No-Book Library? BiblioTech Is Coming
No-Book Library? BiblioTech Is Coming A digital public library is being planned in Texas.
View ArticleGreetings from the East
Hi! I’m Susan a 2nd year distance student in my last semester of the SLIS program. My focus in my studies has been digital/youth and I’m hoping to one day be a digital/teen librarian. For my undergrad...
View ArticleThe Future is…
In “As We May Think” Bush puts forth a vision of the future that reminds me of the old cartoons about the “Homes of Tomorrow”. As I child I laughed watching the fantastic things homes were supposed to...
View ArticleDPLA: There’s a Possibility
A digital collection of materials accessible to all far and wide. As many of us have been saying this idea is hardly far-fetched and quickly becoming more and more possible; though as with any large...
View ArticleThe Omeka Experiment
Our first assignment was to digitize a few items then create a collection in Omeka and assign metadata to them. The two parts of this assignment I felt confident I could complete with little...
View ArticleAdapting NINCH
I currently work in a public library and as I worked my way through the readings this week I my thoughts consistently drifting back to the conundrum of digital comics in libraries. While NINCH is more...
View ArticleModule 12 (Part Deux) | COPYRIGHT & OTHER LEGAL ISSUES
So this week were taking a closer look at the copyright of digital content and the legal issues that it entails. As my cohort Brian Miller already said in his post I am your second discussion leader...
View ArticleManaging the Masses
Of the different platforms that were reviewed across the different articles this week I liked Omeka the best. Prior to this week WordPress was the platform that I was the most familiar with and has...
View ArticleA Maze of Formats
Before this week I will confess that I could not have described what the difference between file formats was for anything beyond “These pictures look blocky and this seems to keep them better”. In fact...
View ArticleUnderstanding Hathitrust
At first glance the Hathitrust sounds a lot like other digitization projects such as the Google Books Project and Internet Archive; take a look beneath the surface though is one of the areas where I...
View ArticleUsability needs Librarians and Librarians need Usability
The way that I see it is that if usability is the name of the game the librarians are the coaches and the users are the players. The coaches help guide, encourage, and support the players so that they...
View ArticleDigital Initiatives Librarian
I found this job on the ALA List when I was browsing around. Digital Initiatives Librarian University of San Diego, San Diego, California Salary: Not Specified Status:Full-time Posted:04/19/13...
View ArticleReflecting on the Past and the Future
Looking back at my post the first week there is not much that I would change. I stand by my statement of the need to Be Open as we go forward, looking to both the past and the future for how we can...
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