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How the Library of Congress is building the Twitter archive - O'Reilly Radar
How the Library of Congress is building the Twitter archive http://ow.ly/58usB @radar @audreywatters – ndiipp (ndiipp) http://twitter.com/ndiipp/status/76283814766325760
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/06/library-of-congress-twitter-archive.html
Tags: twitter, history, web2.0, archives, library, via:packrati.us, edchat, article, libraries, loc Saved by: admin at 03 Jun 2011

Seth's Blog: The future of the library
Librarians that are arguing and lobbying for clever ebook lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending library as warehouse as opposed to fighting for the future, which is li... Read more
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/05/the-future-of-the-library.html
Tags: libraries, library, future, books, via:packrati.us, sethgodin, ideas, inspiration, internet, ebooks Saved by: admin at 17 May 2011

National Jukebox LOC.gov
The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collection... Read more
http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/
Tags: music, history, audio, library, archive, free, loc, government, via:packrati.us, libraries Saved by: admin at 11 May 2011

5 Myths About the 'Information Age' - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
4. "Libraries are obsolete." Everywhere in the country librarians report that they have never had so many patrons. At Harvard, our reading rooms are full. The 85 branch libraries of the New York Publi... Read more
http://chronicle.com/article/5-Myths-About-the-Information/127105/
Tags: ebooks, libraries, books, information, reading, statistics, via:packrati.us, education, library, technology Saved by: admin at 19 Apr 2011

Weekends are for hacking. Here's some unCRUDdy inspiration - NowJS Blog
It's Friday, Friday ... it's time to bust out the weekend hack! Here are some awesome pieces of web technology that might help you pick a hack
http://blog.nowjs.com/weekends-are-for-hacking-heres-some-un-cruddy
Tags: javascript, node.js, hack, programming, js, libraries, library, projects, cool, inspiration Saved by: admin at 10 Apr 2011

Shelving Made Easy (or Easier) - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education
A computer-science professor is testing a shelf-reading app that can scan an entire shelf’s worth of books and alert workers which ones are out of place. The app he came up with, tentatively called... Read more
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/shelving-made-easy-or-easier/30792
Tags: libraries, books, apple, apps, qrcodes, 2do, productivity, app, augmented_reality, blogfodder Saved by: admin at 08 Apr 2011

Useful JavaScript and jQuery Tools, Libraries, Plugins - Smashing Magazine
Respond.js: Fast CSS3 Media Queries for Internet Explorer 6-8 and More Treesaver is a JavaScript framework for creating magazine-style layouts Highlight.js highlights syntax in code examples on blogs,... Read more
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/04/07/useful-javascript-and-jquery-tools-libraries-plugins/
Tags: jquery, javascript, tools, plugins, webdesign, js, ui, css, libraries, web Saved by: admin at 08 Apr 2011

Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education
from The Chronicle: Death by Irony: How Librarians Killed the Academic Library http://bit.ly/ghTMOe #library #tlchat – Joyce Valenza (joycevalenza) http://twitter.com/joycevalenza/status/21951988900... Read more
http://chronicle.com/article/Death-by-Irony-How-Librarians/125767/
Tags: libraries, via:packrati.us, library, librarians, librarianship, future, academic, library2.0, academia, biblioteca2.0 Saved by: admin at 04 Jan 2011

What librarians make. A response to Dr. Bernstein and an homage to Taylor Mali « NeverEndingSearch
I make a goddamn difference! I am not an anachronism. And there is no need for me to be more than a librarian. Being a librarian is more than enough. Blog post provides entire text of her narration. ... Read more
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/11/27/what-librarians-make-a-response-to-dr-bernstein-and-an-homage-to-taylor-mali/
Tags: librarians, via:packrati.us, advocacy, tlchat, joycevalenza, librarian, librarianship, libraries, library, valenza Saved by: admin at 29 Nov 2010

the big house library - home
Librarian Anna Koval engages students at the site of the Casa Grande High School Library. Check out the fun polls, photos and videos, and a nice “About Us” page.
http://www.bighouselibrary.com/index.html
Tags: library, library2.0, web2.0, schoollibraries, website, weebly, information_literacy, libraries, librarians, websites Saved by: admin at 01 Sep 2010