Monthly Archives: November 2010

Top Ten Links Week 45: Dealing with a Bad Day, National Ed Tech Plan, Technology Training, Visualization and More

November 12, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 45: Dealing with a Bad Day, National Ed Tech Plan, Technology Training, Visualization and More

My personally selected top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 11/5/2010 through 11/11/2010. For the record I had a very hard time choosing only 10 this week.  In no particular order: 1. Love this idea! RT @BaranCLE: How to Destroy Your Past Lives by @evbogue This post centers around the idea – “We evolve into new and better individuals every single day. ” As someone who works hard to evolve into better versions of me I also struggle with letting go of the old me too. The choice though is this: will you continue to build up your energy in order to focus on the person you were back then? Or can you let it go, to concentrate on the faces around you now? Here are a few actions that I’ve taken to clear the past, maybe they can help you. Destroy your old unpublished work. Don’t collect souvenirs I lose touch with (most) old friends. Why we need to destroy our past lives. The world is speeding up. 100 years ago, you’d probably have the same small group of friends who supported each other for your entire life. You never left the town you were born in. In order

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What’s New at Libraries and Transliteracy – Authors, Examples and ALA

November 11, 2010
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What’s New at Libraries and Transliteracy – Authors, Examples and ALA

There have been some exciting things happening over at the Libraries and Transliteracy site! Transliteracy in Practice – We are looking for examples of libraries working to make staff and patrons transliterate. We want libraries and transliteracy to not only be a resource for theory and news but also a place you can go for real world examples and ideas. Any programming, instruction, work process, training or whatever you’re doing to make staff or patrons have the tools, skills and information they need to be active success citizens in the 21st century, we want to hear about! We’ve set up a page to show case the stories and a form to collect them. We’ve added two new authors! Gretchen Caserotti is the Head of Children and Teen Services at Darien Library (CT) where she is working hard to redefine public library service to kids and families in the 21st century. Her interest in technology, media and usability was developed while completing the MLIS program at Pratt Institute in New York City (2008). She currently serves as a member of the ALSC Children and Technology Committee and is a member of the Media Ecology Association. In 2010 Caserotti was named a

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How Far Do You Go to Reduce Drama and Protect Your Privacy on Facebook?

November 10, 2010
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How Far Do You Go to Reduce Drama and Protect Your Privacy on Facebook?

Earlier this week I came across this post Risk Reduction Strategies on Facebook in which danah boyd talks about the practices teens undertake to reduce privacy issues and drama on Facebook.  I found it fascinating, not just because of the efforts they put into it, its not easy, but because I do a few of these things and I don’t know of anyone else who does. My efforts seem a little pathetic next to theirs. One of the girls deactivates her account anytime she’s not on Facebook, these keeps people from posting on her wall and browsing her content when she isn’t around. Another deletes all activity shortly after its posted. I delete all “recent activity” posts immediately or as soon as I return to a PC.  It annoyed me to no end when Facebook removed the setting that allowed me to turn this off. I delete old photos, not all of them, just ones I don’t want up any more for one reason or another. Though I probably will delete everything from 2009 soon.* I delete old status updates, again not all of them, just ones whos moment has past. What efforts do you make to reduce potential drama or

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What I’m Reading in November

November 9, 2010
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What I’m Reading in November

I spend a lot of time reading, some of it related to libraries or work or transiteracy or the digital divide so I’ve been thinking about a way to share it. Then I realized hey! This is a blog by a librarian shouldn’t I be required to post what I’m reading here? This weekend I asked on Twitter and Facebook if there was any interest in what I’m reading. The answer was yes. So here it is! Once a month I’m going to write a What I’m Reading post. It will include books, reports, publications, manifestos any other number of official things, it wont include blog posts or articles found online, I already share those via Twitter and this blog. Books: I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted - I discovered this via Twitter from Jenny Levine. Two of my favorite quotes so far: It wasn’t about print versus digital; it was about immediacy, details, links, interactive graphics, videos, and, most important, hyperpersonalization. Paper is still gadget number one for reading content; it’s disposable, relatively inexpensive, and relatively simple to create in small or large quantities, and

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Top Ten Links Week 44: Echo Chamber, Enthusiasm Gap, Broadband, Learning,Being Famous and More

November 5, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 44: Echo Chamber, Enthusiasm Gap, Broadband, Learning,Being Famous and More

My personally select top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 10/29/2010 through 11/4/2010. The best of the best and/or the most important stuff I tweeted last week. 1. Great post! RT @ValentineLuLu: Blogged: The enthusiasm gap and transliteracy #intlib10 I met Jamie at Internet Librarian, I really wish we’d had more time to talk, I’m impressed with her work. Jamie has some good suggestions for bridging the enthusiasm gap  and I love her approach – focus on the people, the need, not the tools When discussing and marketing tech training stop talking about the tools and start talking about the benefits. Don’t say “Learn to use Facebook” try “Tips and tools for keeping in touch with distant loved ones” and show them facebook, skype, IM, etc. Teach to the needs of our community members by letting tech play the role in was intended for: a tool” 2. The Social Physical Library: fostering connections & giving patrons a reason to come inside When Emily Lloyd isn’t drawing witty cartoon’s she’s writing thoughtful blog posts like this one. Seriously awesome idea, wish I had a prize to offer the first library that implements it,and shares how with the rest of us One way libraries

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