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Amazon- Registered users can tag books they've read. For example, see "Emmy Lee" tags on the book Myth of You and Me. On November 12, I tagged the book "excellent." Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

rss usage/rss startups

Has anyone tried to get an rss reader for free? And if so which one are you using? Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

For all you visual learners out there, here is a link to a fascinating Social Networking diagram on Dave Pollard ambitiously titled blog, "How To Save The World". At the very top? "Finding Experts". Other major section headings include: Connecting, Collaborating and Learning. These themes sound familiar after class, eh? Cool stuff! Remember Web 2.0=Library 2.0! Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

Welcome!

Creating this blog was really easy. I wonder why more libraries and librarians don't create blogs. Wait, they DO! So how about you? Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

An "Ah Ha!" Moments Awaits....

Greetings Keepers of Up! Blake Carver of (LISNews.org fame) recently wrote one of those articles that gets you all excited and riled up and frustrated and, well for me anyway, more inspired to implement what I have learned about keeping up. You could call it homework for the "Keep Up!" workshop, but I'd call it better than any of the books I've read in the last six months (though that may say something unflattering about my reading habits;). It is: "Libraries and Librarians In A Digital Future: Where Do We Fit?" and you can read the whole thing by going... Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

is anyone thinking of a gaming night?

Is anyone looking into setting up a gaming night because of the workshop? Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

Very Easy RSS Creation Tool!

This is so super cool! Makes it easy for you to create an RSS feed for any page that doesn't have one yet. Give it a whirl for some of your library pages!!! Read more...

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Michael and "The Long Tail"

More Keep Up! Workshops Are Coming

Check it out! More Keep Up! Practical emerging technology for you and your library Workshops are headed across the western US very soon!: Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

Nifty On Demand Movie Device

MovieBeam may not be the ultimate answer, but it is an interesting step in a happily inevitable direction. TiVo has plans to offer similar service, but this is here now and is just pretty darn cool. Where is the library in this equation? Read more...

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Told You So!

Well, well, well... Via the del.icio.us blog we discover that Yahoo! has just acquired our beloved del.icio.us. Less than a week ago during a lunch break from a "Keep Up!" workshop in Oregon someone wondered aloud if this might happen. "I really don't think that will happen, at least not according to what I've read. The founder is all about open source and doesn't want to sell.” I chimed in. Read more...

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Here we sit

So, we can sit, listen and post at the same time. So, we're learning hands on. Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am

Why Bother With RSS?

If you follow this link to the "Official Feedburner Blog" there is an excellent post that links to the .pdf for a market report entitled "How feeds change the way content is distributed, valued and consumed". The whole report is very interesting if you are intrigued by the whole RSS thing. Read more...

Keep Up! Practical Emerging Library Technology, May 1, 1:19am