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More Thoughts on the Kindle Lending Library at Library Renewal

May 13, 2011
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More Thoughts on the Kindle Lending Library at Library Renewal

I’ve shared some additional thoughts about the news of the forthcoming Kindle Lending Library, as Amazon likes to call, or as we librarians like to call it, Kindle owners will finally be able to use library ebooks, it in a post at Library Renewal. Library eBooks Coming Soon to Amazon Kindle! But At What Cost? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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My First Post at Library Renewal – ALA EQUACC Interim Report

April 13, 2011
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My First Post at Library Renewal – ALA EQUACC Interim Report

Recently I was invited to be a contributing editor at Library Renewal* and I was delighted to accept (because I need more projects!)  Seriously I think what is happening right now with access to electronic content is very important. Tonight I published my first post, simply the Interim Report released by The Presidential Task Force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC). Of special note: The Task Force had agreed to focus on five issues: Environmental Scan Licensing Accessibility Public Relations Model Project Task Force created an EQUACC web site (http://www.equacc.ala.org/). You can, of course, read the whole thing at Library Renewal *For those of you not familiar with Library Renewal it is about electronic content and access, specifically developing research, relationships, and outreach to help libraries manage and deliver digital content.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Calling All ALA Members! It’s Time to Vote #alavote

March 16, 2011
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Calling All ALA Members! It’s Time to Vote #alavote

It’s that time of year again, time to vote for your elected representatives! Did you know only 20% of members voted in last years elections? Come on! We’re an outspoken bunch! We have opinions about everything! Its time to put pen to paper (or finger to mouse) and vote (ALA members will receive an email with instructions)! First the self promotion – After careful considering I am running for ALA Councilor-at-Large this year. You can read my statement of professional of concern, bio and endorsements  from others on my council page. I would love to have your vote! In addition to myself I urge you to consider these candidates for Council Holly Tomren Martin Garnar Matthew P. Ciszek I also strongly urge you to read up on our president-elect candidates Susan Stroyan Maureen Sullivan I am also a member of LITA an so in addition to the Council elections please consider these candidates for LITA representation Vice-President/President-Elect - One Selected Scott Muir Zoe Stewart-Marshall Directors-At-Large – Three Selected For 3-Year Terms Jason Joel Battles John Blyberg Ranti Junus David Lee King Lauren Pressley Jennifer Reiswig Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers

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Top Ten Links Week 11

March 21, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 11

My personally selected top 10 from the links I shared on Twitter from 3/12/2010 thru 3/18/2010 1. Media Skills Integrated into Core Standards #transliteracy – A draft of K-12 standards put forth by the National Governor’s Association, as part of theCommon Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), integrates media skills as a key design consideration of these standards. 2. love this picture of the social media bandwagon - from @jimmy1712‘s blog.via @theREALwikimanv- even better it has a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license! 3. Excellent primer on covering FCC broadband plan and why it matters via @knightfdn @ibarguen: This is an issue that will touch just about every reader, viewer, listener and online user. After all, 35 percent of Americans (about 100 million people) do not have broadband access 4. FCC Proposes Digital Literacy Corps from the Libraries and Transliteracy blog For millions of Americans, libraries and other public computing centers are important venues for free Internet access. Libraries are established institutions where non-adopters know they can access the Internet, but community centers, employment offices, churches and other social service offices play increasingly important roles. Low-income Americans and racial and ethnic minorities, in particular, rely on public institutions and community access centers for Internet access. Over

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Libraries and Transliteracy – the video version

October 7, 2009
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I took my slideshow on transliteracy and turned it into a video.  I was curious about how easy it was to turn a slideshow into a video (its super easy!) so I thought I’d try it.  Most of my presentations aren’t meant to stand alone and so don’t really translate well to video. When I was putting the transliteracy one together I wanted it to be able to stand alone, so I thought I’d give it a try. A little self indulgent I know But anyway here it is. Learn more about transliteracy Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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photo by Beth Tribe

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