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I Wrote a Chapter for The Readers’ Advisory Handbook!

May 3, 2010
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I Wrote a Chapter for The Readers’ Advisory Handbook!

I’m excited to announce that The Readers’ Advisory Handbook is now out! Over a year ago my friend, and awesome librarian, Kaite Mediatore Stover asked if I would be interested in writing a chapter for her readers’ advisory book.  She wanted me to address the online aspects of RA.  I’m more of a blogger than an article or book writer but Kaite convinced me it was worth it. I am honored and humbled to be included with the contributors to this book.  Check it out! Part I Getting to Know Your Materials Chapter 1 How to Read a Book in Ten Minutes, Jessica E. Moyer Chapter 2 Nonfiction Speed Dating, Sarah Statz Cords Chapter 3 How to Listen to a Book in Thirty Minutes, Kaite Mediatore Stover Chapter 4 How to Read a Graphic Novel in Five Minutes, Erin Downey Howerton Chapter 5 Keeping Up: Genre Studies as Continuing Education, Lucy M. Lockley Part II Reviewing and Evaluating Materials Chapter 6 Reviews and Annotations for Fiction and Nonfiction, Lynne Welch Chapter 7 Reviewing Audiobooks, Sue-Ellen Beauregard Chapter 8 How to Review Graphic Novels and Manga, Jessica Zellers Chapter 9 Reviewing and Evaluating Reference Materials, Jessica E. Moyer Part III Marketing, Promoting, and Sharing Materials Chapter 10 Passive Readers’ Advisory: Bookmarks,

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Top Ten Links Week 6

February 12, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 6

My personally selected top 10 from the links I shared on Twitter from 2/5/2010 thru 2/11/2010 follow the UK Transliteracy conference here – the UK conference on Transliteracy was on Tuesday, if you missed coverage has been archived on the site. Evolution of the Book – cool graph of the evolution of books The State of the Internet- another cool graphic from Stephen 20 Inspiring Women To Follow On Twitter from Forbes – I don’t know about you, but I can always use more inspirational women in my life. LISnew is holding its first ever essay contest. yes there are prizes! go write your submission now! or read the entries. ALA |Library Snapshot Day: A Day in the Life of Your Library: April 2010 – for those of you who enjoy the Library Day in the Life Project here is something similar from ALA, photograph a single day at your library to showcase what happens in the entire library in a single day “I predict that Apple will sell a gazillion. & it won’t be to ppl who have even heard of multi-tasking” and article from Wired with a nice quip to remind us techies that we aren’t the target audience of the iPad. 5 Tips

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Vooks = Books + Online Video = Tranliteracy

November 16, 2009
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A vook blends the text of a book with video into one story.  I’m fascinated by this new this new multimedia approach to books.  I have no idea if it will be successful, I can’t really see the appeal for fiction, but for something like a fitness or other how-to books I can see having a video as an advantage for demonstration.  Think of all the how-to videos on YouTube. You get the advantages of text and video in one. Part of my fascination is due to the great example of transliteracy this provides. It is providing information through multiple media formats. We often see text in videos or on images.  We are used to seeing videos embedded on websites and blogs. This does seem like the next logical step. But I wonder if it will really take off, maybe for a small market I’d like to see this affect ereaders, they can display text and images, and we are all waiting for color, why not video too? Curling Up With Hybrid Books, Videos Included What is a Vook and will it change how you read? Books + Online Video = Vooks: Watchable, Readable, & Very Cool Apple Tablet Books

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The Nook from Barnes & Noble – I Want One, Here’s Why

October 21, 2009
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The Nook from Barnes & Noble – I Want One, Here’s Why

I’m more excited about the Nook than I have been about any other ebook reader. This might be the one that finally gets me to buy one. Why? 8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks to Nook) from Gizmodo It’s cost-effective even with Wi-Fi, native PDF support, an SD slot and that crazy second screen makes it seem out of the Kindle’s league. Lending and Sharing – 2 week loans to you can lend to tons of different devices: Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod Touch, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, or Windows Mobile (soon). Free in-store reading - take the Nook to any of Barnes & Noble’s stores and read one ebook, for free, each time—the same way you might wander into the store, pick up a book and read it for an hour or two. (I do this!) Head-turning looks Android – two things to be excited about when it comes to Android. First is the legit apps, which B&N seems open to. Second the more illicit possibilities: The Nook both runs Android (which we already know is easily and enthusiastically modified) and has a microUSB jack, which should make for easy hacking The second screen - a keyboard and

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The future of the book – Possible or Probable

July 20, 2009
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This is an interesting videos from Editis, a French publisher on the future of the book. Its a bit long, but worth a watch. Now I don’t speak any French but here is what I *think* I saw happening scanning barcodes of book at a traditional bookstore to purchase them on the ebook reader touchscreen interactive color write on the books with a stylus multimedia content – the guide books sharing copies from one ereader to the next email magazines blogs books music If this were available today I’d buy one right now. 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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