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eBook Link Round Up from Internet Librarian #il2011

October 24, 2011
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eBook Link Round Up from Internet Librarian #il2011

During the two day ebook track in at Internet Librarian there were a lot of references to articles, reports and books, by myself, and others so I thought I would put together a link round up. Content by Cory Docotrow Seriously read this. It’s free to download in the format of your choice and it will help you understand DRM better than anything else. E-book piracy may have unexpected benefits for publishers O’Leary makes the distinction between the instances of e-book piracy (the number of pirated e-book files available for download) and the impact of e-book piracy (the actual effect on the business of publishing). For O’Leary, the two are related, but different. He says that one way to measure impact is to pick a book, wait for it to be pirated, and then compare sales before and after. E-reader ownership doubles in six months The percent of U.S. adults with an e-book reader doubled from 6% to 12% between November 2010 and May 2011 Across the digital divide. Let’s talk about poverty. …every time a discussion of ebooks turns, seemingly inevitably, to “Print is dead, traditional publishing is dead, all smart authors should be bailing to the brave new

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Internet Librarian Packing and Travel Tips #IL2011

October 4, 2011
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Internet Librarian Packing and Travel Tips #IL2011

Every time I get ready to just copy and paste this list I find something new to add. So! The latest and great! The newest and bestest! Packing and traveling and conference survival tips! Packing list These are the things I can NOT live without at conferences A good bag in a light weight material. Forgot leather its hot & heavy. Instead go for something lightweight like the Bagallini bags, I have two big ones, the Only Bagg and the Ala Carte Medium. Both of these are large tote style bags great as a carry on or if you like a bigger bag during the conference. I’ll probably be caring the Ala Carte. My favorite smaller one is the Hobo Style Tote. It’s just big enough my netbook will fit in it, the outer end pockets are great for a cell phone, water bottle and anything else you need. The strap can be shortened to wear as a shoulder bag or long to wear as a messenger. External Battery Pack  I can not express enough love for this device. It’s slightly larger than my cell phone and will fully charge it, twice. I just remember to plug it in and charge it each night then throw it

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Internet Librarian Wrap Up

November 2, 2009
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Internet Librarian Wrap Up

As always conferences are amazing, stimulating, intense and tiring, but worth every second of it. I was able to talk with so many amazing people, and yet there were so many others I wanted to connect with and didn’t manage to. *More reflection at the end, but for those who want the nitty gritty…. Pulled from notes and tweets – some of my favorite quotes/idea and what I’m thinking about. If you could tell the world 1 thing about libraries in 30 secs or less what would it be? Good enough is the new perfect Lean into your discomfort – change doesn’t happen without discomfort. Be clear where your lines are drawn. Your librarianly obsession with Star Wars will not endear you to your patrons. The future is here its just not evenly distributed. Privacy is dead, get over it “If I’d asked them what they wanted they would have said a faster horse” – Henry Ford “If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” Gen. Eric Shinseki If we keep identifying with books – libraries are dead. We should reward success and failure, punish inaction We have more autonomy as college students that we do as adults

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Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting Tools

November 1, 2009
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One of my presentations from Internet Librarian 2009. For this one I presented with Tom Ipri, Rachel Vacek and Anna Creech Collaborating in the Clouds: selecting tools View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up 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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Persuasion, Influence & Innovative Ideas

October 30, 2009
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Persuasion, Influence & Innovative Ideas

Notes from the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference Rebecca Jones Nicole Henning Nicole Henning Avoid abstraction like the devil Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die We should reward success and failure, punish inaction Innovation comes from quantity The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas Results only work environment ROWE, came from Best Buy Frustrated with cooperate environment, that work was all about coming in early & leaving late, or look like they were, in workplace we are treated like children, We have more autonomy as college students that we do as adults Set up system so not punching clock only judged on out put, meetings were optional, needed to show value of meeting to get people to it After 2 years of keeping stats & showed productivity went through the roof, took to upper mngment, did it across the company, then wrote a book called Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific Find the right audience One small step Under the radar Speak the language of the ppl you want to convince MIT Libraries Betas page Libraries.mit.edu/betas Can

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