enhance my Library & Information Studies education. I’ve located and subscribed to a number of library and book related podcasts, which I believe will help me to expand my awareness of current events as well [...]
Assessment of the International Children’s Digital Library
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, children, cognitive styles, digital collections, information behavior, models, technology on May 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My final project in LIS 5053: Information Users in the Knowledge Society involved the preparation of a detailed critique of the International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) web site as an information resource and recommendations for improvement. By analyzing characteristics of the target audience and the web site’s application of information behavior models, cognitive and learning styles, design [...]
Amazing Wireless Technology!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, comics, technology on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh brave new world that hath such media in it!
Farming in the Digital Age
Posted in digital collections, tagged digital collections, information, preservation, technology on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a digital collection for EveryMan: a place of preservation and dissemination of the images, stories and humor of rural farm life in Ohio. The digitial divide still exists, but the point of crossing over–where analog culture first embraces the digital–is a facinating place.
Beginning the Collection
Posted in digital collections, tagged archives, Copyright & Intellectual Property, digital collections, technology on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I spent five and a half hours sifting through photographs with my mother and grandparents, selecting content and collecting metadata for my digital collection. I think I ended up with about 25 photographs taken by my grandfather or a deceased family member. I couldn’t believe how many albums and boxes of photographs my grandparents [...]
Collection Reflections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Copyright & Intellectual Property, digital collections, genealogy, technology on October 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After further discussion with Doc Martens, I have more confidence in my digital collections project. My plan is to create a collection of photographs and sound recordings of my maternal relatives, along with a family tree going back to my great-great grandparents (if possible), to capture genealogical information and some of the oral history of [...]
Access Benefits with Digital Resources
Posted in digital collections, tagged Book Review & Discussion, digital collections, library, reader's advisory, technology on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In chapter 5 of Lesk’s Understanding Digital Libraries, Lesk mentions that in cataloging systems such as the Dewey Decimal System and Library of Congress, each book can be placed in only one catagory “since the shelf location is determined by the class number” (p. 121). Even if a library has multiple copies of a book, [...]
Digital Ramblings
Posted in digital collections, tagged books, children, digital collections, librarian, technology on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Story Place is children’s collection I came across recently with some good resources for children and their parents. The Story Place pre-school library offers 15 subjects for children’s activities, each with an animated story, animated activity, take-home activity, suggested reading list and parent activity. This is a nice resource for parents and children’s librarians [...]
Preservation
Posted in digital collections, tagged archaeology, digital collections, preservation, technology on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In her article “Eternal Bits,” Mackenzie Smith discusses the ephemeral nature of digital formats, explaining, “In an era when the ability to read a document, watch a video, or run a simulation could depend on having a particular version of a program installed on a specific computer platform, the usable life span of a piece [...]
History of Information Management
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, archives, books, library, literacy, technology on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s something from an online discussion I’d like to preserve here. I’m not posting it for class credit–just for my own interest (or vanity). These thoughts stem from reading Anthony Grafton’s article, “Digitization and its Discontents,” The New Yorker, November 5, 2007. I agree with Grafton that humankind has struggled with information glut and access difficulties [...]
KPM Symposium–Retrospective
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged archives, digital collections, grad school, grants, knowledge management, SLIS, technology on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Okay, so, more about the Knowledge & Project Management (KPM) Symposium. The panel discussion on Digital Libraries featured Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean for Collection and Technology Services at Oklahoma State University, and Gina Minks, Imaging & Preservation Service Manager for Amigos Library Services. Prestamo discussed the definition of “digital library,” and provided some examples of digital [...]
The Value of Open Source Software in Libraries
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grad school, library, open source, papers, technology on May 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My paper on Open Source Software for KM/LIS 5043: The Value of Open Source Software in Libraries Public libraries organize information for the purpose of making information resources free and accessible to the public. Similarly, open source software provides resources in the form of free computer applications with publicly accessible source code that is [...]
Virtual Reference Desk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged librarian, library, OLA, technology, virtual on April 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I went to a session on Virtual Worlds at the 2008 OLA Conference that looked at Second Life as a venue for all kinds of business operations, including library reference work. Apparently there are a series of islands within Second Life called the Information Archipeligo, in which staff from 50 libraries around the world offer [...]
