LibrarianInBlack (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Jessamyn West points to some information from the BLT Blog about MBooks, a project from the University of Michigan dedicated in part to making Google Books accessible for anyone with visual impairments. There is an extra service available to UM...
reeling and writhing (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
This is one of the occasional pleas from Jessamyn West, one of the original revolting librarians, to OCLC to get real about the digital divide and public libraries, among other things. I was lucky enough to meet Jessamyn when she...
Musings of a Bookish Kitty (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
1. Reading all of the books in my TBR room is high up on my bucket list. 2. My favorite quote is "Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures"; it's from Jessamyn West. 3. My husband not only encouraged but also inspired me to start blogging. 4. Strawberries are best in a smoothie . 5. I scaled down the side of Florinda's blog , waving to her as I went by in the last dream I remember having. It looked...
The Ironic Catholic (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. - Jessamyn West http://www.ironiccatholic.blogspot.com
LibrarianInBlack (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Jessamyn West has kindly posted her talk notes from a session at the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System entitled "Tiny Tech/High Tech - How Small Libraries Can Use Technology Sensibly." It's a great presentation and highlights some very real, and...
Tame The Web: Libraries and Technol (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
http://www.librarian.net/stax/2266/why-should-libraries-be-socially-networking/ The reason I think it’s important to show good examples and best paractices is because we’re still dealing with libraries like Mishawaka Library which thinks that blocking social software sites in their library because they can’t manage unruly teens is some sort of solution to a problem. I’m not saying there aren’t problems...
The Shifted Librarian (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
The Muxtape site is currently all the rage, and of course the librarians are at the forefront. Exhibit A: Library muxtape by Jessamyn West. Find lots of muxtapes (online mix tapes that don’t require any plugins or downloads) to listen to on the site’s home page or on the Muxtape Wiki. It’s a great way [...]
Tame The Web: Libraries and Technol (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
Lots of discussion on the Twitter and at various blogs about SWIFT, a conference social networking platform. Don't miss these posts and the comments too: Karen Schneider: http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/03/21/moving-swiftly-on/ Jessamyn West: http://www.librarian.net/stax/2261/not-so-swift/ David Lee King: http://www.davidleeking.com/2008/03/14/not-using-swift-for-computers-in-libraries/ Personally,...
Connie Crosby (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
The March 15, 2008 issue of Library Journal includes this year's Movers and Shakers. Congratulations to those selected! Lists: Jessamyn West has made a briefer version of this list - Congrats to Library Journal's Movers and Shakers if you just want to scan the names. Movers and Shakers State by State - including this year and previous years. Introduction by Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Chief: Transformative...
davidrothman.net (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
(The title of this post was going to be “Ambulatory and with Tremors,” but figured I’d be the only one amused by it.) So Library Journal says named me one of their 2008 Movers & Shakers. (I’m curious: Are those named in this annual list all people who either move OR shake or people who both move [...]
David Lee King (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Panelists: Jessamyn West, Gina Trapani, Jessica Dzwigalski, Annalee Newitz [aside] - I came to hear/see Jessamyn, who completely rocks! But the panel was good, too. Newitz: three kinds of user revolts: anarchist-style pranks grassroots protests op-ed/open letter from high-profile users Discussed some Digg revolts: paying people to Digg your page the HD code thing Dzwigalski (Jessica Linden): Griefers...
Cnet (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
A South by Southwest Interactive panel touched upon what's happened when social-media sites from Digg to Second Life have been hit with angry users.
io9 (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
If you're going to be in Austin for the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, please come by to see io9's Annalee Newitz (that's me!) talk about the future of social revolution with Lifehacker's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
reeling and writhing (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
From Jessamyn West back in January came this link to a post by Rochelle, a librarian in the States who is asking some very sensible questions about the download system on Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle, and how its digital rights...
Bill Peschel (Free subscription) | 02/23/2008
B orn today: Samuel Pepys, diarist, London, 1633; W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt) Du Bois, sociologist, Great Barrington, Mass., 1868; Norman Lindsay, novelist, artist, Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1879; Karl Jaspers, philosopher, essayist, Oldenburg, Germany, 1883; William L. Shirer, journalist, essayist, Chicago, 1904; John Sandford (ps. John Camp), novelist, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1944. Died: John...
